Can send additional parameters with the search command (connected to bug #2217)
[pazpar2-moved-to-github.git] / js / pz2.js
index 9d1e294..4e2702f 100644 (file)
--- a/js/pz2.js
+++ b/js/pz2.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: pz2.js,v 1.4 2007-03-28 15:20:53 jakub Exp $
+** $Id: pz2.js,v 1.70 2008-03-12 11:36:57 jakub Exp $
 ** pz2.js - pazpar2's javascript client library.
 */
 
@@ -19,312 +19,533 @@ if (!window['Node']) {
     Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE = 11;
     Node.NOTATION_NODE = 12;
 }
-// check for jQuery
-if(typeof window.jQuery == "undefined"){
-    throw new Error("pz2.js requires jQuery library");
-}
+
 // prevent execution of more than once
 if(typeof window.pz2 == "undefined") {
 window.undefined = window.undefined;
 
-var pz2 = function(paramArray) {
-    //for convenience
-    __myself = this;
-
+var pz2 = function ( paramArray )
+{
+    
     // at least one callback required
     if ( !paramArray )
-        throw new Error("An array with parameters has to be suplied when instantiating a class");   
+        throw new Error("Pz2.js: Array with parameters has to be suplied."); 
+
+    //supported pazpar2's protocol version
+    this.suppProtoVer = '1';
+    if (typeof paramArray.pazpar2path != "undefined")
+        this.pz2String = paramArray.pazpar2path;
+    else
+        this.pz2String = "/pazpar2/search.pz2";
+    this.useSessions = true;
+    
+    this.stylesheet = paramArray.detailstylesheet || null;
+    //load stylesheet if required in async mode
+    if( this.stylesheet ) {
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest( this.stylesheet );
+        request.get( {}, function ( doc ) { context.xslDoc = doc; } );
+    }
+    
+    this.errorHandler = paramArray.errorhandler || null;
     
     // function callbacks
-    __myself.statCallback = paramArray.onstat || null;
-    __myself.showCallback = paramArray.onshow || null;
-    __myself.termlistCallback = paramArray.onterm || null;
-    __myself.recordCallback = paramArray.onrecord || null;
-    __myself.bytargetCallback = paramArray.onbytarget || null;
+    this.initCallback = paramArray.oninit || null;
+    this.statCallback = paramArray.onstat || null;
+    this.showCallback = paramArray.onshow || null;
+    this.termlistCallback = paramArray.onterm || null;
+    this.recordCallback = paramArray.onrecord || null;
+    this.bytargetCallback = paramArray.onbytarget || null;
+    this.resetCallback = paramArray.onreset || null;
 
     // termlist keys
-    __myself.termKeys = paramArray.termlist || "subject";
+    this.termKeys = paramArray.termlist || "subject";
     
     // some configurational stuff
-    __myself.pz2String = "search.pz2";
-    __myself.keepAlive = 50000;
-
-    __myself.sessionID = null;
-    __myself.initStatusOK = false;
-    __myself.pingStatusOK = false;
-    __myself.searchStatusOK = false;
-
-    if ( paramArray.keepAlive < __myself.keepAlive )
-        __myself.keepAlive = paramArray.keepAlive;
+    this.keepAlive = 50000;
+    
+    if ( paramArray.keepAlive < this.keepAlive )
+        this.keepAlive = paramArray.keepAlive;
 
+    this.sessionID = null;
+    this.initStatusOK = false;
+    this.pingStatusOK = false;
+    this.searchStatusOK = false;
+    
     // for sorting
-    __myself.currentSort = "relevance";
+    this.currentSort = "relevance";
+
     // where are we?
-    __myself.currentStart = 0;
-    __myself.currentNum = 20;
+    this.currentStart = 0;
+    this.currentNum = 20;
 
     // last full record retrieved
-    __myself.currRecID = null;
+    this.currRecID = null;
+    
     // current query
-    __myself.currQuery = null;
+    this.currQuery = null;
+
+    //current raw record offset
+    this.currRecOffset = null;
 
     //timers
-    __myself.statTime = paramArray.stattime || 2000;
-    __myself.statTimer = null;
-    __myself.termTime = paramArray.termtime || 2000;
-    __myself.termTimer = null;
-    __myself.showTime = paramArray.showtime || 2000;
-    __myself.showTimer = null;
-    __myself.bytargetTime = paramArray.bytargettime || 1000;
-    __myself.bytargetTimer = null;
+    this.statTime = paramArray.stattime || 1000;
+    this.statTimer = null;
+    this.termTime = paramArray.termtime || 1000;
+    this.termTimer = null;
+    this.showTime = paramArray.showtime || 1000;
+    this.showTimer = null;
+    this.showFastCount = 4;
+    this.bytargetTime = paramArray.bytargettime || 1000;
+    this.bytargetTimer = null;
+
+    // counters for each command and applied delay
+    this.dumpFactor = 500;
+    this.showCounter = 0;
+    this.termCounter = 0;
+    this.statCounter = 0;
+    this.bytargetCounter = 0;
 
