[Laszlo-dev] where should runtime-specific chunks of LFC code go?

[Max Carlson]

Not if you think of a series of kernel services that provide the same 
features across runtimes.  Classes call into the kernel(s).

-Max

P T Withington wrote:
> But that will be tough to do if we start writing classes.  I.e., it's 
> hard to put just bits of a class in a separate file.
> 
> Oh wait.  Traits!  :P
> 
> On 2006-04-06 13:57 PDT, Max Carlson wrote:
> 
>> I was thinking kernel/as/*.as and kernel/js/*.js in a top-level 
>> directory.  That way, all the runtime-specific stuff is grouped together.
>>
>> -Max
>>
>> Henry Minsky wrote:
>>> OK, I have two versions of a function, one for DHTML and one for SWF. 
>>> In the source code file I currently have
>>> this conditionalized as follows in data/LzDataNode.lzs.
>>> But if I want to be cleaner about separting out runtime-independent 
>>> code, how should I do this?
>>> Shoud create two new separate files just to hold these two versions 
>>> of the function ? I.e., in the new kernel/ directory make files for 
>>> the two copies of this function, LzDataText.as and lzDataText.js?
>>> Or should I make a kernel/ subdirectory under the lfc/data directory? 
>>> That is, each subdir should have a kernel dir for runtime-specific 
>>> stuff?
>>> if ($dhtml) {
>>>     LzDataNode.stringToLzData = function( str, trimwhitespace ) {
>>>         var doc;
>>>         if (typeof(DOMParser) != "undefined") {
>>>             // Mozilla :-)
>>>             var parser = new DOMParser();
>>>             doc = parser.parseFromString(str, "text/xml");
>>>         } else {
>>>             // IE :-(#
>>>             doc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
>>>             doc.async="false";
>>>             doc.loadXML(str);
>>>         }
>>>         if ( doc.childNodes.length != 1 ) return null;
>>>         var lfcnode = LzDataset.prototype.copyBrowserXML(doc, true, 0);
>>>         var fc = lfcnode.removeChild( lfcnode.getFirstChild() 
>>> );         if ( fc instanceof LzDataText ) return null;
>>>         return fc;
>>>     }
>>> } else {
>>>     LzDataNode.stringToLzData = function( str, trimwhitespace ) {
>>>         var xmlobj = new XML();
>>>         xmlobj.ignoreWhite = true;
>>>         xmlobj.parseXML( str );
>>>         if ( xmlobj.childNodes.length != 1 ) return null;
>>>         var lfcnode = LzLoader.prototype.copyFlashXML(xmlobj, 
>>> trimwhitespace);
>>>         var fc = lfcnode.removeChild( lfcnode.getFirstChild() 
>>> );         if ( fc instanceof LzDataText ) return null;
>>>         return fc;
>>>     }
>>> }
>>> --Henry Minsky
>>> Software Architect
>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com <mailto:hminsky at laszlosystems.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> --Regards,
>> Max Carlson
>> OpenLaszlo.org
> 
> 


-- 
Regards,
Max Carlson
OpenLaszlo.org