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/**
* The Connection Manager provides a simplified interface to the XMLHttpRequest
* object. It handles cross-browser instantiantion of XMLHttpRequest, negotiates the
* interactive states and server response, returning the results to a pre-defined
* callback you create.
*
* @namespace YAHOO.util
* @module connection
* @requires yahoo
* @requires event
*/
/**
* The Connection Manager singleton provides methods for creating and managing
* asynchronous transactions.
*
* @class Connect
*/
YAHOO.util.Connect =
{
/**
* @description Array of MSFT ActiveX ids for XMLHttpRequest.
* @property _msxml_progid
* @private
* @static
* @type array
*/
_msxml_progid:[
'Microsoft.XMLHTTP',
'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
'MSXML2.XMLHTTP'
],
/**
* @description Object literal of HTTP header(s)
* @property _http_header
* @private
* @static
* @type object
*/
_http_headers:{},
/**
* @description Determines if HTTP headers are set.
* @property _has_http_headers
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_has_http_headers:false,
/**
* @description Determines if a default header of
* Content-Type of 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
* will be added to any client HTTP headers sent for POST
* transactions.
* @property _use_default_post_header
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_use_default_post_header:true,
/**
* @description The default header used for POST transactions.
* @property _default_post_header
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_default_post_header:'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8',
/**
* @description The default header used for transactions involving the
* use of HTML forms.
* @property _default_form_header
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_default_form_header:'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
/**
* @description Determines if a default header of
* 'X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest'
* will be added to each transaction.
* @property _use_default_xhr_header
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_use_default_xhr_header:true,
/**
* @description The default header value for the label
* "X-Requested-With". This is sent with each
* transaction, by default, to identify the
* request as being made by YUI Connection Manager.
* @property _default_xhr_header
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_default_xhr_header:'XMLHttpRequest',
/**
* @description Determines if custom, default headers
* are set for each transaction.
* @property _has_default_header
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_has_default_headers:true,
/**
* @description Determines if custom, default headers
* are set for each transaction.
* @property _has_default_header
* @private
* @static
* @type boolean
*/
_default_headers:{},
/**
* @description Collection of polling references to the polling mechanism in handleReadyState.
* @property _poll
* @private
* @static
* @type object
*/
_poll:{},
/**
* @description Queue of timeout values for each transaction callback with a defined timeout value.
* @property _timeOut
* @private
* @static
* @type object
*/
_timeOut:{},
/**
* @description The polling frequency, in milliseconds, for HandleReadyState.
* when attempting to determine a transaction's XHR readyState.
* The default is 50 milliseconds.
* @property _polling_interval
* @private
* @static
* @type int
*/
_polling_interval:50,
/**
* @description A transaction counter that increments the transaction id for each transaction.
* @property _transaction_id
* @private
* @static
* @type int
*/
_transaction_id:0,
/**
* @description Custom event that fires at the start of a transaction
* @property startEvent
* @private
* @static
* @type CustomEvent
*/
startEvent: new YAHOO.util.CustomEvent('start'),
/**
* @description Custom event that fires when a transaction response has completed.
* @property completeEvent
* @private
* @static
* @type CustomEvent
*/
completeEvent: new YAHOO.util.CustomEvent('complete'),
/**
* @description Custom event that fires when handleTransactionResponse() determines a
* response in the HTTP 2xx range.
* @property successEvent
* @private
* @static
* @type CustomEvent
*/
successEvent: new YAHOO.util.CustomEvent('success'),
/**
* @description Custom event that fires when handleTransactionResponse() determines a
* response in the HTTP 4xx/5xx range.
* @property failureEvent
* @private
* @static
* @type CustomEvent
*/
failureEvent: new YAHOO.util.CustomEvent('failure'),
/**
* @description Custom event that fires when a transaction is successfully aborted.
* @property abortEvent
* @private
* @static
* @type CustomEvent
*/
abortEvent: new YAHOO.util.CustomEvent('abort'),
/**
* @description A reference table that maps callback custom events members to its specific
* event name.