     // active clients, updated by stat and show
     // might be an issue since bytarget will poll accordingly
-    __myself.activeClients = 1;
-
-    // error handling
-    $(document).ajaxError( 
-    function (request, settings, exception) {
-        if ( settings.responseXML && settings.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("error") )
-            throw new Error( settings.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("error")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
-    });
-    
-    // auto init session?
-    if (paramArray.autoInit !== false)
-        __myself.init(__myself.keepAlive);
+    this.activeClients = 1;
+
+    // if in proxy mode no need to init
+    if (paramArray.usesessions != undefined) {
+         this.useSessions = paramArray.usesessions;
+        this.initStatusOK = true;
+    }
+    // else, auto init session or wait for a user init?
+    if (this.useSessions && paramArray.autoInit !== false) {
+        this.init();
+    }
 };
-pz2.prototype = {
-    init: function(keepAlive) 
+
+pz2.prototype = 
+{
+    //error handler for async error throws
+   throwError: function (errMsg, errCode)
+   {
+        var err = new Error(errMsg);
+        if (errCode) err.code = errCode;
+                
+        if (this.errorHandler) {
+            this.errorHandler(err);
+        }
+        else {
+            throw err;
+        }
+   },
+
+    // stop activity by clearing tiemouts 
+   stop: function ()
+   {
+       clearTimeout(this.statTimer);
+       clearTimeout(this.showTimer);
+       clearTimeout(this.termTimer);
+       clearTimeout(this.bytargetTimer);
+    },
+    
+    // reset status variables
+    reset: function ()
+    {   
+        if ( this.useSessions ) {
+            this.sessionID = null;
+            this.initStatusOK = false;
+            this.pingStatusOK = false;
+        }
+        this.searchStatusOK = false;
+        this.stop();
+            
+        if ( this.resetCallback )
+                this.resetCallback();
+    },
+
+    init: function ( sessionId ) 
     {
-        if ( keepAlive < __myself.keepAlive )
-            __myself.keepAlive = keepAlive;  
+        this.reset();
         
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
-            { "command": "init" },
-            function(data) {
-                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
-                    __myself.initStatusOK = true;
-                    __myself.sessionID = data.getElementsByTagName("session")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
-                    setTimeout(__myself.ping, __myself.keepAlive);
+        // session id as a param
+        if ( sessionId != undefined && this.useSessions ) {
+            this.initStatusOK = true;
+            this.sessionID = sessionId;
+            this.ping();
+        // old school direct pazpar2 init
+        } else if (this.useSessions) {
+            var context = this;
+            var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+            request.safeGet(
+                { "command": "init" },
+                function(data) {
+                    if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
+                            .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
+                        if ( data.getElementsByTagName("protocol")[0]
+                                .childNodes[0].nodeValue 
+                            != context.suppProtoVer )
+                            throw new Error(
+                                "Server's protocol not supported by the client"
+                            );
+                        context.initStatusOK = true;
+                        context.sessionID = 
+                            data.getElementsByTagName("session")[0]
+                                .childNodes[0].nodeValue;
+                        setTimeout(
+                            function () {
+                                context.ping();
+                            },
+                            context.keepAlive
+                        );
+                        if ( context.initCallback )
+                            context.initCallback();
+                    }
+                    else
+                        context.throwError('Init failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                            110);
                 }
-                else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    setTimeout("__myself.init()", 1000);
-            }
-        );
+            );
+        // when through proxy no need to init
+        } else {
+            this.initStatusOK = true;
+       }
     },
     // no need to ping explicitly
-    ping: function() 
+    ping: function () 
     {
-        if( !__myself.initStatusOK )
-            return;
-            // session is not initialized code here
-
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
-            { "command": "ping", "session": __myself.sessionID },
+        // pinging only makes sense when using pazpar2 directly
+        if( !this.initStatusOK || !this.useSessions )
+            throw new Error(
+            'Pz2.js: Ping not allowed (proxy mode) or session not initialized.'
+            );
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+        request.safeGet(
+            { "command": "ping", "session": this.sessionID },
             function(data) {
-                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
-                    __myself.pingStatusOK = true;
-                    setTimeout("__myself.ping()", __myself.keepAlive);
+                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
+                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
+                    context.pingStatusOK = true;
+                    setTimeout(
+                        function () {
+                            context.ping();
+                        }, 
+                        context.keepAlive
+                    );
                 }
                 else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    setTimeout("__myself.ping()", 1000);
+                    context.throwError('Ping failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                        111);
             }
         );
     },
-    search: function(query, num, sort, filter)
+    search: function (query, num, sort, filter, showfrom, addParamsArr)
     {
-        clearTimeout(__myself.statTimer);
-        clearTimeout(__myself.showTimer);
-        clearTimeout(__myself.termTimer);
-        clearTimeout(__myself.bytargetTimer);
-
-        if( !__myself.initStatusOK )
-            return;
+        clearTimeout(this.statTimer);
+        clearTimeout(this.showTimer);
+        clearTimeout(this.termTimer);
+        clearTimeout(this.bytargetTimer);
+        
+        this.showCounter = 0;
+        this.termCounter = 0;
+        this.bytargetCounter = 0;
+        this.statCounter = 0;
+        
+        // no proxy mode
+        if( !this.initStatusOK )
+            throw new Error('Pz2.js: session not initialized.');
         
