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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 YAHOO.util.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 Property modified by setForm() to determine if the data
   * should be submitted as an HTML form.
   * @property _isFormSubmit
   * @private
   * @static
   * @type boolean
   */
	_isFormSubmit:false,

 /**
  * @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;
			this._use_default_post_header = true;

            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 args = callback&&callback.argument?callback.argument:null,
            YCM = this,
            o, t;

        if(this._isFileUpload){
            t = 'upload';
        }
        else if(callback && 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){
                    window.setTimeout(function(){YCM.uploadFile(o, callback, uri, postData);}, 10);
                    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;
        }
    }
};

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