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Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ...

From: John Cowan <cowan AT ccil.org>
To: Mike Colbert <mbcolbert AT yahoo.com>
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ...
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:47:27 -0500

Mike Colbert scripsit:

> Why is an Attribute a Node that has a ParentNode as a parent, as
> returned by attribute.getParent(), but at the same time it's not a
> child of a ParentNode, as returned by parent.getChild(n)?

Because attributes are schizophrenic: they belong to an element, but they
aren't part of the ordered sequence of children of that element, as
character content, child elements, processing instructions, and comments are.
Attribute.getParent is conceptually different from the other getParent
methods, and arguably should have been called getElement or something.

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John Cowan
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Re: [XOM-interest] Query: Any way to determine ordering of twonodes?, Mike Colbert, 03/15/2006
- Re: [XOM-interest] Query: Any way to determine ordering of twonodes?, Michael Kay, 03/15/2006
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Query: Any way to determine ordering of twonodes?, Gregory Garretson, 03/15/2006
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- Re: [XOM-interest] Query: Any way to determine ordering of twonodes?, Mike Colbert, 03/15/2006
  - [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Mike Colbert, 03/15/2006
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., John Cowan, 03/15/2006
      - Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Mike Colbert, 03/15/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., John Cowan, 03/15/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Mike Colbert, 03/15/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Tatu Saloranta, 03/15/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Mike Colbert, 03/15/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Wolfgang Hoschek, 03/15/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., John Cowan, 03/16/2006
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Mike Colbert, 03/16/2006
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., John Cowan, 03/16/2006
        Re: [XOM-interest] Attributes, ParentNodes, and "child" nodes ..., Mike Colbert, 03/16/2006