js/pz2.js

   1 /*
   2  * Mine
   3 ** pz2.js - pazpar2's javascript client library.
   4 */
   5
   6 //since explorer is flawed
   7 if (!window['Node']) {
   8     window.Node = new Object();
   9     Node.ELEMENT_NODE = 1;
  10     Node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE = 2;
  11     Node.TEXT_NODE = 3;
  12     Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE = 4;
  13     Node.ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE = 5;
  14     Node.ENTITY_NODE = 6;
  15     Node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE = 7;
  16     Node.COMMENT_NODE = 8;
  17     Node.DOCUMENT_NODE = 9;
  18     Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE = 10;
  19     Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11;
  20     Node.NOTATION_NODE = 12;
  21 }
  22
  23 // prevent execution of more than once
  24 if(typeof window.pz2 == "undefined") {
  25 window.undefined = window.undefined;
  26
  27 var pz2 = function ( paramArray )
  28 {
  29
  30     // at least one callback required
  31     if ( !paramArray )
  32         throw new Error("Pz2.js: Array with parameters has to be suplied.");
  33
  34     //supported pazpar2's protocol version
  35     this.suppProtoVer = '1';
  36     if (typeof paramArray.pazpar2path != "undefined")
  37         this.pz2String = paramArray.pazpar2path;
  38     else
  39         this.pz2String = "/pazpar2/search.pz2";
  40     this.useSessions = true;
  41
  42     this.stylesheet = paramArray.detailstylesheet || null;
  43     //load stylesheet if required in async mode
  44     if( this.stylesheet ) {
  45         var context = this;
  46         var request = new pzHttpRequest( this.stylesheet );
  47         request.get( {}, function ( doc ) { context.xslDoc = doc; } );
  48     }
  49
  50     this.errorHandler = paramArray.errorhandler || null;
  51     this.showResponseType = paramArray.showResponseType || "xml";
  52
  53     // function callbacks
  54     this.initCallback = paramArray.oninit || null;
  55     this.statCallback = paramArray.onstat || null;
  56     this.showCallback = paramArray.onshow || null;
  57     this.termlistCallback = paramArray.onterm || null;
  58     this.recordCallback = paramArray.onrecord || null;
  59     this.bytargetCallback = paramArray.onbytarget || null;
  60     this.resetCallback = paramArray.onreset || null;
  61
  62     // termlist keys
  63     this.termKeys = paramArray.termlist || "subject";
  64
  65     // some configurational stuff
  66     this.keepAlive = 50000;
  67
  68     if ( paramArray.keepAlive < this.keepAlive )
  69         this.keepAlive = paramArray.keepAlive;
  70
  71     this.sessionID = null;
  72     this.serviceId = paramArray.serviceId || null;
  73     this.initStatusOK = false;
  74     this.pingStatusOK = false;
  75     this.searchStatusOK = false;
  76
  77     // for sorting
  78     this.currentSort = "relevance";
  79
  80     // where are we?
  81     this.currentStart = 0;
  82     this.currentNum = 20;
  83
  84     // last full record retrieved
  85     this.currRecID = null;
  86
  87     // current query
  88     this.currQuery = null;
  89
  90     //current raw record offset
  91     this.currRecOffset = null;
  92
  93     //timers
  94     this.statTime = paramArray.stattime || 1000;
  95     this.statTimer = null;
  96     this.termTime = paramArray.termtime || 1000;
  97     this.termTimer = null;
  98     this.showTime = paramArray.showtime || 1000;
  99     this.showTimer = null;
 100     this.showFastCount = 4;
 101     this.bytargetTime = paramArray.bytargettime || 1000;
 102     this.bytargetTimer = null;
 103     this.recordTime = paramArray.recordtime || 500;
 104     this.recordTimer = null;
 105
 106     // counters for each command and applied delay
 107     this.dumpFactor = 500;
 108     this.showCounter = 0;
 109     this.termCounter = 0;
 110     this.statCounter = 0;
 111     this.bytargetCounter = 0;
 112     this.recordCounter = 0;
 113
 114     // active clients, updated by stat and show
 115     // might be an issue since bytarget will poll accordingly
 116     this.activeClients = 1;
 117
 118     // if in proxy mode no need to init
 119     if (paramArray.usesessions != undefined) {
 120          this.useSessions = paramArray.usesessions;
 121         this.initStatusOK = true;
 122     }
 123     // else, auto init session or wait for a user init?
