55394 - Parser and Serializer should have names that indicate what data goes *in*

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XML, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Taras Tielkes]

The serializer and parser components of the xmlextras module have names that 
are a little illocical, in my opinion.

The current names (when invoked from ECMAScript) are:
-DOMParser
-XMLSerializer

I think it a better idea to use the object names to indicate what data the 
object works on, as in:
-XMLParser (parses XML)
-DOMSerializer (serializes a DOM)

Comment 1

[rbs]

That's right. The changes will reflect better what is happening, and will 
suggest, e.g., that a DOMSerializer can fan-out to different options/formats.

Comment 2

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

I am taking all XMLExtras bugs to make it easier to see what I am working on...

Comment 3

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

Well, DOMSerializer has been there for a while. XMLParser to go.

Comment 4

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

The DOM Level 3 Load & Save module has DOMBuilder (parser) and DOMWriter
(serializer). So to follow that lead we should maybe have DOMParser and
DOMSerializer. The better option is to just replace our stuff with DOM 3 stuff.

Comment 5

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

I do not want to change these so close to the milestone deadline. Besides, I
want to replace the DOMParser and XMLSerializer with DOM 3 Load & Save. Moving
to 0.9.1 for now.

Comment 6

[rbs]

Nominating for mozilla0.9.2 - mozilla0.9.3.  
I tried putting "mozilla0.9.2, mozilla0.9.3" but bugzilla rejects  mozilla0.9.3,
saying it isn't valid keyword.

Comment 7

[Blake Ross]

Doesn't look like this is getting fixed before the freeze tomorrow night.
Pushing out a milestone.  Please correct if I'm mistaken.

Comment 8

[Heikki Toivonen (remove -bugzilla when emailing directly)]

Well, for better or worse we shipped with the existing names. We could of course
introduce new objects and retain the old, but I think I'd prefer just waiting
for DOM 3 Load & Save. Moving to Future in the meanwhile.

(And btw, I think IBM has something called DOMParser that does basically what we
do.)

Comment 9

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen)]

The naming ship has sailed so long ago that I think it's safe for me to mark this WONTFIX.