com.google.gwt.xhr.client
Class XMLHttpRequest

java.lang.Object
  com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject
      com.google.gwt.xhr.client.XMLHttpRequest

public class XMLHttpRequest
extends JavaScriptObject

The native XMLHttpRequest object. Most applications should use the higher- level RequestBuilder class unless they need specific functionality provided by the XMLHttpRequest object. See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest//

UNSENT

public static final int UNSENT

When constructed, the XMLHttpRequest object must be in the UNSENT state.

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OPENED

public static final int OPENED

The OPENED state is the state of the object when the open() method has been successfully invoked. During this state request headers can be set using setRequestHeader() and the request can be made using send().

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HEADERS_RECEIVED

public static final int HEADERS_RECEIVED

The HEADERS_RECEIVED state is the state of the object when all response headers have been received.

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LOADING

public static final int LOADING

The LOADING state is the state of the object when the response entity body is being received.

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DONE

public static final int DONE

The DONE state is the state of the object when either the data transfer has been completed or something went wrong during the transfer (infinite redirects for instance).

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XMLHttpRequest

protected XMLHttpRequest()

create

public static XMLHttpRequest create()

Creates an XMLHttpRequest object.

Returns:

the created object

abort

public final void abort()

Aborts the current request.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-abort-method.

clearOnReadyStateChange

public final void clearOnReadyStateChange()

Clears the ReadyStateChangeHandler.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#handler-xhr-onreadystatechange.

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clearOnReadyStateChange()

getAllResponseHeaders

public final java.lang.String getAllResponseHeaders()

Gets all the HTTP response headers, as a single string.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-getallresponseheaders-method.

Returns:

the response headers.

getReadyState

public final int getReadyState()

Get's the current ready-state.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#dom-xmlhttprequest-state.

Returns:

the ready-state constant

getResponseArrayBuffer

public final ArrayBuffer getResponseArrayBuffer()

Get the response as an ArrayBuffer.

Returns:

an ArrayBuffer containing the response, or null if the request is in progress or failed

getResponseHeader

public final java.lang.String getResponseHeader(java.lang.String header)

Gets an HTTP response header.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-getresponseheader-method.

Parameters:

header - the response header to be retrieved

Returns:

the header value

getResponseText

public final java.lang.String getResponseText()

Gets the response text.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-responsetext-attribute.

Returns:

the response text

getResponseType

public final java.lang.String getResponseType()

Gets the response type.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-responsetype-attribute

Returns:

the response type

getStatus

public final int getStatus()

Gets the status code.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-status-attribute.

Returns:

the status code

getStatusText

public final java.lang.String getStatusText()

Gets the status text.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-statustext-attribute.

Returns:

the status text

open

public final void open(java.lang.String httpMethod,
                       java.lang.String url)

Opens an asynchronous connection.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-open-method.

Parameters:

httpMethod - the HTTP method to use

url - the URL to be opened

open

public final void open(java.lang.String httpMethod,
                       java.lang.String url,
                       java.lang.String user)

Opens an asynchronous connection.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-open-method.

Parameters:

httpMethod - the HTTP method to use

url - the URL to be opened

user - user to use in the URL

open

public final void open(java.lang.String httpMethod,
                       java.lang.String url,
                       java.lang.String user,
                       java.lang.String password)

Opens an asynchronous connection.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-open-method.

Parameters:

httpMethod - the HTTP method to use

url - the URL to be opened

user - user to use in the URL

password - password to use in the URL

send

public final void send()

Initiates a request with no request data. This simply calls send(String) with null as an argument, because the no-argument send() method is unavailable on Firefox.

send

public final void send(java.lang.String requestData)

Initiates a request with data. If there is no data, specify null.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-send-method.

Parameters:

requestData - the data to be sent with the request

setOnReadyStateChange

public final void setOnReadyStateChange(ReadyStateChangeHandler handler)

Sets the ReadyStateChangeHandler to be notified when the object's ready-state changes.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#handler-xhr-onreadystatechange.

Note: Applications must call clearOnReadyStateChange() when they no longer need this object, to ensure that it is cleaned up properly. Failure to do so will result in memory leaks on some browsers.

Parameters:

handler - the handler to be called when the ready state changes

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clearOnReadyStateChange()

setRequestHeader

public final void setRequestHeader(java.lang.String header,
                                   java.lang.String value)

Sets a request header.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-setrequestheader-method.

Parameters:

header - the header to be set

value - the header's value

setWithCredentials

public final void setWithCredentials(boolean withCredentials)

Sets withCredentials attribute.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-withcredentials-attribute.

Parameters:

withCredentials - whether to include credentials in XHR

setResponseType

public final void setResponseType(XMLHttpRequest.ResponseType responseType)

Sets the response type.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-responsetype-attribute

Parameters:

responseType - the type of response desired. See XMLHttpRequest.ResponseType for limitations on using the different values

setResponseType

public final void setResponseType(java.lang.String responseType)

Sets the response type.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-responsetype-attribute

Parameters:

responseType - the type of response desired. See XMLHttpRequest.ResponseType for limitations on using the different values