 124     if (this.useSessions && paramArray.autoInit !== false) {
 125         this.init(this.sessionId, this.serviceId);
 126     }
 127 };
 128
 129 pz2.prototype =
 130 {
 131     //error handler for async error throws
 132    throwError: function (errMsg, errCode)
 133    {
 134         var err = new Error(errMsg);
 135         if (errCode) err.code = errCode;
 136
 137         if (this.errorHandler) {
 138             this.errorHandler(err);
 139         }
 140         else {
 141             throw err;
 142         }
 143    },
 144
 145     // stop activity by clearing tiemouts
 146    stop: function ()
 147    {
 148        clearTimeout(this.statTimer);
 149        clearTimeout(this.showTimer);
 150        clearTimeout(this.termTimer);
 151        clearTimeout(this.bytargetTimer);
 152     },
 153
 154     // reset status variables
 155     reset: function ()
 156     {
 157         if ( this.useSessions ) {
 158             this.sessionID = null;
 159             this.initStatusOK = false;
 160             this.pingStatusOK = false;
 161         }
 162         this.searchStatusOK = false;
 163         this.stop();
 164
 165         if ( this.resetCallback )
 166                 this.resetCallback();
 167     },
 168
 169     init: function (sessionId, serviceId)
 170     {
 171         this.reset();
 172
 173         // session id as a param
 174         if (sessionId && this.useSessions ) {
 175             this.initStatusOK = true;
 176             this.sessionID = sessionId;
 177             this.ping();
 178         // old school direct pazpar2 init
 179         } else if (this.useSessions) {
 180             var context = this;
 181             var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 182             var opts = {'command' : 'init'};
 183             if (serviceId) opts.service = serviceId;
 184             request.safeGet(
 185                 opts,
 186                 function(data) {
 187                     if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
 188                             .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
 189                         if ( data.getElementsByTagName("protocol")[0]
 190                                 .childNodes[0].nodeValue
 191                             != context.suppProtoVer )
 192                             throw new Error(
 193                                 "Server's protocol not supported by the client"
 194                             );
 195                         context.initStatusOK = true;
 196                         context.sessionID =
 197                             data.getElementsByTagName("session")[0]
 198                                 .childNodes[0].nodeValue;
 199                         setTimeout(
 200                             function () {
 201                                 context.ping();
 202                             },
 203                             context.keepAlive
 204                         );
 205                         if ( context.initCallback )
 206                             context.initCallback();
 207                     }
 208                     else
 209                         context.throwError('Init failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 210                                             110);
 211                 }
 212             );
 213         // when through proxy no need to init
 214         } else {
 215             this.initStatusOK = true;
 216         }
 217     },
 218     // no need to ping explicitly
 219     ping: function ()
 220     {
 221         // pinging only makes sense when using pazpar2 directly
 222         if( !this.initStatusOK || !this.useSessions )
 223             throw new Error(
 224             'Pz2.js: Ping not allowed (proxy mode) or session not initialized.'
