[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 129441] New: Web Inspector: highlight data for overlay should use protocol type builders

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129441

           Summary: Web Inspector: highlight data for overlay should use
                    protocol type builders
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: bburg at apple.com
                CC: timothy at apple.com, achicu at adobe.com,
                    joepeck at webkit.org,
                    webkit-bug-importer at group.apple.com,
                    graouts at webkit.org


Right now, InspectorOverlay::buildObjectForHighlightedNode and its helper methods manually build up InspectorObjects. This makes it really hard to tell what the shape of the data is without looking at the code that builds it. It also is a very thin abstraction between the code on the overlay page and its backend.

I suggest we add a new Overlay domain that contains these types. This will give us type builders for free. At a later time, we could easily convert the InspectorOverlay::evaluateInOverlay calls into protocol commands.

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