Subj : Re: Rhino - How to return a function property from current stope,
To   : Ryan Breen
From : Igor Bukanov
Date : Fri Aug 27 2004 09:38 pm

Ryan Breen wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:03:26 +0200, Igor Bukanov wrote:
> 
>>BTW, why do you need to support this? To emulate MSIE behavior in a 
>>browser? If so, how do you define document and scope in your Java code?
> 
> 
> Yes, to emulate IE.  This is a bit of JavaScript used to define the banner
> ad at the top of www.cnn.com.
> 
> I have a host object for all the usual suspects -- document, window,
> navigator, html elements, etc.  I create a top scope and defineClass each
> of these host objects into that scope.  I then context.newObject a top
> level window from that scope and set its parent scope to null.  That
> window is the parent scope for its document, which is created with
> context.newObject(ownerWindow, ...);
> 

Well, if you in a business of implementing a browser that has to follow 
MSIE, then the advise is not to inherit from ScriptableObjects or use 
defineClass. Instead copy the source of 
org/mozilla/javascript/NativeJavaObject.java and dependable classes like 
JavaMemebers to some other package and start tailoring it to suite your 
browser needs. Trust me, at the end you save a lot of time and you will 
be able to implemnt stuff like document.all('x') to mean the same as 
document.all['x'] or document.all.x...

Regards, Igor

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