* @property _customEvents
* @private
* @static
* @type object
*/
_customEvents:
{
onStart:['startEvent', 'start'],
onComplete:['completeEvent', 'complete'],
onSuccess:['successEvent', 'success'],
onFailure:['failureEvent', 'failure'],
onUpload:['uploadEvent', 'upload'],
onAbort:['abortEvent', 'abort']
},
/**
* @description Member to add an ActiveX id to the existing xml_progid array.
* In the event(unlikely) a new ActiveX id is introduced, it can be added
* without internal code modifications.
* @method setProgId
* @public
* @static
* @param {string} id The ActiveX id to be added to initialize the XHR object.
* @return void
*/
setProgId:function(id)
{
this._msxml_progid.unshift(id);
YAHOO.log('ActiveX Program Id ' + id + ' added to _msxml_progid.', 'info', 'Connection');
},
/**
* @description Member to override the default POST header.
* @method setDefaultPostHeader
* @public
* @static
* @param {boolean} b Set and use default header - true or false .
* @return void
*/
setDefaultPostHeader:function(b)
{
if(typeof b == 'string'){
this._default_post_header = b;
YAHOO.log('Default POST header set to ' + b, 'info', 'Connection');
}
else if(typeof b == 'boolean'){
this._use_default_post_header = b;
}
},
/**
* @description Member to override the default transaction header..
* @method setDefaultXhrHeader
* @public
* @static
* @param {boolean} b Set and use default header - true or false .
* @return void
*/
setDefaultXhrHeader:function(b)
{
if(typeof b == 'string'){
this._default_xhr_header = b;
YAHOO.log('Default XHR header set to ' + b, 'info', 'Connection');
}
else{
this._use_default_xhr_header = b;
}
},
/**
* @description Member to modify the default polling interval.
* @method setPollingInterval
* @public
* @static
* @param {int} i The polling interval in milliseconds.
* @return void
*/
setPollingInterval:function(i)
{
if(typeof i == 'number' && isFinite(i)){
this._polling_interval = i;
YAHOO.log('Default polling interval set to ' + i +'ms', 'info', 'Connection');
}
},
/**
* @description Instantiates a XMLHttpRequest object and returns an object with two properties:
* the XMLHttpRequest instance and the transaction id.
* @method createXhrObject
* @private
* @static
* @param {int} transactionId Property containing the transaction id for this transaction.
* @return object
*/
createXhrObject:function(transactionId)
{
var obj,http,i;
try
{
// Instantiates XMLHttpRequest in non-IE browsers and assigns to http.
http = new XMLHttpRequest();
// Object literal with http and tId properties
obj = { conn:http, tId:transactionId, xhr: true };
YAHOO.log('XHR object created for transaction ' + transactionId, 'info', 'Connection');
}
catch(e)
{
for(i=0; i<this._msxml_progid.length; ++i){
try
{
// Instantiates XMLHttpRequest for IE and assign to http
http = new ActiveXObject(this._msxml_progid[i]);
// Object literal with conn and tId properties
obj = { conn:http, tId:transactionId, xhr: true };
YAHOO.log('ActiveX XHR object created for transaction ' + transactionId, 'info', 'Connection');
break;
}
catch(e1){}
}
}
finally
{
return obj;
}
},
/**
* @description This method is called by asyncRequest to create a
* valid connection object for the transaction. It also passes a
* transaction id and increments the transaction id counter.
* @method getConnectionObject
* @private
* @static
* @return {object}
*/
getConnectionObject:function(t)
{
var o, tId = this._transaction_id;
try
{
if(!t){
o = this.createXhrObject(tId);
}
else{
o = {tId:tId};
if(t==='xdr'){
o.conn = this._transport;
o.xdr = true;
}
else if(t==='upload'){
o.upload = true;
}
}
if(o){
this._transaction_id++;
}
}
catch(e){}
return o;
},
/**
* @description Method for initiating an asynchronous request via the XHR object.