 225             );
 226         var context = this;
 227         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 228         request.safeGet(
 229             { "command": "ping", "session": this.sessionID },
 230             function(data) {
 231                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
 232                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
 233                     context.pingStatusOK = true;
 234                     setTimeout(
 235                         function () {
 236                             context.ping();
 237                         },
 238                         context.keepAlive
 239                     );
 240                 }
 241                 else
 242                     context.throwError('Ping failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 243                                         111);
 244             }
 245         );
 246     },
 247     search: function (query, num, sort, filter, showfrom, addParamsArr)
 248     {
 249         clearTimeout(this.statTimer);
 250         clearTimeout(this.showTimer);
 251         clearTimeout(this.termTimer);
 252         clearTimeout(this.bytargetTimer);
 253
 254         this.showCounter = 0;
 255         this.termCounter = 0;
 256         this.bytargetCounter = 0;
 257         this.statCounter = 0;
 258         this.activeClients = 1;
 259
 260         // no proxy mode
 261         if( !this.initStatusOK )
 262             throw new Error('Pz2.js: session not initialized.');
 263
 264         if( query !== undefined )
 265             this.currQuery = query;
 266         else
 267             throw new Error("Pz2.js: no query supplied to the search command.");
 268
 269         if ( showfrom !== undefined )
 270             var start = showfrom;
 271         else
 272             var start = 0;
 273
 274         var searchParams = {
 275             "command": "search",
 276             "query": this.currQuery,
 277             "session": this.sessionID
 278         };
 279
 280         if (filter !== undefined)
 281             searchParams["filter"] = filter;
 282
 283         // copy additional parmeters, do not overwrite
 284         if (addParamsArr != undefined) {
 285             for (var prop in addParamsArr) {
 286                 if (!searchParams.hasOwnProperty(prop))
 287                     searchParams[prop] = addParamsArr[prop];
 288             }
 289         }
 290
 291         var context = this;
 292         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 293         request.safeGet(
 294             searchParams,
 295             function(data) {
 296                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
 297                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
 298                     context.searchStatusOK = true;
 299                     //piggyback search
 300                     context.show(start, num, sort);
 301                     if (context.statCallback)
 302                         context.stat();
 303                     if (context.termlistCallback)
 304                         context.termlist();
 305                     if (context.bytargetCallback)
 306                         context.bytarget();
 307                 }
 308                 else
 309                     context.throwError('Search failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 310                                         112);
 311             }
 312         );
 313     },
 314     stat: function()
 315     {
 316         if( !this.initStatusOK )
 317             throw new Error('Pz2.js: session not initialized.');
 318
 319         // if called explicitly takes precedence
 320         clearTimeout(this.statTimer);
 321
 322         var context = this;
 323         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 324         request.safeGet(
 325             { "command": "stat", "session": this.sessionID },
 326             function(data) {
 327                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("stat") ) {
 328                     var activeClients =
 329                         Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0]
 330                                     .childNodes[0].nodeValue );
 331                     context.activeClients = activeClients;
 332
 333                     var stat = Element_parseChildNodes(data.documentElement);
 334
 335                     context.statCounter++;
 336                     var delay = context.statTime
 337                         + context.statCounter * context.dumpFactor;
 338
 339                     if ( activeClients > 0 )
 340                         context.statTimer =
 341                             setTimeout(
 342                                 function () {
 343                                     context.stat();
 344                                 },
 345                                 delay
 346                             );
 347                     context.statCallback(stat);
 348                 }
 349                 else
 350                     context.throwError('Stat failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 351                                         113);
 352             }
 353         );
 354     },
 355     show: function(start, num, sort)
 356     {
 357         if( !this.searchStatusOK && this.useSessions )
 358             throw new Error(
 359                 'Pz2.js: show command has to be preceded with a search command.'
