lib/goog/net/xmlhttp.js

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/**
 * @fileoverview Low level handling of XMLHttpRequest.
 * @author arv@google.com (Erik Arvidsson)
 * @author dbk@google.com (David Barrett-Kahn)
 */
goog.provide('goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory');
goog.provide('goog.net.XmlHttp');
goog.provide('goog.net.XmlHttp.OptionType');
goog.provide('goog.net.XmlHttp.ReadyState');
goog.require('goog.net.WrapperXmlHttpFactory');
goog.require('goog.net.XmlHttpFactory');
/**
 * Static class for creating XMLHttpRequest objects.
 * @return {!(XMLHttpRequest|GearsHttpRequest)} A new XMLHttpRequest object.
 */
goog.net.XmlHttp = function() {
  return goog.net.XmlHttp.factory_.createInstance();
};
/**
 * @define {boolean} Whether to assume XMLHttpRequest exists. Setting this to
 *     true strips the ActiveX probing code.
 */
goog.define('goog.net.XmlHttp.ASSUME_NATIVE_XHR', false);
/**
 * Gets the options to use with the XMLHttpRequest objects obtained using
 * the static methods.
 * @return {Object} The options.
 */
goog.net.XmlHttp.getOptions = function() {
  return goog.net.XmlHttp.factory_.getOptions();
};
/**
 * Type of options that an XmlHttp object can have.
 * @enum {number}
 */
goog.net.XmlHttp.OptionType = {
  /**
   * Whether a goog.nullFunction should be used to clear the onreadystatechange
   * handler instead of null.
   */
  USE_NULL_FUNCTION: 0,
  /**
   * NOTE(user): In IE if send() errors on a *local* request the readystate
   * is still changed to COMPLETE.  We need to ignore it and allow the
   * try/catch around send() to pick up the error.
   */
  LOCAL_REQUEST_ERROR: 1
};
/**
 * Status constants for XMLHTTP, matches:
 * http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/
 *   en-us/xmlsdk/html/0e6a34e4-f90c-489d-acff-cb44242fafc6.asp
 * @enum {number}
 */
goog.net.XmlHttp.ReadyState = {
  /**
   * Constant for when xmlhttprequest.readyState is uninitialized
   */
  UNINITIALIZED: 0,
  /**
   * Constant for when xmlhttprequest.readyState is loading.
   */
  LOADING: 1,
  /**
   * Constant for when xmlhttprequest.readyState is loaded.
   */
  LOADED: 2,
  /**
   * Constant for when xmlhttprequest.readyState is in an interactive state.
   */
  INTERACTIVE: 3,
  /**
   * Constant for when xmlhttprequest.readyState is completed
   */
  COMPLETE: 4
};
/**
 * The global factory instance for creating XMLHttpRequest objects.
 * @type {goog.net.XmlHttpFactory}
 * @private
 */
goog.net.XmlHttp.factory_;
/**
 * Sets the factories for creating XMLHttpRequest objects and their options.
 * @param {Function} factory The factory for XMLHttpRequest objects.
 * @param {Function} optionsFactory The factory for options.
 * @deprecated Use setGlobalFactory instead.
 */
goog.net.XmlHttp.setFactory = function(factory, optionsFactory) {
  goog.net.XmlHttp.setGlobalFactory(new goog.net.WrapperXmlHttpFactory(
      /** @type {function() : !(XMLHttpRequest|GearsHttpRequest)} */ (factory),
      /** @type {function() : !Object}*/ (optionsFactory)));
};
/**
 * Sets the global factory object.
 * @param {!goog.net.XmlHttpFactory} factory New global factory object.
 */
goog.net.XmlHttp.setGlobalFactory = function(factory) {
  goog.net.XmlHttp.factory_ = factory;
};
/**
 * Default factory to use when creating xhr objects.  You probably shouldn't be
 * instantiating this directly, but rather using it via goog.net.XmlHttp.
 * @extends {goog.net.XmlHttpFactory}
 * @constructor
 */
goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory = function() {
  goog.net.XmlHttpFactory.call(this);
};
goog.inherits(goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory, goog.net.XmlHttpFactory);
/** @override */
goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory.prototype.createInstance = function() {
  var progId = this.getProgId_();
  if (progId) {
    return new ActiveXObject(progId);
  } else {
    return new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
};
/** @override */
goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory.prototype.internalGetOptions = function() {
  var progId = this.getProgId_();
  var options = {};
  if (progId) {
    options[goog.net.XmlHttp.OptionType.USE_NULL_FUNCTION] = true;
    options[goog.net.XmlHttp.OptionType.LOCAL_REQUEST_ERROR] = true;
  }
  return options;
};
/**
 * The ActiveX PROG ID string to use to create xhr's in IE. Lazily initialized.
 * @type {string|undefined}
 * @private
 */
goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory.prototype.ieProgId_;
/**
 * Initialize the private state used by other functions.
 * @return {string} The ActiveX PROG ID string to use to create xhr's in IE.
 * @private
 */
goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory.prototype.getProgId_ = function() {
  if (goog.net.XmlHttp.ASSUME_NATIVE_XHR) {
    return '';
  }
  // The following blog post describes what PROG IDs to use to create the
  // XMLHTTP object in Internet Explorer:
  // http://blogs.msdn.com/xmlteam/archive/2006/10/23/using-the-right-version-of-msxml-in-internet-explorer.aspx
  // However we do not (yet) fully trust that this will be OK for old versions
  // of IE on Win9x so we therefore keep the last 2.
  if (!this.ieProgId_ && typeof XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined' &&
      typeof ActiveXObject != 'undefined') {
    // Candidate Active X types.
    var ACTIVE_X_IDENTS = ['MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0', 'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
                           'MSXML2.XMLHTTP', 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP'];
    for (var i = 0; i < ACTIVE_X_IDENTS.length; i++) {
      var candidate = ACTIVE_X_IDENTS[i];
      /** @preserveTry */
      try {
        new ActiveXObject(candidate);
        // NOTE(user): cannot assign progid and return candidate in one line
        // because JSCompiler complaings: BUG 658126
        this.ieProgId_ = candidate;
        return candidate;
      } catch (e) {
        // do nothing; try next choice
      }
    }
    // couldn't find any matches
    throw Error('Could not create ActiveXObject. ActiveX might be disabled,' +
                ' or MSXML might not be installed');
  }
  return /** @type {string} */ (this.ieProgId_);
};
//Set the global factory to an instance of the default factory.
goog.net.XmlHttp.setGlobalFactory(new goog.net.DefaultXmlHttpFactory());