* @method asyncRequest
* @public
* @static
* @param {string} method HTTP transaction method
* @param {string} uri Fully qualified path of resource
* @param {callback} callback User-defined callback function or object
* @param {string} postData POST body
* @return {object} Returns the connection object
*/
asyncRequest:function(method, uri, callback, postData)
{
var o,t,args = (callback && callback.argument)?callback.argument:null;
if(this._isFileUpload){
t = 'upload';
}
else if(callback.xdr){
t = 'xdr';
}
o = this.getConnectionObject(t);
if(!o){
YAHOO.log('Unable to create connection object.', 'error', 'Connection');
return null;
}
else{
// Intialize any transaction-specific custom events, if provided.
if(callback && callback.customevents){
this.initCustomEvents(o, callback);
}
if(this._isFormSubmit){
if(this._isFileUpload){
this.uploadFile(o, callback, uri, postData);
return o;
}
// If the specified HTTP method is GET, setForm() will return an
// encoded string that is concatenated to the uri to
// create a querystring.
if(method.toUpperCase() == 'GET'){
if(this._sFormData.length !== 0){
// If the URI already contains a querystring, append an ampersand
// and then concatenate _sFormData to the URI.
uri += ((uri.indexOf('?') == -1)?'?':'&') + this._sFormData;
}
}
else if(method.toUpperCase() == 'POST'){
// If POST data exist in addition to the HTML form data,
// it will be concatenated to the form data.
postData = postData?this._sFormData + "&" + postData:this._sFormData;
}
}
if(method.toUpperCase() == 'GET' && (callback && callback.cache === false)){
// If callback.cache is defined and set to false, a
// timestamp value will be added to the querystring.
uri += ((uri.indexOf('?') == -1)?'?':'&') + "rnd=" + new Date().valueOf().toString();
}
// Each transaction will automatically include a custom header of
// "X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest" to identify the request as
// having originated from Connection Manager.
if(this._use_default_xhr_header){
if(!this._default_headers['X-Requested-With']){
this.initHeader('X-Requested-With', this._default_xhr_header, true);
YAHOO.log('Initialize transaction header X-Request-Header to XMLHttpRequest.', 'info', 'Connection');
}
}
//If the transaction method is POST and the POST header value is set to true
//or a custom value, initalize the Content-Type header to this value.
if((method.toUpperCase() === 'POST' && this._use_default_post_header) && this._isFormSubmit === false){
this.initHeader('Content-Type', this._default_post_header);
YAHOO.log('Initialize header Content-Type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded; UTF-8 for POST transaction.', 'info', 'Connection');
}
if(o.xdr){
this.xdr(o, method, uri, callback, postData);
return o;
}
o.conn.open(method, uri, true);
//Initialize all default and custom HTTP headers,
if(this._has_default_headers || this._has_http_headers){
this.setHeader(o);
}
this.handleReadyState(o, callback);
o.conn.send(postData || '');
YAHOO.log('Transaction ' + o.tId + ' sent.', 'info', 'Connection');
// Reset the HTML form data and state properties as
// soon as the data are submitted.
if(this._isFormSubmit === true){
this.resetFormState();
}
// Fire global custom event -- startEvent
this.startEvent.fire(o, args);
if(o.startEvent){
// Fire transaction custom event -- startEvent
o.startEvent.fire(o, args);
}
return o;
}
},
/**
* @description This method creates and subscribes custom events,
* specific to each transaction
* @method initCustomEvents
* @private
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object
* @param {callback} callback The user-defined callback object
* @return {void}
*/
initCustomEvents:function(o, callback)
{
var prop;
// Enumerate through callback.customevents members and bind/subscribe
// events that match in the _customEvents table.
for(prop in callback.customevents){
if(this._customEvents[prop][0]){
// Create the custom event
o[this._customEvents[prop][0]] = new YAHOO.util.CustomEvent(this._customEvents[prop][1], (callback.scope)?callback.scope:null);
YAHOO.log('Transaction-specific Custom Event ' + o[this._customEvents[prop][1]] + ' created.', 'info', 'Connection');
// Subscribe the custom event
o[this._customEvents[prop][0]].subscribe(callback.customevents[prop]);
YAHOO.log('Transaction-specific Custom Event ' + o[this._customEvents[prop][1]] + ' subscribed.', 'info', 'Connection');
}
}
},
/**
* @description This method serves as a timer that polls the XHR object's readyState
* property during a transaction, instead of binding a callback to the
* onreadystatechange event. Upon readyState 4, handleTransactionResponse
* will process the response, and the timer will be cleared.
