[webkit-dev] Should we move methods from layoutTestController/etc... to internals?

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Would you move the interface objects or just the methods?

 - Maciej

On Feb 21, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> It appears to me window.internals is a superior solution to expose cross-platform features to our test harness compared to other interfaces implemented in DumpRenderTree and WebKitTestRunner such as layoutTestController and friends.
> 
> Should we try to move methods of layoutTestController and friends that expose WebCore-level features to internals? Moving methods to internals would reduce DRT/WTR's code size, and lower the entry barrier for new ports.
> 
> For example, PlainTextController seems to exist only to expose Range::text(). But this function can be exposed via internals for testing purposes instead since it doesn't depend on any port-specific code.
> 
> Of course, there will be interfaces that rely on WebKit-layer code (e.g. TextInputController) we shouldn't be moving.
> 
> Best,
> Ryosuke Niwa
> Software Engineer
> Google Inc.
> 
> 
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