>
> We have long intended to convert these DOM objects to use xpidl
> and xpconnect. This is expected to be a big code savings and will
> pave the way to supporting DOM scripting in content from
> languages other than JavaScript (e.g Python and Perl). We put
> this off for a long time while all were busily working on other
> stuff, but we are starting in on working out the details now and
> developing a plan.
>
> John.
I was hoping that XPCOM had some sort of cross platform DOM implementation
(similar to the MSXML component on Windows.) But I guess this is not really
the case? Or, more specifically, it is the case, but due to the way the DOM
interfaces are designed you can not access them from Python or other non C++
languages (except JavaScript which is handled as a special case...)? This is
a total bummer. Is there anything I can do to help this along? This is
something we were hoping to use on our current project.
The main reason we want to use the DOM is to load/save and operate on XML
files as our main configuration format. Are their other XPIDL supported
interfaces for operating on XML data (preferably ones which abide by the
DOM) in XPCOM?
Ken.