* @method handleReadyState
* @private
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object
* @param {callback} callback The user-defined callback object
* @return {void}
*/
handleReadyState:function(o, callback)
{
var oConn = this,
args = (callback && callback.argument)?callback.argument:null;
if(callback && callback.timeout){
this._timeOut[o.tId] = window.setTimeout(function(){ oConn.abort(o, callback, true); }, callback.timeout);
}
this._poll[o.tId] = window.setInterval(
function(){
if(o.conn && o.conn.readyState === 4){
// Clear the polling interval for the transaction
// and remove the reference from _poll.
window.clearInterval(oConn._poll[o.tId]);
delete oConn._poll[o.tId];
if(callback && callback.timeout){
window.clearTimeout(oConn._timeOut[o.tId]);
delete oConn._timeOut[o.tId];
}
// Fire global custom event -- completeEvent
oConn.completeEvent.fire(o, args);
if(o.completeEvent){
// Fire transaction custom event -- completeEvent
o.completeEvent.fire(o, args);
}
oConn.handleTransactionResponse(o, callback);
}
}
,this._polling_interval);
},
/**
* @description This method attempts to interpret the server response and
* determine whether the transaction was successful, or if an error or
* exception was encountered.
* @method handleTransactionResponse
* @private
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object
* @param {object} callback The user-defined callback object
* @param {boolean} isAbort Determines if the transaction was terminated via abort().
* @return {void}
*/
handleTransactionResponse:function(o, callback, isAbort)
{
var httpStatus, responseObject,
args = (callback && callback.argument)?callback.argument:null,
xdrS = (o.r && o.r.statusText === 'xdr:success')?true:false,
xdrF = (o.r && o.r.statusText === 'xdr:failure')?true:false,
xdrA = isAbort;
try
{
if((o.conn.status !== undefined && o.conn.status !== 0) || xdrS){
// XDR requests will not have HTTP status defined. The
// statusText property will define the response status
// set by the Flash transport.
httpStatus = o.conn.status;
}
else if(xdrF && !xdrA){
// Set XDR transaction failure to a status of 0, which
// resolves as an HTTP failure, instead of an exception.
httpStatus = 0;
}
else{
httpStatus = 13030;
}
}
catch(e){
// 13030 is a custom code to indicate the condition -- in Mozilla/FF --
// when the XHR object's status and statusText properties are
// unavailable, and a query attempt throws an exception.
httpStatus = 13030;
}
if((httpStatus >= 200 && httpStatus < 300) || httpStatus === 1223 || xdrS){
responseObject = o.xdr ? o.r : this.createResponseObject(o, args);
if(callback && callback.success){
if(!callback.scope){
callback.success(responseObject);
YAHOO.log('Success callback. HTTP code is ' + httpStatus, 'info', 'Connection');
}
else{
// If a scope property is defined, the callback will be fired from
// the context of the object.
callback.success.apply(callback.scope, [responseObject]);
YAHOO.log('Success callback with scope. HTTP code is ' + httpStatus, 'info', 'Connection');
}
}
// Fire global custom event -- successEvent
this.successEvent.fire(responseObject);
if(o.successEvent){
// Fire transaction custom event -- successEvent
o.successEvent.fire(responseObject);
}
}
else{
switch(httpStatus){
// The following cases are wininet.dll error codes that may be encountered.
case 12002: // Server timeout
case 12029: // 12029 to 12031 correspond to dropped connections.
case 12030:
case 12031:
case 12152: // Connection closed by server.
case 13030: // See above comments for variable status.
