define IDL attributes in terms of methods

Author: annevk

cssom/Overview.html

@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
   <div class=head>
    <h1 id=cssom>CSSOM</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="">Editor's Draft 2 December 2009</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="">Editor's Draft 3 December 2009</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This Version:
 
     <dd><a
-     href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-cssom-20091202/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-cssom-20091202/</a>
+     href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-cssom-20091203/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-cssom-20091203/</a>
 
     <dt>Latest Version:
 
@@ -2683,6 +2683,8 @@ <h4 id=the-cssstyledeclaration-interface><span class=secno>7.3.2.
    <li>
     <p>If <var title="">priority</var> is neither a valid priority nor the
      empty string terminate this algorithm.
+   </li>
+   <!-- define valid priority somehow -->
 
    <li>
     <p>If <a href="#parse-a-css-value" title="parse a CSS value">parsing the
@@ -2718,17 +2720,21 @@ <h4 id=the-cssstyledeclaration-interface><span class=secno>7.3.2.
    associated with or <code>null</code> if it is not associated with a
    <code><a href="#cssrule">CSSrule</a></code> object.</p>
   <!-- XXX introduce a concept for this instead -->
-  <!-- XXX define this in terms of getPropertyValue/setProperty -->
 
   <p>For the table below, the IDL attribute in the first column <em
-   class=ct>must</em>, on getting return the value for the CSS property given
-   in the second column on the same row.</p>
-  <!-- XXX ref -->
-
-  <p>Similarly for the table below, on setting the IDL attribute in the first
-   column the value for the CSS property giving in the second column on the
-   same row <em class=ct>must</em> be set to the given value.</p>
-  <!-- XXX ref, exceptions for readonly objects -->
+   class=ct>must</em>, on getting return the result of invoking <code
+   title=cssstyledeclaration-getPropertyValue><a
+   href="#cssstyledeclaration-getpropertyvalue">getPropertyValue()</a></code>
+   with as argument the CSS property given in the second column on the same
+   row.
+
+  <p>Similarly for the table below, setting the IDL attribute in the first
+   column <em class=ct>must</em> invoke <code
+   title=cssstyledeclaration-setProperty><a
+   href="#cssstyledeclaration-setproperty">setProperty()</a></code> with as
+   first argument the CSS property given in the second column on the same row
+   and no second argument. Any exceptions raised <em class=ct>must</em> be
+   re-raised.
 
   <table>
    <tbody>

cssom/Overview.src.html

@@ -2219,6 +2219,7 @@ <h4>The <code title="">CSSStyleDeclaration</code> Interface</h4>
 
    <li><p>If <var title="">priority</var> is neither a valid priority nor
    the empty string terminate this algorithm.</p></li>
+   <!-- define valid priority somehow -->
 
    <li>
     <p>If <span title="parse a CSS value">parsing the
@@ -2233,8 +2234,8 @@ <h4>The <code title="">CSSStyleDeclaration</code> Interface</h4>
    is not the empty string. Otherwise set
    <var title="">property</var> to <var title="">value</var>.</p></li>
   </ol>
-  
-  
+
+
   <!-- XXX WebIDL work -->
   <p>The
   <dfn id="cssstyledeclaration-length" title="cssstyledeclaration-length"><code>length</code></dfn>
@@ -2255,17 +2256,19 @@ <h4>The <code title="">CSSStyleDeclaration</code> Interface</h4>
   <!-- XXX introduce a concept for this instead -->
 
 
-  <!-- XXX define this in terms of getPropertyValue/setProperty -->
   <p>For the table below, the IDL attribute in the first column
-  <em class="ct">must</em>, on getting return the value for the CSS property
-  given in the second column on the same row.</p>
-  <!-- XXX ref -->
+  <em class="ct">must</em>, on getting return the result of invoking
+  <code title="cssstyledeclaration-getPropertyValue">getPropertyValue()</code>
+  with as argument the CSS property given in the second column on the same
+  row.</p>
+  
+  <p>Similarly for the table below, setting the IDL attribute in the
+  first column  <em class="ct">must</em> invoke
+  <code title="cssstyledeclaration-setProperty">setProperty()</code> with as
+  first argument the CSS property given in the second column on the same row
+  and no second argument. Any exceptions raised <em class="ct">must</em> be
+  re-raised.</p>
 
-  <p>Similarly for the table below, on setting the IDL attribute in the
-  first column the value for the CSS property giving in the second column on
-  the same row <em class="ct">must</em> be set to the given value.</p>
-  <!-- XXX ref, exceptions for readonly objects -->
-  
   <table>
    <tbody>
     <tr>