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Ian Clelland commented on CB-7375:
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The File spec actually defines a circular reference in some of its data
structures, which is the reason for the Android code being the way it is:
A FileEntry or DirectoryEntry object contains a .filesystem property, which is
a FileSystem. A FileSystem contains a .root property, which is a
DirectoryEntry. That then contains a FileSystem again, so it all gets circular
very quickly.
Since we can't serialize that into JSON to return it from the native side of
the bridge, instead we return a FileEntry structure with a file system name,
rather than an actual object. Then, on the JavaScript side, we reconstruct the
FileSystem object based on its name, and attach that to the Entry object.
> Investigate breaking changes at file plugin
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> Key: CB-7375
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7375
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Plugin File
> Affects Versions: 3.5.0
> Reporter: Martin Gonzalez
> Assignee: Ian Clelland
> Labels: file
> Fix For: 3.6.0
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> Some of the changes made lately to file plugin with this commit:
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-plugin-file.git;a=commit;h=0ffb96988c0539222887f7756a653e7f0a1ed12c
> Are breaking changes to this plugin, affecting other platforms as android.
> Running mobile spec after that specific commit, 4 file tests are failing
> (test 125 -128).
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