         if( query !== undefined )
-            __myself.currQuery = query;
+            this.currQuery = query;
         else
-            throw new Error("You need to supply query to the search command");
-
-        if( filter !== undefined )
-            var searchParams = { "command": "search", "session": __myself.sessionID, "query": __myself.currQuery, "filter": filter };
+            throw new Error("Pz2.js: no query supplied to the search command.");
+        
+        if ( showfrom !== undefined )
+            var start = showfrom;
         else
-            var searchParams = { "command": "search", "session": __myself.sessionID, "query": __myself.currQuery };
+            var start = 0;
+
+       var searchParams = { 
+            "command": "search",
+            "query": this.currQuery, 
+            "session": this.sessionID 
+        };
+       
+        if (filter !== undefined)
+           searchParams["filter"] = filter;
 
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
+        // copy additional parmeters, do not overwrite
+        if (addParamsArr != undefined) {
+            for (var prop in addParamsArr) {
+                if (!searchParams.hasOwnProperty(prop))
+                    searchParams[prop] = addParamsArr[prop];
+            }
+        }
+        
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+        request.safeGet(
             searchParams,
             function(data) {
-                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
-                    __myself.searchStatusOK = true;
+                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
+                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
+                    context.searchStatusOK = true;
                     //piggyback search
-                    __myself.show(0, num, sort);
-                    if ( __myself.statCallback )
-                        __myself.statTimer = setTimeout("__myself.stat()", __myself.statTime / 2);
-                    if ( __myself.termlistCallback )
-                        __myself.termlist();
-                        //__myself.termTimer = setTimeout("__myself.termlist()", __myself.termTime / 2);
-                    if ( __myself.bytargetCallback )
-                        __myself.bytargetTimer = setTimeout("__myself.bytarget()", __myself.bytargetTime / 2);
+                    context.show(start, num, sort);
+                    if ( context.statCallback )
+                        context.stat();
+                    if ( context.termlistCallback )
+                        context.termlist();
+                    if ( context.bytargetCallback )
+                        context.bytarget();
                 }
                 else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    setTimeout("__myself.search(__myself.currQuery)", 1000);
+                    context.throwError('Search failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                        112);
             }
         );
     },
     stat: function()
     {
-        if( !__myself.searchStatusOK )
-            return;
+        if( !this.initStatusOK )
+            throw new Error('Pz2.js: session not initialized.');
+        
         // if called explicitly takes precedence
-        clearTimeout(__myself.statTimer);
-
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
-            { "command": "stat", "session": __myself.sessionID },
+        clearTimeout(this.statTimer);
+        
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+        request.safeGet(
+            { "command": "stat", "session": this.sessionID },
             function(data) {
                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("stat") ) {
-                    var activeClients = Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue );
-                    __myself.activeClients = activeClients;
+                    var activeClients = 
+                        Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0]
+                                    .childNodes[0].nodeValue );
+                    context.activeClients = activeClients;
                     var stat = {
-                    "activeclients": activeClients,
-                    "hits": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("hits")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "records": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("records")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "clients": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("clients")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "initializing": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("initializing")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "searching": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("searching")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "presenting": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("presenting")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "idle": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("idle")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "failed": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("failed")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "error": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("error")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue )
+                        "activeclients": activeClients,
+                        "hits": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("hits")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "records": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("records")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "clients": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("clients")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "initializing": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("initializing")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "searching": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("searching")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "presenting": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("presenting")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "idle": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("idle")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "failed": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("failed")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "error": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("error")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue )
                     };
-                    __myself.statCallback(stat);
-                    if (activeClients > 0)
-                        __myself.statTimer = setTimeout("__myself.stat()", __myself.statTime); 
+                    
+                    context.statCounter++;
+                   var delay = context.statTime 
+                        + context.statCounter * context.dumpFactor;
+                    
+                    if ( activeClients > 0 )
+                        context.statTimer = 
+                            setTimeout( 
+                                function () {
+                                    context.stat();
+                                },
+                                delay
+                            );
+                    context.statCallback(stat);
                 }
                 else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    __myself.statTimer = setTimeout("__myself.stat()", __myself.statTime / 4);
+                    context.throwError('Stat failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                        113);
             }
         );
     },
     show: function(start, num, sort)
     {
-        if( !__myself.searchStatusOK )
-            return;
+        if( !this.searchStatusOK && this.useSessions )
+            throw new Error(
+                'Pz2.js: show command has to be preceded with a search command.'
+            );
+        
         // if called explicitly takes precedence
-        clearTimeout(__myself.showTimer);
+        clearTimeout(this.showTimer);
         
