DESCRIPTION: The test:in JS if (document.getElementById) now returns true and goes to the then-clause rather than the else-clause, despite that document.getElementById is not implemented. This leads to: JavaScript error: line 0: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Method not implemented" code: "-2147467263" nsresult: "0x80004001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)" location: "http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~dbaron/dom/test/one-core-xml/Attr Line: 71"] when it is used. This prevented all of my DOM tests in XML from working because I used to use that test in http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~dbaron/dom/test/base.js, line 71. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: * hard, since I just worked around the problem... DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY ON: * Linux mozilla 2000-02-08-08-M16 WORKS CORRECTLY ON: * older builds ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I realize this is because of your work in progress for DOM2, but it would be nice if the tests for the functions could fail so one can properly test for the presence of the function.

Unfortunately there's no easy way for me to do this, the code that does this is automatically generated and the same code is used for all types of documents in mozilla. However, we're getting close to having getElementById() work properly in XML documents in mozilla and once that's done then you an simply go ahead an use it. I could make getElementById() not throw the exception (and return null) if called on an XML document if that would help you, let me know if you want me to do that.

It doesn't make that much difference, since I already worked around it.

Ok, marking WONTFIX then.

Is there any open bug to track the progress of the implementation of "getElementById()" for XML documents? Tia

AFAIK there's no bug on this, but Nisheeth has code for doing this in his tree, he's working on getting that tested and checked in.

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VERIFIED wontfix. getElementById() for xml is implemented