Firebug 1.8 API Changes

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Revision as of 15:17, 13 May 2011

TODO: This is only a rough list of changes, more explanation needed.

• Firebug source files use Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD)
• firebug-http-observer (JS module) is obsolete. Use "firebug/http/requestObserver"
• FBL.CCIN, FBL.CCSV and FBL.QI are obsolete, use "firebug/lib/xpcom"
• firebug-trace-service is obsolete, use "firebug/lib/trace"
• HTMLLib is not part of Firebug namespace, you need to include "firebug/lib/htmlLib.js
• $STR, $STRP, $STRP, registerStringBundle, getStringBundle, getDefaultStringBundle, getPluralRule, internationalize and internationalizeElements are part of "firebug/lib/locale"
• dispatch and dispatch2 are part of "firebug/lib/events" module
• All preferences should be accessed through firebug/lib/options module
• FBL.deprecated is now Deprecated.deprecated (firebug/lib/deprecated)
• FBTrace comes from "firebug/lib/trace"
• New modules: url, wrapper (don't use the API from FBL)
• FBL.findNext and FBL.findPrevious no longer exist.
• FirebugChrome namespace: getBrowsers, getCurrentBrowsers, getCurrentURI API removed and part of firefox/firefox module
• There is a new
  fbMainFrame (wrapping fbContentBox)
• New $ API: http://groups.google.com/group/firebug-working-group/browse_thread/thread/c8081f66a5139312
• FirebugChrome is obsolete global (still available in 1.8 perhaps) and replaced by Firebug.chrome
• Firebug.getTabForWindow and getTabIdForWindow is removed, use firefox/window getWindowProxyIdForWindow
• FBL.openWindow, FBL.viewSource, FBL.getBrowserForWindow are part of firefox/firefox
• FBL.ToggleBranch is now ToggleBranch.ToggleBranch
• FBL.Continued removed.
• FBL.isAncestorIgnored removed
• FBL.ErrorMessage -> FirebugReps.ErrorMessage
• FBL.fatalError removed
• FBL.ErrorCopy -> FirebugReps.ErrorCopy
• FBL.EventCopy -> DOM.EventCopy
• FBL.Property -> FirebugReps.PropertyObj