Re: [xml-dev] DOM's javascript roots (was Re: [xml-dev] Have JDOM/ XOM / etc. failed?)

• To: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@...>
• Subject: Re: [xml-dev] DOM's javascript roots (was Re: [xml-dev] Have JDOM/ XOM / etc. failed?)
• From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@...>
• Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:45:25 -0500
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Robin Berjon wrote:

> Do you have an example of something in the DOM that hurts Java that was 
> obviously done so that Javascript would work? In the other direction, 
> you don't need to look any further than NodeList (not even counting the 
> liveness).
> 

Of course. No method overloading. Think createElement, createElementNS, 
etc. Java and C++ wouldn;t desing an API like that.

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