         if( sort !== undefined )
-            __myself.currentSort = sort;
+            this.currentSort = sort;
         if( start !== undefined )
-            __myself.currentStart = Number( start );
+            this.currentStart = Number( start );
         if( num !== undefined )
-            __myself.currentNum = Number( num );
-        
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
-            { "command": "show", "session": __myself.sessionID, "start": __myself.currentStart,
-              "num": __myself.currentNum, "sort": __myself.currentSort, "block": 1 },
+            this.currentNum = Number( num );
+
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+        request.safeGet(
+            { 
+                "command": "show", 
+                "session": this.sessionID, 
+                "start": this.currentStart,
+                "num": this.currentNum, 
+                "sort": this.currentSort, 
+                "block": 1 
+            },
             function(data) {
-                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
+                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
+                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
                     // first parse the status data send along with records
                     // this is strictly bound to the format
-                    var activeClients = Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue );
+                    var activeClients = 
+                        Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0]
+                                    .childNodes[0].nodeValue );
+                    context.activeClients = activeClients; 
                     var show = {
-                    "activeclients": activeClients,
-                    "merged": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("merged")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "total": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("total")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "start": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("start")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "num": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("num")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
-                    "hits": []
+                        "activeclients": activeClients,
+                        "merged": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("merged")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "total": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("total")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "start": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("start")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "num": 
+                            Number( data.getElementsByTagName("num")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue ),
+                        "hits": []
                     };
                     // parse all the first-level nodes for all <hit> tags
                     var hits = data.getElementsByTagName("hit");
-                    var hit = new Array();
-                    for (i = 0; i < hits.length; i++) {
-                        show.hits[i] = new Array();
-                        for ( j = 0; j < hits[i].childNodes.length; j++) {
-                            if ( hits[i].childNodes[j].nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ) {
-                                var nodeName = hits[i].childNodes[j].nodeName;
-                                var nodeText = hits[i].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue;
-                                show.hits[i][nodeName] = nodeText;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    __myself.showCallback(show);
-                    if (activeClients > 0)
-                        __myself.showTimer = setTimeout("__myself.show()", __myself.showTime);
+                    for (i = 0; i < hits.length; i++)
+                        show.hits[i] = Element_parseChildNodes(hits[i]);
+                    
+                    context.showCounter++;
+                   var delay = context.showTime;
+                   if (context.showCounter > context.showFastCount)
+                            delay += context.showCounter * context.dumpFactor;
+                    if ( activeClients > 0 )
+                        context.showTimer = setTimeout(
+                            function () {
+                                context.show();
+                            }, 
+                            delay);
+                    global_show = show;
+                    context.showCallback(show);
                 }
                 else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    __myself.showTimer = setTimeout("__myself.show()", __myself.showTime / 4);
+                    context.throwError('Show failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                        114);
             }
         );
     },
-    record: function(id)
+    record: function(id, offset, syntax, handler)
     {
-        if( !__myself.searchStatusOK )
-            return;
-
+        // we may call record with no previous search if in proxy mode
+        if(!this.searchStatusOK && this.useSessions)
+           throw new Error(
+            'Pz2.js: record command has to be preceded with a search command.'
+            );
+        
         if( id !== undefined )
-            __myself.currRecID = id;
+            this.currRecID = id;
+        
+       var recordParams = { 
+            "command": "record", 
+            "session": this.sessionID,
+            "id": this.currRecID 
+        };
+       
+       this.currRecOffset = null;
+        if (offset != undefined) {
+           recordParams["offset"] = offset;
+            this.currRecOffset = offset;
+        }
+
+        if (syntax != undefined)
+            recordParams['syntax'] = syntax;
 
