Thanks for the input. How is this then?
Create IA2_2
- remove: attributes
- add:
- HRESULT attributeValue ([in] BSTR name, [out, retval] BSTR *value)
- HRESULT attributes ([out, size_is(,*nAttributes)] BSTR **attributes,
[out, retval] long *nAttributes)
where the return values are in the form "name:value"
Is it bad form to use the same name, i.e. "attributes", for a replaced
method? Should I name it something like "attributeList"?
IAText2 would have the same changes.
IA2 and IAText with their attributes method would be deprecated but
still useful until everyone gets a chance to switch over.
Pete
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Alexander Surkov wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I think in general it's enough to have a method that returns attribute
> value by its name. The method that returns an array of all attributes
> is more helpful for debugging rather than in real life I assume
> (please correct me if I'm wrong) to see what attributes are exposed at
> all. But any way I think it should be nice to have method like this.
>
> So we could add these methods into the spec, servers will implement
> it, clients can start to use them in future when servers will achieve
> the status of official current version.
>
> Alex.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:04 AM, James Teh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 23/10/2009 2:04 AM, Pete Brunet wrote:
>>
>>> We can add the following to IA2::attribute and IAText::attribute:
>>> HRESULT ([in] BSTR name, [out, retval] BSTR *value)
>>>
>> This looks good. Note, however, that this would require a new interface
>> due to the new method.
>>
>>
>>> Is an array of attributes also needed or should we stick with the
>>> existing method which returns a multi-attribute string and thus the
>>> required parsing?
>>>
>> The array is probably cleaner and more "correct" (no string parsing,
>> handling escapes, etc.), but having said that, multiple ATs (including
>> NVDA) already rely heavily on the old behaviour. This may be one of
>> those cases where it's simpler to leave it alone. Having said that, I'd
>> certainly be happy with an array.
>>
>> Jamie
>>
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