102029 - need to idl-ize nsIDocumentEncoder.h

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: DOM: Serializers, defect)

Description

[Kathleen :Brade]

This file needs to be idl-ized:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/content/base/public/nsIDocumentEncoder.h

Comment 1

[Kathleen :Brade]

Attachment: new file

Comment 2

[Kathleen :Brade]

Attachment: related changes to remove old header file and build new idl file

Comment 3

[Kathleen :Brade]

cc peterv and jst for feedback/reviews
The comments in the idl file are just copied over from the .h file.  If you want 
me to change any of them, please let me know.

Comment 4

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Why does this file need to be idl'ized?

Comment 5

[Akkana Peck]

This is currently the most approved way of getting output via the html and
plaintext serializers (and eventually other serializers as they're added).
Therefore, it should be accessible to scripts as well as to C++.

If there's some more standard way to get output, please let us know!  Mozilla
has about 7 different ways of doing it, and we're trying to reduce the number of
duplicate APIs for output.  We're not aware of any standard at this point.

Comment 6

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

A DOM Load and Save spec is currently brewing in the W3C DOM WG, it's not done
soon, but once it is the DOMWirter defined in that spec will be the standard way
of serializing DOM trees.

Comment 7

[Kathleen :Brade]

push this off for now; publishing doesn't need it at the moment

Comment 8

[mjudge]

*** Bug 124864 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[Kathleen :Brade]

-->WONTFIX per comment 6 by jst