// XDR transactions will not resolve to this case, since the
// response object is already built in the xdr response.
responseObject = this.createExceptionObject(o.tId, args, (isAbort?isAbort:false));
if(callback && callback.failure){
if(!callback.scope){
callback.failure(responseObject);
YAHOO.log('Failure callback. Exception detected. Status code is ' + httpStatus, 'warn', 'Connection');
}
else{
callback.failure.apply(callback.scope, [responseObject]);
YAHOO.log('Failure callback with scope. Exception detected. Status code is ' + httpStatus, 'warn', 'Connection');
}
}
break;
default:
responseObject = (o.xdr) ? o.response : this.createResponseObject(o, args);
if(callback && callback.failure){
if(!callback.scope){
callback.failure(responseObject);
YAHOO.log('Failure callback. HTTP status code is ' + httpStatus, 'warn', 'Connection');
}
else{
callback.failure.apply(callback.scope, [responseObject]);
YAHOO.log('Failure callback with scope. HTTP status code is ' + httpStatus, 'warn', 'Connection');
}
}
}
// Fire global custom event -- failureEvent
this.failureEvent.fire(responseObject);
if(o.failureEvent){
// Fire transaction custom event -- failureEvent
o.failureEvent.fire(responseObject);
}
}
this.releaseObject(o);
responseObject = null;
},
/**
* @description This method evaluates the server response, creates and returns the results via
* its properties. Success and failure cases will differ in the response
* object's property values.
* @method createResponseObject
* @private
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object
* @param {callbackArg} callbackArg The user-defined argument or arguments to be passed to the callback
* @return {object}
*/
createResponseObject:function(o, callbackArg)
{
var obj = {}, headerObj = {},
i, headerStr, header, delimitPos;
try
{
headerStr = o.conn.getAllResponseHeaders();
header = headerStr.split('\n');
for(i=0; i<header.length; i++){
delimitPos = header[i].indexOf(':');
if(delimitPos != -1){
headerObj[header[i].substring(0,delimitPos)] = YAHOO.lang.trim(header[i].substring(delimitPos+2));
}
}
}
catch(e){}
obj.tId = o.tId;
// Normalize IE's response to HTTP 204 when Win error 1223.
obj.status = (o.conn.status == 1223)?204:o.conn.status;
// Normalize IE's statusText to "No Content" instead of "Unknown".
obj.statusText = (o.conn.status == 1223)?"No Content":o.conn.statusText;
obj.getResponseHeader = headerObj;
obj.getAllResponseHeaders = headerStr;
obj.responseText = o.conn.responseText;
obj.responseXML = o.conn.responseXML;
if(callbackArg){
obj.argument = callbackArg;
}
return obj;
},
/**
* @description If a transaction cannot be completed due to dropped or closed connections,
* there may be not be enough information to build a full response object.
* The failure callback will be fired and this specific condition can be identified
* by a status property value of 0.
*
* If an abort was successful, the status property will report a value of -1.
*
* @method createExceptionObject
* @private
* @static
* @param {int} tId The Transaction Id
* @param {callbackArg} callbackArg The user-defined argument or arguments to be passed to the callback
* @param {boolean} isAbort Determines if the exception case is caused by a transaction abort
* @return {object}
*/
createExceptionObject:function(tId, callbackArg, isAbort)
{
var COMM_CODE = 0,
COMM_ERROR = 'communication failure',
ABORT_CODE = -1,
ABORT_ERROR = 'transaction aborted',
obj = {};
obj.tId = tId;
if(isAbort){
obj.status = ABORT_CODE;
obj.statusText = ABORT_ERROR;
}
else{
obj.status = COMM_CODE;
obj.statusText = COMM_ERROR;
}
if(callbackArg){
obj.argument = callbackArg;
}
return obj;
},
/**
* @description Method that initializes the custom HTTP headers for the each transaction.
* @method initHeader
* @public
* @static
* @param {string} label The HTTP header label
* @param {string} value The HTTP header value
* @param {string} isDefault Determines if the specific header is a default header
* automatically sent with each transaction.
* @return {void}
*/
initHeader:function(label, value, isDefault)
{
var headerObj = (isDefault)?this._default_headers:this._http_headers;
headerObj[label] = value;
if(isDefault){
this._has_default_headers = true;
}
else{
this._has_http_headers = true;
}
},
/**
* @description Accessor that sets the HTTP headers for each transaction.