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
-            { "command": "record", "session": __myself.sessionID, "id": __myself.currRecID },
+        //overwrite default callback id needed
+        var callback = this.recordCallback;
+        var args = undefined;
+        if (handler != undefined) {
+            callback = handler['callback'];
+            args = handler['args'];
+        }
+        
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+
+        request.safeGet(
+           recordParams,
             function(data) {
                 var recordNode;
-                var record = new Array();
-                if ( recordNode = data.getElementsByTagName("record")[0] ) {
-                    for ( i = 0; i < recordNode.childNodes.length; i++) {
-                        if ( recordNode.childNodes[i].nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ) {
-                            var nodeName = recordNode.childNodes[i].nodeName;
-                            var nodeText = recordNode.childNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue;
-                            record[nodeName] = nodeText;                            
-                        }
-                    }
-                    // the location is hard coded
-                    var locationNodes = recordNode.getElementsByTagName("location");
-                    record["location"] = new Array();
-                    for ( i = 0; i < locationNodes.length; i++ ) {
-                        record["location"][i] = {
-                            "id": locationNodes[i].getAttribute("id"),
-                            "name": locationNodes[i].getAttribute("name")
-                        };
-                        for ( j = 0; j < locationNodes[i].childNodes.length; j++) {
-                            if ( locationNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ) {
-                                var nodeName = locationNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeName;
-                                var nodeText = locationNodes[i].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue;
-                                record["location"][i][nodeName] = nodeText;                            
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    __myself.recordCallback(record);
+                var record;
+                //raw record
+                if (context.currRecOffset !== null) {
+                    record = new Array();
+                    record['xmlDoc'] = data;
+                    record['offset'] = context.currRecOffset;
+                    callback(record, args);
+                //pz2 record
+                } else if ( recordNode = 
+                    data.getElementsByTagName("record")[0] ) {
+                    // if stylesheet was fetched do not parse the response
+                    if ( context.xslDoc ) {
+                        record = new Array();
+                        record['xmlDoc'] = data;
+                        record['xslDoc'] = context.xslDoc;
+                        record['recid'] = 
+                            recordNode.getElementsByTagName("recid")[0]
+                                .firstChild.nodeValue;
+                    //parse record
+                    } else {
+                        record = Element_parseChildNodes(recordNode);
+                    }                    
+                    callback(record, args);
                 }
                 else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    setTimeout("__myself.record(__myself.currRecID)", 1000);
+                    context.throwError('Record failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                        115);
             }
         );
     },
+
     termlist: function()
     {
-        if( !__myself.searchStatusOK )
-            return;
-        // if called explicitly takes precedence
-        clearTimeout(__myself.termTimer);
+        if( !this.searchStatusOK && this.useSessions )
+            throw new Error(
+            'Pz2.js: termlist command has to be preceded with a search command.'
+            );
 
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
-            { "command": "termlist", "session": __myself.sessionID, "name": __myself.termKeys },
+        // if called explicitly takes precedence
+        clearTimeout(this.termTimer);
+        
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+        request.safeGet(
+            { 
+                "command": "termlist", 
+                "session": this.sessionID, 
+                "name": this.termKeys 
+            },
             function(data) {
                 if ( data.getElementsByTagName("termlist") ) {
-                    var termList = { "activeclients": Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue ) };
+                    var activeClients = 
+                        Number( data.getElementsByTagName("activeclients")[0]
+                                    .childNodes[0].nodeValue );
+                    context.activeClients = activeClients;
+                    var termList = { "activeclients":  activeClients };
                     var termLists = data.getElementsByTagName("list");
                     //for each termlist
                     for (i = 0; i < termLists.length; i++) {
@@ -334,81 +555,434 @@ pz2.prototype = {
                         //for each term in the list
                         for (j = 0; j < terms.length; j++) { 
                             var term = {
-                                "name": terms[j].getElementsByTagName("name")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue,
-                                "freq": terms[j].getElementsByTagName("frequency")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
+                                "name": 
+                                    (terms[j].getElementsByTagName("name")[0]
+                                        .childNodes.length 
+                                    ? terms[j].getElementsByTagName("name")[0]
+                                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue
+                                    : 'ERROR'),
+                                "freq": 
+                                    terms[j]
+                                    .getElementsByTagName("frequency")[0]
+                                    .childNodes[0].nodeValue || 'ERROR'
                             };
 
