Eric Hodges wrote:
>
> <rant>
> The problem could have been avoided by something like this:
>
> package org.w3c.dom2;
>
> public interface Node2 extends org.w3c.dom.Node {
> public void normalize();
> }
If you look at early drafts of the DOM Level 2 spec you'll see that this
is what I originally proposed. But, sometime later, it was decided to
simply extend DOM Level 1 interfaces. As I recall the main reason was
that new interfaces would force people to cast objects all over the
place which would make applications code heavier and have a performance
cost. This was deemed more important in the long term, than allowing
different DOM implementations to co-exist.
You're entitled to disagree.
> Even Microsoft has the decency to freeze their interfaces once they are
> released.
No comment...
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Arnaud Le Hors - IBM Cupertino, XML Technology Group