 360             );
 361
 362         // if called explicitly takes precedence
 363         clearTimeout(this.showTimer);
 364
 365         if( sort !== undefined )
 366             this.currentSort = sort;
 367         if( start !== undefined )
 368             this.currentStart = Number( start );
 369         if( num !== undefined )
 370             this.currentNum = Number( num );
 371
 372         var context = this;
 373         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 374         request.safeGet(
 375           {
 376             "command": "show",
 377             "session": this.sessionID,
 378             "start": this.currentStart,
 379             "num": this.currentNum,
 380             "sort": this.currentSort,
 381             "block": 1,
 382             "type": this.showResponseType
 383           },
 384           function(data, type) {
 385             var show = null;
 386             var activeClients = 0;
 387             if (type === "json") {
 388               show = {};
 389               activeClients = Number(data.activeclients[0]);
 390               show.activeclients = activeClients;
 391               show.merged = Number(data.merged[0]);
 392               show.total = Number(data.total[0]);
 393               show.start = Number(data.start[0]);
 394               show.num = Number(data.num[0]);
 395               show.hits = data.hit;
 396             } else if (data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
 397                   .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK") {
 398                 // first parse the status data send along with records
 399                 // this is strictly bound to the format
 400                 activeClients =
 401                   Number(data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0]
 402                       .childNodes[0].nodeValue);
 403                 show = {
 404                   "activeclients": activeClients,
 405                   "merged":
 406                     Number( data.getElementsByTagName("merged")[0]
 407                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
 408                   "total":
 409                     Number( data.getElementsByTagName("total")[0]
 410                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
 411                   "start":
 412                     Number( data.getElementsByTagName("start")[0]
 413                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
 414                   "num":
 415                     Number( data.getElementsByTagName("num")[0]
 416                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
 417                   "hits": []
 418                 };
 419                 // parse all the first-level nodes for all <hit> tags
 420                 var hits = data.getElementsByTagName("hit");
 421                 for (i = 0; i < hits.length; i++)
 422                   show.hits[i] = Element_parseChildNodes(hits[i]);
 423             } else {
 424               context.throwError('Show failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 425                   114);
 426             }
 427             context.activeClients = activeClients;
 428             context.showCounter++;
 429             var delay = context.showTime;
 430             if (context.showCounter > context.showFastCount)
 431               delay += context.showCounter * context.dumpFactor;
 432             if ( activeClients > 0 )
 433               context.showTimer = setTimeout(
 434                 function () {
 435                   context.show();
 436                 },
 437                 delay);
 438             context.showCallback(show);
 439           }
 440         );
 441     },
 442     record: function(id, offset, syntax, handler)
 443     {
 444         // we may call record with no previous search if in proxy mode
 445         if(!this.searchStatusOK && this.useSessions)
 446            throw new Error(
 447             'Pz2.js: record command has to be preceded with a search command.'
 448             );
 449
 450         if( id !== undefined )
 451             this.currRecID = id;
 452
 453         var recordParams = {
 454             "command": "record",
 455             "session": this.sessionID,
 456             "id": this.currRecID
 457         };
 458
 459         this.currRecOffset = null;
 460         if (offset != undefined) {
 461             recordParams["offset"] = offset;
 462             this.currRecOffset = offset;
 463         }
 464
 465         if (syntax != undefined)
 466             recordParams['syntax'] = syntax;
 467
 468         //overwrite default callback id needed
 469         var callback = this.recordCallback;
 470         var args = undefined;
 471         if (handler != undefined) {
 472             callback = handler['callback'];
 473             args = handler['args'];
 474         }
 475
 476         var context = this;
 477         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 478
 479         request.safeGet(
 480             recordParams,
 481             function(data) {
 482                 var recordNode;
 483                 var record;
 484                 //raw record
 485                 if (context.currRecOffset !== null) {
 486                     record = new Array();
 487                     record['xmlDoc'] = data;
 488                     record['offset'] = context.currRecOffset;
 489                     callback(record, args);
 490                 //pz2 record
 491                 } else if ( recordNode =
 492                     data.getElementsByTagName("record")[0] ) {
 493                     // if stylesheet was fetched do not parse the response
 494                     if ( context.xslDoc ) {
 495                         record = new Array();
 496                         record['xmlDoc'] = data;
 497                         record['xslDoc'] = context.xslDoc;
 498                         record['recid'] =
 499                             recordNode.getElementsByTagName("recid")[0]
 500                                 .firstChild.nodeValue;
 501                     //parse record
 502                     } else {
 503                         record = Element_parseChildNodes(recordNode);
 504                     }
 505                     var activeClients =
 506                        Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0]
 507                                 .childNodes[0].nodeValue );
 508                     context.activeClients = activeClients;
 509                     context.recordCounter++;
 510                     var delay = context.recordTime + context.recordCounter * context.dumpFactor;
 511                     if ( activeClients > 0 )
 512                         context.recordTimer =
 513                            setTimeout (
 514                                function() {
 515                                   context.record(id, offset, syntax, handler);
 516                                   },
 517                                   delay
 518                                );
 519                     callback(record, args);
 520                 }
 521                 else
 522                     context.throwError('Record failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 523                                         115);
 524             }
 525         );
 526     },
 527
 528     termlist: function()
 529     {
 530         if( !this.searchStatusOK && this.useSessions )
 531             throw new Error(
 532             'Pz2.js: termlist command has to be preceded with a search command.'
