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Hello everyone,

I need to create several xmlHttp objects, but I only want to have one GetXmlHttpObject() function, so that I don't have to repeat for each object. Below code is definitely wrong because... how do I return the needed object from the GetXmlHttpObject() function?

Really appreciate,

M

var xmlHttp1
var xmlHttp2
var xmlHttp3

function showCustomer(str)
{ 
xmlHttp1=GetXmlHttpObject();
xmlHttp2=GetXmlHttpObject();
xmlHttp3=GetXmlHttpObject();

if (xmlHttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  } 
var url1="getcustomer1.asp";
url1=url1+"?q="+str;
url1=url1+"&sid="+Math.random();
var url2="getcustomer2.asp";
url2=url2+"?q="+str;
url2=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
var url3="getcustomer3.asp";
url3=url3+"?q="+str;
url3=url3+"&sid="+Math.random();
xmlHttp1.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlHttp1.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp1.send(null);
xmlHttp2.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlHttp2.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp2.send(null);
xmlHttp3.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlHttp3.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp3.send(null);
}

function stateChanged() 
{ 
if (xmlHttp1.readyState==4 || xmlHttp2.readyState==4 || xmlHttp3.readyState==4)
{ 
document.getElementById("txtHint1").innerHTML=xmlHttp1.responseText;
document.getElementById("txtHint2").innerHTML=xmlHttp2.responseText;
document.getElementById("txtHint3").innerHTML=xmlHttp3.responseText;
}
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp1=null;
var xmlHttp2=null;
var xmlHttp3=null;
try
  {
  // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
  xmlHttp1=new XMLHttpRequest();
  xmlHttp2=new XMLHttpRequest();
  xmlHttp3=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
catch (e)
  {
  // Internet Explorer
  try
    {
    xmlHttp1=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    xmlHttp2=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    xmlHttp3=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    }
  catch (e)
    {
    xmlHttp1=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    xmlHttp2=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    xmlHttp3=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
  }
return xmlHttp;
}
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In concept ...

By using a javascript-class approach, rather than a procedural approach you can instantiate multiple object instances of the class ... or you could simply reuse the same object-instance by passing different request-strings and even target (server-side-script) actions to the object.

I'm uploading my latest ajax class for you to play with ... it seems to be working but there may still be some bugs in it that I haven't found yet -- no promises.

Cheers

// Http (A)Synchonous Agent v1.1 -- Copyright Kevin Douglas, (C) 2008 - All rights reserved.
// * see footer notes for examples of use

function Agent ( action, method, format, async ) {
  this.set_action( action ); // string 'path_to/script.php'
  this.set_method( method ); // string 'POST|GET' 
  this.set_format( format ); // string 'xml|txt|text'
  this.set_async( async );   // boolean true|false
  this.success = null; // custom handler function
  this.failure = null; // custom handler function
  this.loading = null; // custom handler function
  this.respTxt = null; // response txt property
  this.respXml = null; // respones xml property
}

Agent.prototype.set_action = function ( action ) {
  if ( typeof action == 'string' ) {
    this.action = action;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.set_method = function ( method ) {
  if ( /GET|POST/i.test( method ) ) {
    this.method = method.toUpperCase();
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.set_format = function ( format ) {
  if ( /xml|txt|text/i.test( format ) ) {
    this.format = format.toLowerCase();
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.set_async = function ( async ) {
  if ( typeof async == 'boolean' ) {
    this.async = async;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.set_queue = function ( queue ) {
  if ( typeof queue == 'boolean' ){
    this.queue = queue;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.set_success = function ( handler ) {
  if ( typeof handler == 'function' ) {
    this.success = handler;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.set_failure = function ( handler ) {
  if ( typeof handler == 'function' ) {
    this.failure = handler;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.set_loading = function ( handler ) {
  if ( typeof handler == 'function' ) {
    this.loading = handler;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
};

Agent.prototype.request = function ( request ) {
  var error = []; // handle empty value errors
  if ( !this.action ) error.push( ' no action' );
  if ( !this.method ) error.push( ' no method' );
  if ( !this.format ) error.push( ' no format' );
  if ( typeof this.async != 'boolean' ) error.push( ' no async' );
  if ( typeof request != 'string' ) error.push( ' no request' );
  if ( error.length ) {
    throw new Error( 'Agent Error:' + error ); 
  }
  if ( this.queue && this.queue_async( request ) ) {
    return true;
  }
  this.initialize();
  this.agent.open( this.method, this.action, this.async );
  if ( this.method == 'POST' ) {
    this.agent.setRequestHeader( 'Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8' );
    //this.agent.setRequestHeader( 'Content-length', request.length );
    //this.agent.setRequestHeader( 'Connection', 'close' );
    //request = encodeURIComponent( request );
  }
  this.agent.send( request );
  if ( this.async ) { // Asynchronouse request
    var self = this;
    this.agent.onreadystatechange = function () {
      switch ( self.agent.readyState == 4 ) {
        case true: self.response(); break;
        default: self.monitor();
      }
    };
  } else { // Synchronous request
    return this.response();
  }
  return true;
};

