[CXF-2615] Generated serialization JS should not pretend to have "block scope"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Fix Version/s: Invalid
• Component/s: JavaScript Client
• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tim McCormack
• Created: 12/Jan/10 22:22
• Updated: 26/Oct/11 17:12
• Resolved: 09/Sep/11 18:52

Description

org.apache.cxf.javascript.JavascriptUtils generates serializer code in JS that surrounds individual serializations with block scope. This is allegedly (according to a code comment) to provide a "block for local variables", but JS does not actually support block scope:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide/Block_Statement

Instead, all of these chunks of code run in the same scope. I am unsure as to whether this attempt at keeping a clean scope has any effect on extant code.