Re: [HtmlUnit] HTML DOM implementation

[Christian S. <chr...@ne...>]

Mike Bowler wrote:
>  > has anybody ever considered implementing a dedicated HTML DOM for use
>  > with HtmlUnit?
> 
> Perhaps I'm just slow today but I'm not exactly sure what you're 
> proposing.  Could you elaborate a bit on this with some specifics?
> 
> Part of what confuses me is the reference to two DOM's.  There are three 
> hierarchies (HtmlElement, Element, SimpleScriptable) but only one of 
> them is a DOM.

I was using the term DOM a bit loosely - i.e. not in the strict sense of
org.w3c.dom.*. I was referring to the HtmlElement and Element
hierarchies. Basically, every Element gets a corresponding HtlmElement
(lazily created). It seems combining in one Hierarchy these would yield 
great benefit.

Christian