Ok... I need to think over it a little bit... ;-) I'll let you know when I will find a satisfying solution! Thank you,
Cristiano On Nov 25, 7:52 am, Jason Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > GWT's methods of implementing the DOM objects and the XML objects are totally > different. The DOM > implementation extends JavaScriptObject, whereas the XML objects encapsulate > their JavaScriptObject > structures. I would advise using the method I suggested, since it'll take a > lot less of your time > (and be technically a lot safer) than trying to do hackery with GWT's XML > package. > > String responseFromServer = ...; > > Element domElement = Document.get().createDivElement(); > domElement.setInnerHtml(responseFromServer); > > NodeList<Node> children = domElement.getChildNodes(); > > If you need to work with sub-elements of the HTML / XML returned from the > server, I would suggest > using RPC, or embedding the HTML inside CDATA sections of the returned XML > document. > > If you really feel the need to work with the HTML / XML by hand, you may need > to make a copy of the > GWT xml / xml.impl packages and expose the underlying JavaScriptObjects that > make up the DOM > structure (and even then: I'm not sure it'll work). > > Cristiano wrote: > > Thank you, > > > And do you know if can find a solution which may works even if only > > inside a specific browser? > > On Firefox the underlaying DOM objects tyep are the same if you use an > > XHTML page and correclty handle the namespaces in the XML of the HTTP > > response. > > I'm able to get what I want with javascript on FF, and by the way my > > gwt solution only need to work on this browser: I need gwt for other > > purpose than broswser portability. > > > My question may change the into: do you know how to convert elements > > in "XML" package to elements in "DOM" package in Firefox by using GWT? > > > Thnak you again, > > Cristiano > > > Jason Morris wrote: > >> This is something you simply can't do cleanly across all the browsers. The > >> elements returned by the > >> XMLParser are totally different classes to the HTMLParser. The way to do > >> this is to set the > >> innerHTML on an HTML Element object to the value returned from the > >> RequestBuilder. Then you can use > >> the normal Element.getChildNodes() to fetch the DOM objects that were > >> returned from the service. > > >> Cristiano wrote: > >>> Hello Everyone, > > >>> How to 'cast' or 'transform' a "com.google.gwt.xml.client.Document" to > >>> a "com.google.gwt.dom.client.Document" ??? > > >>> I'm dealing with the requirement of handling DOM elements retrieved by > >>> a server (as an HTTP "xml/text" response), parse them with XMLParser > >>> and them into an existing document: > > >>> I handle the DOM of the current page with > >>> com.google.gwt.dom.client.Document and com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM. > > >>> I handle the HTTP request with the RequestBuilder. > > >>> I parse them with com.google.gwt.xml.client.XMLParser. > > >>> However the "com.google.gwt.xml.client.XMLParser" do return a > >>> "com.google.gwt.dom.client.Document", and I cannot add it to a > >>> "com.google.gwt.dom.client.Document" because appendChild does not > >>> accept as input a "com.google.gwt.xml.client.Element": it wants a > >>> "com.google.gwt.doc.client.Element". > > >>> Can you help me in find the right direction resolve this (I'm using > >>> eclipse)? > > >>> Thanks, > >>> Cristiano --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
