XMLObjectSupport

Hi,

one constant source of confusion and deployment problems is package
XMLObjectSupport.

It adds some useful extensions to class XML.Node and subclass, like
#addAttribute:. It's tempting to use them, but if a package does not
include XMLObjectSupport as prerequisite, the deployed app will raise a
MNU. Moving these methods to base package XML would be a good thing IMHO.

It also has the nasty habit seen in other "Net"-related packages to
include an extension of VisualWorksSettings, which results in
dependencies from UI/Tools code.

SAXWriter #startElement:localName:qName:attributes: is overriden in
XMLObjectSupport, which is kind of odd. It should be either moved to
package XML or to a new sublass of SAXWriter (which can then be used
instead of SAXWriter at places where the change is required).

Cheers, Holger

Thanks for the comments.
Created:
51161: "Some improvements for the XMLObject package extensions"


Tamara Kogan
Smalltalk development,
Cincom Systems
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> MNU. Moving these methods to base package XML would be a good thing
IMHO.

> Thanks for the comments.
> Created:
> 51161: "Some improvements for the XMLObject package extensions"

Thanks for the AR! One more issue that I forgot in the last mail:
Element>>addAttribute: does not set the attribute's parent, contrary to
  Element>>addNode:.

Holger