WebGL2RenderingContext should not extend WebGLRenderingContext

[zbynek]

document.createElement("canvas").getContext("webgl2") instanceof WebGLRenderingContext

is false, so I think these contexts should not extend each other.

[blickly]

One way to model this (the approach used by TypeScript) would be to define a non-existent common parent interface that includes all the common properties and their types.

[zbynek]

non-existent common parent interface

I was thinking something along those lines but I'm not sure if it should be an @interface, an @abstract @constructor (like BaseRenderingContext is for CanvasRenderingContext) or maybe a @record (given the note in https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/blob/master/externs/browser/html5.js#L475 ).

My goal is to use WebGL 2 from GWT through Elemental 2 which uses externs from this repo (google/elemental2#181)

[jDramaix]

As the type won't exist You should use a @record so it's a structural type @blickly could you confirm ?

[blickly]

+1 to @jDramaix . If the type doesn't exist and can't be extended by a real class, then it doesn't make sense to make it @abstract. @record is probably the most natural choice, matching the behavior of a TypeScript interface