 533             );
 534
 535         // if called explicitly takes precedence
 536         clearTimeout(this.termTimer);
 537
 538         var context = this;
 539         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 540         request.safeGet(
 541             {
 542                 "command": "termlist",
 543                 "session": this.sessionID,
 544                 "name": this.termKeys
 545             },
 546             function(data) {
 547                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("termlist") ) {
 548                     var activeClients =
 549                         Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0]
 550                                     .childNodes[0].nodeValue );
 551                     context.activeClients = activeClients;
 552                     var termList = { "activeclients":  activeClients };
 553                     var termLists = data.getElementsByTagName("list");
 554                     //for each termlist
 555                     for (i = 0; i < termLists.length; i++) {
 556                         var listName = termLists[i].getAttribute('name');
 557                         termList[listName] = new Array();
 558                         var terms = termLists[i].getElementsByTagName('term');
 559                         //for each term in the list
 560                         for (j = 0; j < terms.length; j++) {
 561                             var term = {
 562                                 "name":
 563                                     (terms[j].getElementsByTagName("name")[0]
 564                                         .childNodes.length
 565                                     ? terms[j].getElementsByTagName("name")[0]
 566                                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue
 567                                     : 'ERROR'),
 568                                 "freq":
 569                                     terms[j]
 570                                     .getElementsByTagName("frequency")[0]
 571                                     .childNodes[0].nodeValue || 'ERROR'
 572                             };
 573
 574                             var termIdNode =
 575                                 terms[j].getElementsByTagName("id");
 576                             if(terms[j].getElementsByTagName("id").length)
 577                                 term["id"] =
 578                                     termIdNode[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
 579                             termList[listName][j] = term;
 580                         }
 581                     }
 582
 583                     context.termCounter++;
 584                     var delay = context.termTime
 585                         + context.termCounter * context.dumpFactor;
 586                     if ( activeClients > 0 )
 587                         context.termTimer =
 588                             setTimeout(
 589                                 function () {
 590                                     context.termlist();
 591                                 },
 592                                 delay
 593                             );
 594
 595                    context.termlistCallback(termList);
 596                 }
 597                 else
 598                     context.throwError('Termlist failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 599                                         116);
 600             }
 601         );
 602
 603     },
 604     bytarget: function()
 605     {
 606         if( !this.initStatusOK && this.useSessions )
 607             throw new Error(
 608             'Pz2.js: bytarget command has to be preceded with a search command.'