-                            var termIdNode = terms[j].getElementsByTagName("id");
+                            var termIdNode = 
+                                terms[j].getElementsByTagName("id");
                             if(terms[j].getElementsByTagName("id").length)
-                                term["id"] = termIdNode[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
-
+                                term["id"] = 
+                                    termIdNode[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
                             termList[listName][j] = term;
                         }
                     }
-                    __myself.termlistCallback(termList);
-                    if (termList["activeclients"] > 0)
-                        __myself.termTimer = setTimeout("__myself.termlist()", __myself.termTime); 
+
+                    context.termCounter++;
+                    var delay = context.termTime 
+                        + context.termCounter * context.dumpFactor;
+                    if ( activeClients > 0 )
+                        context.termTimer = 
+                            setTimeout(
+                                function () {
+                                    context.termlist();
+                                }, 
+                                delay
+                            );
+                   
+                   context.termlistCallback(termList);
                 }
                 else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    __myself.termTimer = setTimeout("__myself.termlist()", __myself.termTime / 4); 
+                    context.throwError('Termlist failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                        116);
             }
         );
 
     },
     bytarget: function()
     {
-        if( !__myself.searchStatusOK )
+        if( !this.initStatusOK && this.useSessions )
+            throw new Error(
+            'Pz2.js: bytarget command has to be preceded with a search command.'
+            );
+        
+        // no need to continue
+        if( !this.searchStatusOK )
             return;
-        // if called explicitly takes precedence
-        clearTimeout(__myself.bytargetTimer);
 
