/* ***********************************************************
net.js
Javascript functions for creating an object called ContentLoader
that loads XML content from a server.
--------------------------------------------------------------
History - These functions were included in the download of 
source code examples for the following book.
"Ajax in Action", by Dave Crane, Eric Pascarello with Darren James,
published by Manning Publications Co., ISBN 932394-61-3.
(http://www.manning.com/crane)
**************************************************************
*/

/*
url-loading object and a request queue built on top of it
*/

/* namespacing object */
var net=new Object();

net.READY_STATE_UNINITIALIZED=0;
net.READY_STATE_LOADING=1;
net.READY_STATE_LOADED=2;
net.READY_STATE_INTERACTIVE=3;
net.READY_STATE_COMPLETE=4;


/*--- content loader object for cross-browser requests ---*/
net.ContentLoader=function(url,onload,onerror,method,params,contentType){
  this.req=null;
  this.onload=onload;
  this.onerror=(onerror) ? onerror : this.defaultError;
  this.loadXMLDoc(url,method,params,contentType);
}

net.ContentLoader.prototype.loadXMLDoc=function(url,method,params,contentType){
  if (!method){
    method="GET";
  }
  if (!contentType && method=="POST"){
    contentType='application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
  }
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest){
    this.req=new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject){
    this.req=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
  if (this.req){
    try{
      var loader=this;
      this.req.onreadystatechange=function(){
        net.ContentLoader.onReadyState.call(loader);
      }
      this.req.open(method,url,true);
      if (contentType){
        this.req.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', contentType);
      }
      this.req.send(params);
    }catch (err){
      this.onerror.call(this);
    }
  }
}


net.ContentLoader.onReadyState=function(){
  var req=this.req;
  var ready=req.readyState;
  if (ready==net.READY_STATE_COMPLETE){
    var httpStatus=req.status;
    if (httpStatus==200 || httpStatus==0){
      this.onload.call(this);
    }else{
      this.onerror.call(this);
    }
  }
}

net.ContentLoader.prototype.defaultError=function(){
  alert("error fetching data!"
    +"\n\nreadyState:"+this.req.readyState
    +"\nstatus: "+this.req.status
    +"\nheaders: "+this.req.getAllResponseHeaders());
}