 609             );
 610
 611         // no need to continue
 612         if( !this.searchStatusOK )
 613             return;
 614
 615         // if called explicitly takes precedence
 616         clearTimeout(this.bytargetTimer);
 617
 618         var context = this;
 619         var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
 620         request.safeGet(
 621             { "command": "bytarget", "session": this.sessionID },
 622             function(data) {
 623                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
 624                         .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
 625                     var targetNodes = data.getElementsByTagName("target");
 626                     var bytarget = new Array();
 627                     for ( i = 0; i < targetNodes.length; i++) {
 628                         bytarget[i] = new Array();
 629                         for( j = 0; j < targetNodes[i].childNodes.length; j++ ) {
 630                             if ( targetNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeType
 631                                 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ) {
 632                                 var nodeName =
 633                                     targetNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeName;
 634                                 var nodeText =
 635                                     targetNodes[i].childNodes[j]
 636                                         .firstChild.nodeValue;
 637                                 bytarget[i][nodeName] = nodeText;
 638                             }
 639                         }
 640                     }
 641
 642                     context.bytargetCounter++;
 643                     var delay = context.bytargetTime
 644                         + context.bytargetCounter * context.dumpFactor;
 645                     if ( context.activeClients > 0 )
 646                         context.bytargetTimer =
 647                             setTimeout(
 648                                 function () {
 649                                     context.bytarget();
 650                                 },
 651                                 delay
 652                             );
 653
 654                     context.bytargetCallback(bytarget);
 655                 }
 656                 else
 657                     context.throwError('Bytarget failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
 658                                         117);
 659             }
 660         );
 661     },
 662
 663     // just for testing, probably shouldn't be here
 664     showNext: function(page)
 665     {
 666         var step = page || 1;
 667         this.show( ( step * this.currentNum ) + this.currentStart );
 668     },
 669
 670     showPrev: function(page)
 671     {
 672         if (this.currentStart == 0 )
 673             return false;
 674         var step = page || 1;
 675         var newStart = this.currentStart - (step * this.currentNum );
 676         this.show( newStart > 0 ? newStart : 0 );
 677     },
 678
 679     showPage: function(pageNum)
 680     {
 681         //var page = pageNum || 1;
 682         this.show(pageNum * this.currentNum);
 683     }
 684 };
 685
 686 /*
 687 ********************************************************************************
 688 ** AJAX HELPER CLASS ***********************************************************
 689 ********************************************************************************
 690 */
 691 var pzHttpRequest = function ( url, errorHandler ) {
 692         this.maxUrlLength = 2048;
 693         this.request = null;
 694         this.url = url;
 695         this.errorHandler = errorHandler || null;
 696         this.async = true;
 697         this.requestHeaders = {};
 698
 699         if ( window.XMLHttpRequest ) {
 700             this.request = new XMLHttpRequest();
 701         } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
 702             try {
 703                 this.request = new ActiveXObject( 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP' );
 704             } catch (err) {
 705                 this.request = new ActiveXObject( 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP' );
 706             }
 707         }
 708 };
 709
 710 pzHttpRequest.prototype =
 711 {
 712     safeGet: function ( params, callback )
 713     {
 714         var encodedParams =  this.encodeParams(params);
 715         var url = this._urlAppendParams(encodedParams);
 716         if (url.length >= this.maxUrlLength) {
 717             this.requestHeaders["Content-Type"]
 718                 = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
 719             this._send( 'POST', this.url, encodedParams, callback );
 720         } else {
 721             this._send( 'GET', url, '', callback );
 722         }
 723     },
 724
 725     get: function ( params, callback )
 726     {
 727         this._send( 'GET', this._urlAppendParams(this.encodeParams(params)),
