<iron-location> should not disassemble the url

[MajorBreakfast]

Hi,

I propose to let <iron-location> just sync to the url bar, not split the url string. The splitting should be done by another element.

<iron-location url="{{url}}"></iron-location>
<iron-url-splitter url="{{url}}"
                   use-hash-routing
                   path="{{path}}"
                   query="{{query}}"></iron-url-splitter>
<iron-query-params params-string="{{query}}"
                   params-object="{{queryParams}}">

Note: <iron-url-splitter> is ATM purely fictional. I just use it to show how it would look like.

PROs:

• Separation of concerns: <iron-location> is responsible for syncing to the url bar only
• Atomic updates: Just one string parameter for everything
• The disassembly for hash routing could be done properly. The element that does the splitting (here my fictional <iron-url-splitter>) should care about hash routing vs path routing.
  • Currently it ends up like this: ?key=value#/my/path (Note the reverse order)
  • It should look like this: #/my/path?key=value