Container Hint

Name

http://lynx-json.org/container

Meaning

A container hint describes a value that should be interpreted as a container of other values.

Related Hints

None

Synonyms

• object
• array

Format Rules

None

Examples

Object Value

{
  "title": "Groundhog Day",
  "spec": {
    "hints": [ "container" ],
    "children": [
        {
            "name": "title",
            "hints": [ "label", "text" ]
        }
    ]
  }
}

Array Value

{
  "value": [
    "Print this!",
    "Act like you don't give a crap and you fit right in.",
    "You know if you shoot me, you're liable to lose all of those humanitarian awards."
  ],
  "spec": {
    "hints": [ "container" ],
    "children": {
      "hints": [ "http://example.com/movie-quote", "text" ]
    }
  }
}

Authoring Rules

None

Authoring Considerations

None

User Agent Rules

• TBD - Need to add rules for container of inputs.
• The user agent SHOULD consider the sum of the text content for all values in the container to be the text content for the container.

User Agent Considerations

• The user agent must anticipate that a container may contain simple values, container values, or a combination of both.
• A user agent must anticipate that a value described by a container hint may contain any length and combination of values, including repeated values.