Intent to Prototype and Ship: toJSON for GeolocationCoordinates and GeolocationPosition
Reilly Grant
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Explainer
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Specification
https://github.com/w3c/geolocation-api/pull/147 (merged but blocked on a publishing error)
Summary
Add .toJSON() methods to the GeolocationCoordinates and GeolocationPosition interfaces.
These methods will aid in developing automated tests for the Geolocation API and may be useful for debugging as well. If the API were developed today, these WebIDL interfaces would likely be WebIDL dictionaries instead. However, given compatibility constraints, this is the next best option for making these types serializable.
Blink component
TAG review
None
TAG review status
Not applicable
Risks
Interoperability and Compatibility
None
Gecko: Positive (https://github.com/w3c/geolocation-api/pull/147#issuecomment-2048035042) 👍 from @saschanaz.
WebKit: Positive (https://github.com/w3c/geolocation-api/pull/147#issue-2232542989) Implemented in WebKit.
Web developers: No signals
Other signals:
WebView application risks
Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?
None.
Debuggability
None
Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?
Yes
Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
Yes
Flag name on chrome://flags
None
Finch feature name
None
Non-finch justification
Trivial addition of an accessor method.
Requires code in //chrome?
False
Estimated milestones
Anticipated spec changes
Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of the API in a non-backward-compatible way).
None.
Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5606741606924288
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Mike Taylor
LGTM2 - seems like a trivial, useful addition.
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