/*** END PUBLIC AGENT METHODS -- DO NOT CALL THE FOLLOWING DIRECTLY ***/

// Retry to send request after timeout ...
// Increase timeout or max_attempts if high latency
// Works to delay sending of asynchronous requests
// Ignored if synchronous due to lack of readyStates
// NOTE: native support for multiple request-threads
Agent.prototype.queue_async = function ( request ) {
  if ( this.agent != null && this.agent.readyState != 0 && this.agent.readyState != 4 ) {
    // 10 attempts * 500 timeout, works for 4 second server delay
    var max_attempts = 10;
    this.queued = ( this.queued ) ? this.queued + 1 : 1;
    if ( this.queued > max_attempts ) {
      var error = 'Request Timeout\nUnable to establish connection with server';
      if ( typeof this.failure == 'function' ) {
        this.failure( '408', error );
      }
      //window.status = error;
      return error;
    } else {
      //window.status = 'Delayed agent request action (attempt: ' + this.queued  + ')';
      var self = this;
      window.setTimeout( function () { 
        self.request( request );
      }, 500 );
      return true;
    }
  }
  //window.status = 'Done';
  this.queued = 0;
  return false;
};

// Attempt to instantiate XMLHttpRequest object
Agent.prototype.initialize = function () {
  this.agent = null;
  var xhr = [ 
    function () { return new XMLHttpRequest(); },
    function () { return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP.7.0'); },
    function () { return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0'); },
    function () { return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0'); },
    function () { return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0'); },
    function () { return new ActiveXObject('MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0'); },
    function () { return new ActiveXObject('MSXML2.XMLHTTP'); },
    function () { return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); } 
  ];
  for ( var i = 0; i < xhr.length && this.agent == null; i ++ ) {
    try {
      this.agent = xhr[i]();
    } catch ( error ) {
      // alert( error.name + " :: " + error.message );
    }
  }
  if ( this.agent == null ) {
    var message = 'Unable to initialize XMLHttpRequest object.';
    message += '\nPlease install the newest version of this browser and try again.';
    message += '\nOr, enable \"trusted ActiveX controls\" in Internet Explorer 6 and earlier.';
    throw new Error( message ); 
    return false;
  }
  return true;
};

// Routes response by status, format and synchronous type
// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes
Agent.prototype.response = function () {
  if ( this.agent.status == 200 ) {
    //alert( self.agent.getResponseHeader('Content-type') ); 
    //alert( self.agent.getAllResponseHeaders() ); 
    //alert( self.agent.statusText ); // 'OK' //
    var response = ( /text|txt/.test( this.format ) ) ? 
      this.agent.responseText : this.agent.responseXML;
    this.respTxt = this.agent.responseText;
    this.respXml = this.agent.responseXML;
    if ( typeof this.success == 'function' ) {
      this.success( response );
    } else {
      return response;
    }
  } else if ( this.agent.status != 0 ) {
    if ( this.failure == 'function' ) {
      var status = this.agent.status;
      var message = this.agent.statusText;
      this.failure( status, message );
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
  return true;
};

// Pass readyState to loading function
Agent.prototype.monitor = function () {
  if ( typeof this.loading == 'function' ) {
    this.loading( this.agent.readyState );
  }
  return true;
};


/*** EXAMPLES OF USE AND FOOT-NOTES ***

// set global agent defaults // optional //
Agent.prototype.action = 'include/php/matrix.php';
Agent.prototype.method = 'POST';
Agent.prototype.format = 'text'; // text, xml //
Agent.prototype.async = true;

// using default values //
var test = new Agent();
test.success = function ( resp ) {
  alert( resp );
}
test.failure = function ( status, message ) {
  alert( 'Error: ' + status + ' : ' + message );
}
test.loading = function ( state ) {
  switch ( state ) {
    case 1:
    alert('processing');
    break;
    case 2:
    alert('sending');
    break;
    case 3:
    alert('receiving');
  }
}
test.request('some&request&params');

// using override values; longhand //
var alt = new Agent();
alt.set_action('include/php/json.php');
alt.set_method('GET'); // GET|POST
alt.set_format('txt'); // txt|xml
alt.set_async(true);   // true|false
alt.set_success(ajax_success); // custom handler //
alt.set_failure(ajax_failure); // custom handler //
alt.set_loading(ajsx_loading); // custom handler //
alt.request('request_string');

// passing all params on initialization //
// pass a 'null' or false (0,false,'') value to use default
var too = new Agent('include/php/extra.php',null,'xml',false);
var resp = too.request('extra_request'); // Synchronouse
alert( resp.childNodes.length );

// remember that for an XML response to be populate responseXML 
// the server-side script must set the header to 'application/xml' 
// header( 'Content-type: application/xml; charset="utf-8"');

***/
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