2015 NEWS 2015-01-11 - Uize.Node Modules Deprecated
All modules under the Uize.Node namespace have been migrated to under the new Uize.Dom namespace.
1. Migrated Modules
Following is a map of modules that have been migrated from the Uize.Node namespace, along with their new names under the new Uize.Dom namespace...
| OLD MODULE NAME | NEW MODULE NAME |
| Uize.Node | -- DEFUNCT -- |
| Uize.Node.Classes | Uize.Dom.Classes |
| Uize.Node.Event | Uize.Dom.Event |
| Uize.Node.Form | Uize.Dom.Form |
| Uize.Node.Tree | Uize.Dom.Tree |
| Uize.Node.Util | Uize.Dom.Util |
| Uize.Node.VirtualEvent | Uize.Dom.VirtualEvent |
| Uize.Node.VirtualEvent.Edge | Uize.Dom.VirtualEvents.Edge |
2. New Modules
As part of the migration process, several new modules have been created under the new Uize.Dom namespace that do not directly map to deprecated modules under the now defunct Uize.Node namespace.
In particular, as part of the deprecating of the Uize.Node module, the functionality of this module has been separated out into several smaller modules under the Uize.Dom namespace, as follows...
Uize.Dom.Basics - provides a very minimal set of methods to ease working with DOM nodes - just the basics that are needed by the Uize.Widget class |
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Uize.Dom.Pos - provides a set of methods for working with positioning and coordinates of DOM nodes |
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Uize.Dom.Text - provides a method for getting the text content of DOM nodes |
It's important to note that the new Uize.Dom module is a pure namespace module, and there is no single module under the Uize.Dom namespace that contains the entire, equivalent set of functionality that was contained in the Uize.Node module. The Uize.Dom.Basics module was split out from the deprecated Uize.Node module by specifically identifying the functionality that is needed by the Uize.Widget module, so that widgets can be as compact as possible and not have a dependency on a bloated DOM utilities kitchen sink style module or library.
2.1. The Uize.Dom.VirtualEvents Namespace
The new Uize.Dom.VirtualEvents namespace module has been created to organize modules that implement different types of virtual DOM events.
Under the old Uize.Node namespace, the virtual DOM events modules were organized under the Uize.Node.VirtualEvent module that also implemented the virtual DOM events mechanism. Under the new Uize.Dom namespace, the Uize.Dom.VirtualEvent module implements the virtual DOM events mechanism, while the Uize.Dom.VirtualEvents module defines a namespace under which virtual DOM event modules, such as the Uize.Dom.VirtualEvents.Edge module, are organized.
3. Code Updates
Because of this change, all modules and other code that was using the modules under the Uize.Node namespace must be updated to use the appropriate modules under the new Uize.Dom namespace.
All modules, build scripts, examples, and documentation in the UIZE JavaScript Framework have already been updated accordingly.
4. Backwards Compatibility
Because of the relative importance of the Uize.Node modules, the migration to the new Uize.Dom namespace is being phased in.
For a year, stub modules are being maintained under the defunct Uize.Node namespace that are identical in the composition of their functionality to the deprecated Uize.Node modules. These stub modules aggregate functionality from the modules under the new Uize.Dom namespace and present exactly the same interfaces as the old Uize.Node modules. Once the grace period is over, these modules will finally be eliminated.