-        $.get( __myself.pz2String,
-            { "command": "bytarget", "session": __myself.sessionID },
+        // if called explicitly takes precedence
+        clearTimeout(this.bytargetTimer);
+        
+        var context = this;
+        var request = new pzHttpRequest(this.pz2String, this.errorHandler);
+        request.safeGet(
+            { "command": "bytarget", "session": this.sessionID },
             function(data) {
-                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
+                if ( data.getElementsByTagName("status")[0]
+                        .childNodes[0].nodeValue == "OK" ) {
                     var targetNodes = data.getElementsByTagName("target");
                     var bytarget = new Array();
                     for ( i = 0; i < targetNodes.length; i++) {
                         bytarget[i] = new Array();
                         for( j = 0; j < targetNodes[i].childNodes.length; j++ ) {
-                            if ( targetNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ) {
-                                var nodeName = targetNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeName;
-                                var nodeText = targetNodes[i].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue;
+                            if ( targetNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeType 
+                                == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ) {
+                                var nodeName = 
+                                    targetNodes[i].childNodes[j].nodeName;
+                                var nodeText = 
+                                    targetNodes[i].childNodes[j]
+                                        .firstChild.nodeValue;
                                 bytarget[i][nodeName] = nodeText;
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    __myself.bytargetCallback(bytarget);
-                    if ( __myself.activeClients > 0 )
-                        __myself.bytargetTimer = setTimeout("__myself.bytarget()", __myself.bytargetTime);
+                    
+                    context.bytargetCounter++;
+                    var delay = context.bytargetTime 
+                        + context.bytargetCounter * context.dumpFactor;
+                    if ( context.activeClients > 0 )
+                        context.bytargetTimer = 
+                            setTimeout(
+                                function () {
+                                    context.bytarget();
+                                }, 
+                                delay
+                            );
+
+                    context.bytargetCallback(bytarget);
                 }
                 else
-                    // if it gets here the http return code was 200 (pz2 errors are 417)
-                    // but the response was invalid, it should never occur
-                    __myself.bytargetTimer = setTimeout("__myself.bytarget()", __myself.bytargetTime / 4);
+                    context.throwError('Bytarget failed. Malformed WS resonse.',
+                                        117);
             }
         );
     },
+    
     // just for testing, probably shouldn't be here
     showNext: function(page)
     {
         var step = page || 1;
-        __myself.show( ( step * __myself.currentNum ) + __myself.currentStart );     
+        this.show( ( step * this.currentNum ) + this.currentStart );     
     },
+
     showPrev: function(page)
     {
-        if (__myself.currentStart == 0 )
+        if (this.currentStart == 0 )
             return false;
         var step = page || 1;
-        var newStart = __myself.currentStart - (step * __myself.currentNum );
-        __myself.show( newStart > 0 ? newStart : 0 );
+        var newStart = this.currentStart - (step * this.currentNum );
+        this.show( newStart > 0 ? newStart : 0 );
     },
+
     showPage: function(pageNum)
     {
         //var page = pageNum || 1;
-        __myself.show(pageNum * __myself.currentNum);
+        this.show(pageNum * this.currentNum);
+    }
+};
+
+/*
+********************************************************************************
+** AJAX HELPER CLASS ***********************************************************
+********************************************************************************
+*/
+var pzHttpRequest = function ( url, errorHandler ) {
+        this.maxUrlLength = 2048;
+        this.request = null;
+        this.url = url;
+        this.errorHandler = errorHandler || null;
+        this.async = true;
+        this.requestHeaders = {};
+        
+        if ( window.XMLHttpRequest ) {
+            this.request = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
+            try {
+                this.request = new ActiveXObject( 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP' );
+            } catch (err) {
+                this.request = new ActiveXObject( 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP' );
+            }
+        }
+};
+
+pzHttpRequest.prototype = 
+{
+    safeGet: function ( params, callback )
+    {
+        var encodedParams =  this.encodeParams(params);
+        var url = this._urlAppendParams(encodedParams);
+        if (url.length >= this.maxUrlLength) {
+            this.requestHeaders["Content-Type"]
+                = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+            this._send( 'POST', this.url, encodedParams, callback );
+        } else {
+            this._send( 'GET', url, '', callback );
+        }
+    },
+
+    get: function ( params, callback ) 
+    {
+        this._send( 'GET', this._urlAppendParams(this.encodeParams(params)), 
+            '', callback );
+    },
+
+    post: function ( params, data, callback )
+    {
+        this._send( 'POST', this._urlAppendParams(this.encodeParams(params)), 
+            data, callback );
+    },
+
+    load: function ()
+    {
+        this.async = false;
+        this.request.open( 'GET', this.url, this.async );
+        this.request.send('');
+        if ( this.request.status == 200 )
+            return this.request.responseXML;
+    },
+
+    encodeParams: function (params)
+    {
+        var sep = "";
+        var encoded = "";
+        for (var key in params) {
+            if (params[key] != null) {
+                encoded += sep + key + '=' + encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
+                sep = '&';
+            }
+        }
+        return encoded;
+    },
+
+    _send: function ( type, url, data, callback)
+    {
+        var context = this;
+        this.callback = callback;
+        this.async = true;
+        this.request.open( type, url, this.async );
+        for (var key in this.requestHeaders)
+            this.request.setRequestHeader(key, this.requestHeaders[key]);
+        this.request.onreadystatechange = function () {
+            context._handleResponse();
+        }
+        this.request.send(data);
+    },
+
+    _urlAppendParams: function (encodedParams)
+    {
+        if (encodedParams)