 728             '', callback );
 729     },
 730
 731     post: function ( params, data, callback )
 732     {
 733         this._send( 'POST', this._urlAppendParams(this.encodeParams(params)),
 734             data, callback );
 735     },
 736
 737     load: function ()
 738     {
 739         this.async = false;
 740         this.request.open( 'GET', this.url, this.async );
 741         this.request.send('');
 742         if ( this.request.status == 200 )
 743             return this.request.responseXML;
 744     },
 745
 746     encodeParams: function (params)
 747     {
 748         var sep = "";
 749         var encoded = "";
 750         for (var key in params) {
 751             if (params[key] != null) {
 752                 encoded += sep + key + '=' + encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
 753                 sep = '&';
 754             }
 755         }
 756         return encoded;
 757     },
 758
 759     _send: function ( type, url, data, callback)
 760     {
 761         var context = this;
 762         this.callback = callback;
 763         this.async = true;
 764         this.request.open( type, url, this.async );
 765         for (var key in this.requestHeaders)
 766             this.request.setRequestHeader(key, this.requestHeaders[key]);
 767         this.request.onreadystatechange = function () {
 768             context._handleResponse(url); /// url used ONLY for error reporting
 769         }
 770         this.request.send(data);
 771     },
 772
 773     _urlAppendParams: function (encodedParams)
 774     {
 775         if (encodedParams)
 776             return this.url + "?" + encodedParams;
 777         else
 778             return this.url;
 779     },
 780
 781     _handleResponse: function (savedUrlForErrorReporting)
 782     {
 783         if ( this.request.readyState == 4 ) {
 784             // pick up appplication errors first
 785             var errNode = null;
 786             if (this.request.responseXML &&
 787                 (errNode = this.request.responseXML.documentElement)
 788                 && errNode.nodeName == 'error') {
 789                 var errMsg = errNode.getAttribute("msg");
 790                 var errCode = errNode.getAttribute("code");
 791                 var errAddInfo = '';
 792                 if (errNode.childNodes.length)
 793                     errAddInfo = ': ' + errNode.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
 794
 795                 var err = new Error(errMsg + errAddInfo);
 796                 err.code = errCode;
 797
 798                 if (this.errorHandler) {
 799                     this.errorHandler(err);
 800                 }
 801                 else {
 802                     throw err;
 803                 }
 804             } else if (this.request.status == 200 &&
 805                        this.request.responseXML == null) {
 806               if (this.request.responseText != null) {
 807                 //assume JSON
 808
 809                 var json = null;
 810                 if (this.JSON == null)
 811                     json = eval("(" + this.request.responseText + ")");
 812                 else {
 813                     try {
 814                         json = JSON.parse(this.request.responseText, null);
 815                     }
 816                     catch (e) {
 817                             json = eval("(" + this.request.responseText + ")");
 818                     }
 819                 this.callback(json, "json");
 820               } else {
 821                 var err = new Error("XML response is empty but no error " +
 822                                     "for " + savedUrlForErrorReporting);
 823                 err.code = -1;
 824                 if (this.errorHandler) {
 825                     this.errorHandler(err);
 826                 } else {
 827                     throw err;
 828                 }
 829               }
 830             } else if (this.request.status == 200) {
 831                 this.callback(this.request.responseXML);
 832             } else {
 833                 var err = new Error("HTTP response not OK: "
 834                             + this.request.status + " - "
 835                             + this.request.statusText );
 836                 err.code = '00' + this.request.status;
 837                 if (this.errorHandler) {
 838                     this.errorHandler(err);
 839                 }
 840                 else {
 841                     throw err;
 842                 }
 843             }
 844         }
 845     }
 846 };
 847
 848 /*
 849 ********************************************************************************
 850 ** XML HELPER FUNCTIONS ********************************************************
 851 ********************************************************************************
 852 */
 853
 854 // DOMDocument
 855
 856 if ( window.ActiveXObject) {
 857     var DOMDoc = document;
 858 } else {
 859     var DOMDoc = Document.prototype;
 860 }
 861
 862 DOMDoc.newXmlDoc = function ( root )
