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add webidl spec reference

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Vincent Sanders 2019-05-04 10:50:31 +01:00
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@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ outlining the remaining unimplemented API bindings.
WebIDL
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The WebIDL specification defines the interface description language used.
The [WebIDL specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/) defines the
interface description language used. The WebIDL is being updated and
an [editors draft](https://heycam.github.io/webidl/) is available but
use is inconsistant.
These descriptions should be periodicaly updated to keep the browser
interfaces current.
@ -32,6 +35,18 @@ This tool needs a great deal of hand holding, not least because many of the
source documents list the IDL fragments multiple times, some even have
appendicies with the entrire IDL repeated.
The IDL uses some slightly different terms than other object orientated
systems.
WebIDL | JavaScript | Common OOP | Note
------- | ---------- | ---------- | ----
interface | prototype | class | The data definition of the object
constants | read-only value property on the prototype | class variable | Belong to class, one copy
operation | method | method | functions that can be called
attribute | property | property | Variables set per instance
Interface binding introduction
------------------------------