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Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function

From Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function
Date 2012-09-07 09:15 +0100
Organization Personal Software
Message-ID <timstreater-90133A.09150507092012@news.individual.net> (permalink)
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In article <hs9i48l1r77mh36nj9jq6jofp9h837o0pu@4ax.com>,
 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:56:04 +0200, Stefan Weiss
> <krewecherl@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >  function fetch (url, callback) {
> >      // (minimal example)
> >      var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
> >      xhr.open("GET", url, true);
> >      xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
> >          if (xhr.readyState == "4") {
> >              callback(xhr.responseText);
> >          }
> >      };
> >      xhr.send();
> >  }
> >
> >- then this is how you can direct the result to one of the two handlers:
> >
> >  fetch("/a.txt", dataHandler1);
> >  fetch("/a.txt", dataHandler2);
> >
> >What am I missing?
> 
>      Once again, it is me missing things.
> 
>      OK, I have worked with this some more.
> 
>      I need to handle errors.

What sort of errors are you referring to? Do you mean xhr failures or do 
you mean errors you have detected and are reporting back vis the ajax 
mechanism?

> If I understand correctly, I am forced
> to do that in the state change function or something called by it.  So
> what you call callback will have to have this handling.

Of course. That's where the processing of the responseText takes place.

By the way, as has been pointed out you need to check that status==200 
also. You also need to set xhr = null when you've finished with it.

-- 
Tim

"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted"  --  Bill of Rights 1689

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XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-05 13:53 -0700
  Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Jim T. <x@y.z> - 2012-09-05 17:46 -0400
    Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-05 17:30 -0700
      Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Jim T. <x@y.z> - 2012-09-05 20:55 -0400
  Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Jim T. <x@y.z> - 2012-09-05 21:43 -0400
    Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Jim T. <x@y.z> - 2012-09-05 21:49 -0400
  Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-09-06 18:56 +0200
    Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-06 10:55 -0700
    Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-06 21:38 +0200
      Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-06 21:49 +0200
    Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-06 15:49 -0700
      Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-07 09:15 +0100
        Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-07 09:58 -0700
          Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-07 19:14 +0100
            Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com - 2012-09-07 13:51 -0700
              Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-08 00:52 +0200
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com - 2012-09-07 16:32 -0700
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-08 09:48 +0200
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2012-09-08 02:09 -0700
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-08 11:09 +0100
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2012-09-08 03:39 -0700
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-09-08 15:00 +0100
            Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-07 23:44 +0200
              Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-07 23:08 +0100
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-08 00:46 +0200
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-08 11:11 +0100
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-08 14:21 +0200
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-08 17:06 +0100
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-08 20:41 +0200
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Dr J R Stockton <reply1236@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-09-09 20:04 +0100
            Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-09 18:40 -0700
              Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-09-10 07:21 +0000
              Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-10 09:03 +0100
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-09-10 13:59 +0000
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-10 15:35 +0100
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-09-10 22:42 +0000
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 10:09 -0700
                Re: XHR: Passing Parameters to a ready-state-change Function Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-11 22:42 +0100

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