 863 {
 864     var doc;
 865
 866     if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) {
 867         doc = document.implementation.createDocument('', root, null);
 868     } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
 869         doc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");
 870         doc.loadXML('<' + root + '/>');
 871     } else {
 872         throw new Error ('No XML support in this browser');
 873     }
 874
 875     return doc;
 876 }
 877
 878
 879 DOMDoc.parseXmlFromString = function ( xmlString )
 880 {
 881     var doc;
 882
 883     if ( window.DOMParser ) {
 884         var parser = new DOMParser();
 885         doc = parser.parseFromString( xmlString, "text/xml");
 886     } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
 887         doc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");
 888         doc.loadXML( xmlString );
 889     } else {
 890         throw new Error ("No XML parsing support in this browser.");
 891     }
 892
 893     return doc;
 894 }
 895
 896 DOMDoc.transformToDoc = function (xmlDoc, xslDoc)
 897 {
 898     if ( window.XSLTProcessor ) {
 899         var proc = new XSLTProcessor();
 900         proc.importStylesheet( xslDoc );
 901         return proc.transformToDocument(xmlDoc);
 902     } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
 903         return document.parseXmlFromString(xmlDoc.transformNode(xslDoc));
 904     } else {
 905         alert( 'Unable to perform XSLT transformation in this browser' );
 906     }
 907 }
 908
 909 // DOMElement
 910
 911 Element_removeFromDoc = function (DOM_Element)
 912 {
 913     DOM_Element.parentNode.removeChild(DOM_Element);
 914 }
 915
 916 Element_emptyChildren = function (DOM_Element)
 917 {
 918     while( DOM_Element.firstChild ) {
 919         DOM_Element.removeChild( DOM_Element.firstChild )
 920     }
 921 }
 922
 923 Element_appendTransformResult = function ( DOM_Element, xmlDoc, xslDoc )
 924 {
 925     if ( window.XSLTProcessor ) {
 926         var proc = new XSLTProcessor();
 927         proc.importStylesheet( xslDoc );
 928         var docFrag = false;
 929         docFrag = proc.transformToFragment( xmlDoc, DOM_Element.ownerDocument );
 930         DOM_Element.appendChild(docFrag);
 931     } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
 932         DOM_Element.innerHTML = xmlDoc.transformNode( xslDoc );
 933     } else {
 934         alert( 'Unable to perform XSLT transformation in this browser' );
 935     }
 936 }
 937
 938 Element_appendTextNode = function (DOM_Element, tagName, textContent )
 939 {
 940     var node = DOM_Element.ownerDocument.createElement(tagName);
 941     var text = DOM_Element.ownerDocument.createTextNode(textContent);
 942
 943     DOM_Element.appendChild(node);
 944     node.appendChild(text);
 945
 946     return node;
 947 }
 948
 949 Element_setTextContent = function ( DOM_Element, textContent )
 950 {
 951     if (typeof DOM_Element.textContent !== "undefined") {
 952         DOM_Element.textContent = textContent;
 953     } else if (typeof DOM_Element.innerText !== "undefined" ) {
 954         DOM_Element.innerText = textContent;
 955     } else {
 956         throw new Error("Cannot set text content of the node, no such method.");
 957     }
 958 }
 959
 960 Element_getTextContent = function (DOM_Element)
 961 {
 962     if ( typeof DOM_Element.textContent != 'undefined' ) {
 963         return DOM_Element.textContent;
 964     } else if (typeof DOM_Element.text != 'undefined') {
 965         return DOM_Element.text;
 966     } else {
 967         throw new Error("Cannot get text content of the node, no such method.");
 968     }
 969 }
 970
 971 Element_parseChildNodes = function (node)
 972 {
 973     var parsed = {};
 974     var hasChildElems = false;
 975
 976     if (node.hasChildNodes()) {
 977         var children = node.childNodes;
 978         for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
 979             var child = children[i];
 980             if (child.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
 981                 hasChildElems = true;
 982                 var nodeName = child.nodeName;
 983                 if (!(nodeName in parsed))
 984                     parsed[nodeName] = [];
 985                 parsed[nodeName].push(Element_parseChildNodes(child));
 986             }
 987         }
 988     }
 989
 990     var attrs = node.attributes;
 991     for (var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
 992         var attrName = '@' + attrs[i].nodeName;
 993         var attrValue = attrs[i].nodeValue;
 994         parsed[attrName] = attrValue;
 995     }
 996
 997     // if no nested elements, get text content
 998     if (node.hasChildNodes() && !hasChildElems) {
 999         if (node.attributes.length)
1000             parsed['#text'] = node.firstChild.nodeValue;
1001         else
1002             parsed = node.firstChild.nodeValue;
1003     }
1004
1005     return parsed;
1006 }
1007
1008 /* do not remove trailing bracket */
1009 }