* @method setHeader
* @private
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object for the transaction.
* @return {void}
*/
setHeader:function(o)
{
var prop;
if(this._has_default_headers){
for(prop in this._default_headers){
if(YAHOO.lang.hasOwnProperty(this._default_headers, prop)){
o.conn.setRequestHeader(prop, this._default_headers[prop]);
YAHOO.log('Default HTTP header ' + prop + ' set with value of ' + this._default_headers[prop], 'info', 'Connection');
}
}
}
if(this._has_http_headers){
for(prop in this._http_headers){
if(YAHOO.lang.hasOwnProperty(this._http_headers, prop)){
o.conn.setRequestHeader(prop, this._http_headers[prop]);
YAHOO.log('HTTP header ' + prop + ' set with value of ' + this._http_headers[prop], 'info', 'Connection');
}
}
this._http_headers = {};
this._has_http_headers = false;
}
},
/**
* @description Resets the default HTTP headers object
* @method resetDefaultHeaders
* @public
* @static
* @return {void}
*/
resetDefaultHeaders:function(){
this._default_headers = {};
this._has_default_headers = false;
},
/**
* @description Method to terminate a transaction, if it has not reached readyState 4.
* @method abort
* @public
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object returned by asyncRequest.
* @param {object} callback User-defined callback object.
* @param {string} isTimeout boolean to indicate if abort resulted from a callback timeout.
* @return {boolean}
*/
abort:function(o, callback, isTimeout)
{
var abortStatus,
args = (callback && callback.argument)?callback.argument:null;
o = o || {};
if(o.conn){
if(o.xhr){
if(this.isCallInProgress(o)){
// Issue abort request
o.conn.abort();
window.clearInterval(this._poll[o.tId]);
delete this._poll[o.tId];
if(isTimeout){
window.clearTimeout(this._timeOut[o.tId]);
delete this._timeOut[o.tId];
}
abortStatus = true;
}
}
else if(o.xdr){
o.conn.abort(o.tId);
abortStatus = true;
}
}
else if(o.upload){
var frameId = 'yuiIO' + o.tId;
var io = document.getElementById(frameId);
if(io){
// Remove all listeners on the iframe prior to
// its destruction.
YAHOO.util.Event.removeListener(io, "load");
// Destroy the iframe facilitating the transaction.
document.body.removeChild(io);
YAHOO.log('File upload iframe destroyed. Id is:' + frameId, 'info', 'Connection');
if(isTimeout){
window.clearTimeout(this._timeOut[o.tId]);
delete this._timeOut[o.tId];
}
abortStatus = true;
}
}
else{
abortStatus = false;
}
if(abortStatus === true){
// Fire global custom event -- abortEvent
this.abortEvent.fire(o, args);
if(o.abortEvent){
// Fire transaction custom event -- abortEvent
o.abortEvent.fire(o, args);
}
this.handleTransactionResponse(o, callback, true);
YAHOO.log('Transaction ' + o.tId + ' aborted.', 'info', 'Connection');
}
return abortStatus;
},
/**
* @description Determines if the transaction is still being processed.
* @method isCallInProgress
* @public
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object returned by asyncRequest
* @return {boolean}
*/
isCallInProgress:function(o)
{
o = o || {};
// if the XHR object assigned to the transaction has not been dereferenced,
// then check its readyState status. Otherwise, return false.
if(o.xhr && o.conn){
return o.conn.readyState !== 4 && o.conn.readyState !== 0;
}
else if(o.xdr && o.conn){
return o.conn.isCallInProgress(o.tId);
}
else if(o.upload === true){
return document.getElementById('yuiIO' + o.tId)?true:false;
}
else{
return false;
}
},
/**
* @description Dereference the XHR instance and the connection object after the transaction is completed.
* @method releaseObject
* @private
* @static
* @param {object} o The connection object
* @return {void}
*/
releaseObject:function(o)
{
if(o && o.conn){
//dereference the XHR instance.
o.conn = null;
YAHOO.log('Connection object for transaction ' + o.tId + ' destroyed.', 'info', 'Connection');
//dereference the connection object.
o = null;
}
}
};