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/** Creates a DOM element with simple text inside it.
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function dom_make_text_elem(tagname, text, title)
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function dom_make_text_elem(tagname, text)
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textnode = document.createTextNode(text);
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textnode = document.createElement("span");
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textnode.setAttribute("title", title);
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textnode.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
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elem.appendChild(textnode);
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elem.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
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/** Creates a DOM element with hyperlinked text inside it.
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* \param tagname String. Name of the element's tag (eg. "p").
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* \param text String. Text to be placed inside the element.
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* \param title String, optional. Sets a tooltip for the link.
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* \param dontencode Optional boolean. If true, will not encode the href.
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function dom_make_link_elem(tagname, text, title, href, onclick, dontencode)
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function dom_make_link_elem(tagname, text, href, onclick)
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if (text == null) text = "";
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if (href == null) href = "";
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var elem = document.createElement(tagname);
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var link = document.createElement("a");
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if (dontencode != true)
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href = urlencode_path(href);
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link.setAttribute("href", href);
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link.setAttribute("title", title);
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link.setAttribute("href", encodeURI(href));
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if (onclick != null)
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link.setAttribute("onclick", onclick);
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link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
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/** Creates a DOM img element. All parameters are optional except src.
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* If alt (compulsory in HTML) is omitted, will be set to "".
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function dom_make_img(src, width, height, title, alt)
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var img = document.createElement("img");
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img.setAttribute("src", urlencode_path(src));
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img.setAttribute("width", width);
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img.setAttribute("height", height);
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img.setAttribute("title", title);
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if (alt == null) alt = "";
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img.setAttribute("alt", alt);
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/** Given a number of bytes, returns a string representing the file size in a
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url += ":" + obj.server_port.toString();
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if (("path" in obj) && obj.path != null)
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var path = urlencode_path(obj.path.toString());
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if (url.length > 0 && path.length > 0 && path.charAt(0) != "/")
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var path = obj.path.toString();
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if (query_string != "" && query_string != null)
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if (query_string != null)
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url += "?" + query_string;
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/** URL-encodes a path. This is a special case of URL encoding as all
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function urlencode_path(path)
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/* Split up the path, URLEncode each segment with encodeURIComponent,
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var split = path.split('/');
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split[i] = encodeURIComponent(split[i]);
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if (split[0] == "" && split.length > 1) path = "/" + path;
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/** Writes a JSONable object to the cookie under a particular key
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function write_cookie(key, value)
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var sendstr = encodeURIComponent(key) + "="
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+ encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(value))
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+ "; path=" + urlencode_path(root_dir);
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/* This actually just assigns to the key, not replacing the whole cookie
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document.cookie = sendstr;
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/** Reads a cookie which has a JSONable object encoded as its value.
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* Returns the object, parsed from JSON.
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function read_cookie(key)
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var cookies = document.cookie.split(";");
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var checkstart = encodeURIComponent(key) + "=";
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var checklen = checkstart.length;
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for (var i=0; i<cookies.length; i++)
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var cookie = cookies[i];
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while (cookie[0] == ' ')
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cookie = cookie.substr(1);
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if (cookie.substr(0, checklen) == checkstart)
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var valstr = cookie.substr(checklen);
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return encodeURI(url);
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/** Given an argument map, as output in the args parameter of the return of
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/** Shorthand for make_path(path_join(app, ...))
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* Creates an absolute path for a given path within a given app.
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function app_path(app /*,...*/)
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return make_path(path_join.apply(null, arguments));
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/** Generates an absolute URL to a public application
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function public_app_path(app /*,...*/)
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return location.protocol + "//" + public_host
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+ make_path(path_join.apply(null, arguments));
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/** Given a path, gets the "basename" (the last path segment).
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function path_basename(path)
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segments = path.split("/");
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if (segments[segments.length-1].length == 0)
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return segments[segments.length-2];
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return segments[segments.length-1];
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/** Given a string str, determines whether it ends with substr */
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function endswith(str, substring)
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if (str.length < substring.length) return false;
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return str.substr(str.length - substring.length) == substring;
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/** Removes all occurences of a value from an array.
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Array.prototype.removeall = function(val)
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for (i=0; i<arr.length; i++)
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if (arr[i] != val) j++;
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/** Shallow-clones an object */
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function shallow_clone_object(obj)
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/** Returns a new XMLHttpRequest object, in a somewhat browser-agnostic
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function new_xmlhttprequest()
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return new XMLHttpRequest();
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/* Internet Explorer */
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return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
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return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
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throw("Your browser does not support AJAX. "
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+ "IVLE requires a modern browser.");
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/** Creates a random string of length length,
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* consisting of alphanumeric characters.
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var rand_chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZ"
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+ "abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
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function random_string(length)
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var str = Array(length);
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for (var i=0; i<length; i++)
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v = Math.floor(Math.random() * rand_chars.length);
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str[i] = rand_chars.charAt(v);
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/** Makes an XMLHttpRequest call to the server.
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* Sends the XMLHttpRequest object containing the completed response to a
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* specified callback function.
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/** Makes an XMLHttpRequest call to the server. Waits (synchronously) for a
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* response, and returns an XMLHttpRequest object containing the completed
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* \param callback A callback function. Will be called when the response is
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* complete. Passed 1 parameter, an XMLHttpRequest object containing the
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* completed response. If callback is null this is a syncronous request
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* otherwise this is an asynchronous request.
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* \param app IVLE app to call (such as "fileservice").
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* \param path URL path to make the request to, within the application.
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* \param args Argument object, as described in parse_url and friends.
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* \param content_type String, optional. Only applies if method is "POST".
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* May be "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" or "multipart/form-data".
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* Defaults to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".
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* \return An XMLHttpRequest object containing the completed response.
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function ajax_call(callback, app, path, args, method, content_type)
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function ajax_call(app, path, args, method, content_type)
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if (content_type != "multipart/form-data")
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content_type = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
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path = app_path(app, path);
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path = make_path(path_join(app, path));
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/* A random string, for multipart/form-data
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* (This is not checked against anywhere else, it is solely defined and
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* used within this function) */
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var boundary = random_string(20);
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var xhr = new_xmlhttprequest();
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var asyncronous = callback != null;
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xhr.onreadystatechange = function()
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if (xhr.readyState == 4)
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var boundary = "48234n334nu7n4n2ynonjn234t683jyh80j";
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var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
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if (method == "GET")
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/* GET sends the args in the URL */
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url = build_url({"path": path, "args": args});
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/* open's 3rd argument = true -> asynchronous */
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xhr.open(method, url, asyncronous);
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/* open's 3rd argument = false -> SYNCHRONOUS (wait for response)
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* (No need for a callback function) */
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xhr.open(method, url, false);
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447
/* POST sends the args in application/x-www-form-urlencoded */
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448
url = encodeURI(path);
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xhr.open(method, url, asyncronous);
449
xhr.open(method, url, false);
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if (content_type == "multipart/form-data")
668
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xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type",
669
"multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary);
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"multipart/form-data, boundary=" + boundary);
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455
message = make_multipart_formdata(args, boundary);