Subj : Re: appendChild() with e4x
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Martin Honnen
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 08:25 pm



Marco Mariani wrote:


> You're right as far as my example is concerned, but I've replaced 
> innerHTML=<div>Text</div> with innerHTML=<span><em>Text</em></span>, the 
> text is italic and the DOM inspector sees the <span> tag too.

As I said, the toString method of the object is called. And toString of 
XML objects delivers different results depending on the nesting, while 
toString called on
   <div>Text</div>
gives the string
   'Text'
toString called on
   <span><em>Text</em></span>
gives the string
   '<span><em>Text</em></span>'
So if you really want consistent results and have a need to use an XML 
object on the right hand side of an innerHTML assignment then you should 
script
   element.innerHTML = xmlObject.toXMLString()

But obviously that is no DOM<-->E4X integration, it is just serializing 
the native XML object to XML markup on the right side and then HTML or 
XHTML parsing of that markup when the innerHTML is created.


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	Martin Honnen
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