Bug 160060 – Make parameters to Element.getElementsBy*() operations mandatory

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: DOM

[Chris Dumez]

Make parameters to Element.getElementsBy*() operations mandatory to match the specification:
- https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-element

Firefox and Chrome agree with the specification so the compatibility risk should be low.

It makes very little sense to call these operations without parameter, especially considering WebKit uses the string "undefined" if the parameter is omitted.

[Chris Dumez]

Created attachment 284281 [details]
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[Ryosuke Niwa]

Comment on attachment 284281 [details]
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View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=284281&action=review

> Source/WebCore/dom/Element.idl:48
> -    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagName(optional DOMString name);
> +    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagName(DOMString name);

Why are changing Objective-C version?  I don't think we want to change the behavior of Objective-C API or do they behave identically in Objective-C?

> Source/WebCore/dom/Element.idl:72
> -    [ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameNSForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(optional DOMString namespaceURI, optional DOMString localName);
> +    [ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameNSForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(DOMString? namespaceURI, DOMString localName);

Ditto.

> Source/WebCore/dom/Element.idl:135
> -    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByClassNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByClassName(optional DOMString name);
> +    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByClassNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByClassName(DOMString name);

Ditto.

[Chris Dumez]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Comment on attachment 284281 [details]
> Patch
> 
> View in context:
> https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=284281&action=review
> 
> > Source/WebCore/dom/Element.idl:48
> > -    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagName(optional DOMString name);
> > +    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagName(DOMString name);
> 
> Why are changing Objective-C version?  I don't think we want to change the
> behavior of Objective-C API or do they behave identically in Objective-C?
> 
> > Source/WebCore/dom/Element.idl:72
> > -    [ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameNSForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(optional DOMString namespaceURI, optional DOMString localName);
> > +    [ObjCLegacyUnnamedParameters, ImplementedAs=getElementsByTagNameNSForObjC] NodeList getElementsByTagNameNS(DOMString? namespaceURI, DOMString localName);
> 
> Ditto.
> 
> > Source/WebCore/dom/Element.idl:135
> > -    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByClassNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByClassName(optional DOMString name);
> > +    [ImplementedAs=getElementsByClassNameForObjC] NodeList getElementsByClassName(DOMString name);
> 
> Ditto.

"optional" has no impact on ObjC bindings. Therefore, I decided to harmonize the ObjC and the JS versions.

[Chris Dumez]

Created attachment 284294 [details]
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[Chris Dumez]

Comment on attachment 284294 [details]
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Clearing flags on attachment: 284294

Committed r203547: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/203547>

[Chris Dumez]

All reviewed patches have been landed.  Closing bug.