+            return this.url + "?" + encodedParams;
+        else
+            return this.url;
+    },
+
+    _handleResponse: function ()
+    {
+        if ( this.request.readyState == 4 ) { 
+            // pick up pazpr2 errors first
+            if ( this.request.responseXML 
+                && this.request.responseXML.documentElement.nodeName == 'error'
+                && this.request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("error")
+                    .length ) {
+                var errAddInfo = '';
+                if ( this.request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("error")[0]
+                        .childNodes.length )
+                    errAddInfo = ': ' + 
+                        this.request.responseXML
+                            .getElementsByTagName("error")[0]
+                            .childNodes[0].nodeValue;
+                var errMsg = 
+                    this.request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("error")[0]
+                        .getAttribute("msg");
+                var errCode = 
+                    this.request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("error")[0]
+                        .getAttribute("code");
+            
+                var err = new Error(errMsg + errAddInfo);
+                err.code = errCode;
+           
+                if (this.errorHandler) {
+                    this.errorHandler(err);
+                }
+                else {
+                    throw err;
+                }
+            } else if ( this.request.status == 200 ) {
+                this.callback( this.request.responseXML );
+            } else {
+                var err = new Error("Pz2.js: HTTP request error (AJAX). Code: " 
+                            + this.request.status + " Info: " 
+                            + this.request.statusText );
+                err.code = 'HTTP';
+                
+                if (this.errorHandler) {
+                    this.errorHandler(err);
+                }
+                else {
+                    throw err;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 };
+
+/*
+********************************************************************************
+** XML HELPER FUNCTIONS ********************************************************
+********************************************************************************
+*/
+
+// DOMDocument
+
+if ( window.ActiveXObject) {
+    var DOMDoc = document;
+} else {
+    var DOMDoc = Document.prototype;
+}
+
+DOMDoc.newXmlDoc = function ( root )
+{
+    var doc;
+
+    if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) {
+        doc = document.implementation.createDocument('', root, null);
+    } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
+        doc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");
+        doc.loadXML('<' + root + '/>');
+    } else {
+        throw new Error ('No XML support in this browser');
+    }
+
+    return doc;
+}
+
+   
+DOMDoc.parseXmlFromString = function ( xmlString ) 
+{
+    var doc;
+
+    if ( window.DOMParser ) {
+        var parser = new DOMParser();
+        doc = parser.parseFromString( xmlString, "text/xml");
+    } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
+        doc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");
+        doc.loadXML( xmlString );
+    } else {
+        throw new Error ("No XML parsing support in this browser.");
+    }
+
+    return doc;
+}
+
+DOMDoc.transformToDoc = function (xmlDoc, xslDoc)
+{
+    if ( window.XSLTProcessor ) {
+        var proc = new XSLTProcessor();
+        proc.importStylesheet( xslDoc );
+        return proc.transformToDocument(xmlDoc);
+    } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
+        return document.parseXmlFromString(xmlDoc.transformNode(xslDoc));
+    } else {
+        alert( 'Unable to perform XSLT transformation in this browser' );
+    }
+}
+// DOMElement
+
+Element_removeFromDoc = function (DOM_Element)
+{
+    DOM_Element.parentNode.removeChild(DOM_Element);
+}
+
+Element_emptyChildren = function (DOM_Element)
+{
+    while( DOM_Element.firstChild ) {
+        DOM_Element.removeChild( DOM_Element.firstChild )
+    }
+}
+
+Element_appendTransformResult = function ( DOM_Element, xmlDoc, xslDoc )
+{
+    if ( window.XSLTProcessor ) {
+        var proc = new XSLTProcessor();
+        proc.importStylesheet( xslDoc );
+        var docFrag = false;
+        docFrag = proc.transformToFragment( xmlDoc, DOM_Element.ownerDocument );
+        DOM_Element.appendChild(docFrag);
+    } else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) {
+        DOM_Element.innerHTML = xmlDoc.transformNode( xslDoc );
+    } else {
+        alert( 'Unable to perform XSLT transformation in this browser' );
+    }
+}
+Element_appendTextNode = function (DOM_Element, tagName, textContent )
+{
+    var node = DOM_Element.ownerDocument.createElement(tagName);
+    var text = DOM_Element.ownerDocument.createTextNode(textContent);
+
+    DOM_Element.appendChild(node);
+    node.appendChild(text);
+
+    return node;
+}
+
+Element_setTextContent = function ( DOM_Element, textContent )
+{
+    if (typeof DOM_Element.textContent !== "undefined") {
+        DOM_Element.textContent = textContent;
+    } else if (typeof DOM_Element.innerText !== "undefined" ) {
+        DOM_Element.innerText = textContent;
+    } else {
+        throw new Error("Cannot set text content of the node, no such method.");
+    }
+}
+
+Element_getTextContent = function (DOM_Element)
+{
+    if ( typeof DOM_Element.textContent != 'undefined' ) {
+        return DOM_Element.textContent;
+    } else if (typeof DOM_Element.text != 'undefined') {
+        return DOM_Element.text;
+    } else {
+        throw new Error("Cannot get text content of the node, no such method.");
+    }
+}
+
+Element_parseChildNodes = function (node)
+{
+    var parsed = {};
+    var hasChildElems = false;
+
+    if (node.hasChildNodes()) {
+        var children = node.childNodes;
+        for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+            var child = children[i];
+            if (child.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+                hasChildElems = true;
+                var nodeName = child.nodeName; 
+                if (!(nodeName in parsed))
+                    parsed[nodeName] = [];
+                parsed[nodeName].push(Element_parseChildNodes(child));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    var attrs = node.attributes;
+    for (var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
+        var attrName = '@' + attrs[i].nodeName;
+        var attrValue = attrs[i].nodeValue;
+        parsed[attrName] = attrValue;
+    }
+
+    // if no nested elements, get text content
+    if (node.hasChildNodes() && !hasChildElems) {
+        if (node.attributes.length) 
+            parsed['textContent'] = node.firstChild.nodeValue;
+        else
+            parsed = node.firstChild.nodeValue;
+    }
+    
+    return parsed;
+}
+
+/* do not remove trailing bracket */
 }