Re: [HtmlUnit] HTML DOM implementation

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

Hi,

I'd like to get back to this question, as it was not answered. Would it 
make sense to unify the HtmlElement and Element hierarchies? It seems to 
me there would be some potential for both maintenance and resource 
optimization.

Christian

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