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/* IVLE - Informatics Virtual Learning Environment
* Copyright (C) 2007-2008 The University of Melbourne
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*
* Module: JavaScript Utilities
* Author: Matt Giuca
* Date: 11/1/2008
*
* Defines some generic JavaScript utility functions.
*/
/* Expects the following variables to have been declared by JavaScript in
* the HTML generated by the server:
* - root_dir
* - public_host
* - username
*/
/** Removes all children of a given DOM element
* \param elem A DOM Element. Will be modified.
*/
function dom_removechildren(elem)
{
while (elem.lastChild != null)
elem.removeChild(elem.lastChild);
}
/** Creates a DOM element with simple text inside it.
* \param tagname String. Name of the element's tag (eg. "p").
* \param text String. Text to be placed inside the element.
* \param title String, optional. Tooltip for the text.
* (Note, title creates a span element around the text).
* \return DOM Element object.
*/
function dom_make_text_elem(tagname, text, title)
{
if (text == null) text = "";
var elem = document.createElement(tagname);
var textnode;
if (title == null)
textnode = document.createTextNode(text);
else
{
textnode = document.createElement("span");
textnode.setAttribute("title", title);
textnode.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
}
elem.appendChild(textnode);
return elem;
}
/** Creates a DOM element with hyperlinked text inside it.
* \param tagname String. Name of the element's tag (eg. "p").
* \param text String. Text to be placed inside the element.
* \param title String, optional. Sets a tooltip for the link.
* \param href String. URL the text will link to. This is a raw string,
* it will automatically be URL-encoded.
* \param onclick Optional string. Will be set as the "onclick" attribute
* of the "a" element.
* \param dontencode Optional boolean. If true, will not encode the href.
* if including query strings, you must set this to true and use build_url
* to escape the URI correctly.
* \return DOM Element object.
*/
function dom_make_link_elem(tagname, text, title, href, onclick, dontencode)
{
if (text == null) text = "";
if (href == null) href = "";
var elem = document.createElement(tagname);
var link = document.createElement("a");
if (dontencode != true)
href = urlencode_path(href);
link.setAttribute("href", href);
if (title != null)
link.setAttribute("title", title);
if (onclick != null)
link.setAttribute("onclick", onclick);
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
elem.appendChild(link);
return elem;
}
/** Creates a DOM img element. All parameters are optional except src.
* If alt (compulsory in HTML) is omitted, will be set to "".
*/
function dom_make_img(src, width, height, title, alt)
{
var img = document.createElement("img");
img.setAttribute("src", urlencode_path(src));
if (width != null)
img.setAttribute("width", width);
if (height != null)
img.setAttribute("height", height);
if (title != null)
img.setAttribute("title", title);
if (alt == null) alt = "";
img.setAttribute("alt", alt);
return img;
}
/** Given a number of bytes, returns a string representing the file size in a
* human-readable format.
* eg. nice_filesize(6) -> "6 bytes"
* nice_filesize(81275) -> "79.4 kB"
* nice_filesize(13498346) -> "12.9 MB"
* \param bytes Number of bytes. Must be an integer.
* \return String.
*/
function nice_filesize(bytes)
{
if (bytes == null) return "";
var size;
if (bytes < 1024)
return bytes.toString() + " B";
size = bytes / 1024;
if (size < 1024)
return size.toFixed(1) + " kB";
size = size / 1024;
if (size < 1024)
return size.toFixed(1) + " MB";
size = size / 1024;
return size.toFixed(1) + " GB";
}
/** Given a URL, returns an object containing a number of attributes
* describing the components of the URL, similar to CGI request variables.
* The object has the following attributes:
* - scheme
* - server_name
* - server_port
* - path
* - query_string
* - args
* The first five of these are strings, which comprise the URL as follows:
* <scheme> "://" <server_name> ":" <server_port> <path> "?" <query_string>
* Any of these strings may be set to null if not found.
*
* "args" is an object whose attributes are the query_string arguments broken
* up.
* Args values are strings for single values, arrays of strings for values
* whose names appear multiple times.
* args is never null, though it may be empty.
*
* All strings are decoded/unescaped. Reserved characters
* (; , / ? : @ & = + * $) are not decoded except in args and path.
*
* \param url String. A URL. To read from the current browser window, use
* window.location.href.
* \return The above described object.
*/
function parse_url(url)
{
var obj = {};
var index;
var serverpart;
var args;
/* Split scheme from rest */
index = url.indexOf("://");
if (index < 0)
obj.scheme = null;
else
{
obj.scheme = url.substr(0, index);
url = url.substr(index+3);
}
/* Split server name/port from rest */
index = url.indexOf("/");
if (index < 0)
{
serverpart = url;
url = null;
}
else
{
serverpart = url.substr(0, index);
url = url.substr(index);
}
/* Split server name from port */
index = serverpart.indexOf(":");
if (index < 0)
{
obj.server_name = serverpart;
obj.server_port = null;
}
else
{
obj.server_name = serverpart.substr(0, index);
obj.server_port = serverpart.substr(index+1);
}
/* Split path from query string */
if (url == null)
{
obj.path = null;
obj.query_string = null;
}
else
{
index = url.indexOf("?");
if (index < 0)
{
obj.path = url;
obj.query_string = null;
}
else
{
obj.path = url.substr(0, index);
obj.query_string = url.substr(index+1);
}
}
obj.path = decodeURIComponent(obj.path);
/* Split query string into arguments */
args = {};
if (obj.query_string != null)
{
var args_strs = obj.query_string.split("&");
var arg_str;
var arg_key, arg_val;
for (var i=0; i<args_strs.length; i++)
{
arg_str = args_strs[i];
index = arg_str.indexOf("=");
/* Ignore malformed args */
if (index >= 0)
{
arg_key = decodeURIComponent(arg_str.substr(0, index));
arg_val = decodeURIComponent(arg_str.substr(index+1));
if (arg_key in args)
{
/* Collision - make an array */
if (args[arg_key] instanceof Array)
args[arg_key][args[arg_key].length] = arg_val;
else
args[arg_key] = [args[arg_key], arg_val];
}
else
args[arg_key] = arg_val;
}
}
}
obj.args = args;
return obj;
}
/** Builds a query_string from an args object. Encodes the arguments.
* \param args Args object as described in parse_url.
* \return Query string portion of a URL.
*/
function make_query_string(args)
{
var query_string = "";
var arg_val;
for (var arg_key in args)
{
arg_val = args[arg_key];
if (arg_val instanceof Array)
for (var i=0; i<arg_val.length; i++)
query_string += "&" + encodeURIComponent(arg_key) + "=" +
encodeURIComponent(arg_val[i]);
else
query_string += "&" + encodeURIComponent(arg_key) + "=" +
encodeURIComponent(arg_val);
}
if (query_string != "")
/* Drop the first "&" */
query_string = query_string.substr(1);
return query_string;
}
/** Given an object exactly of the form described for the output of parseurl,
* returns a URL string built from those parameters. The URL is properly
* encoded.
* parseurl and buildurl are strict inverses of each other.
* Note that either query_string or args may be supplied. If both are
* supplied, query_string is preferred (because it keeps the argument order).
* If you take a url from parseurl, modify args, and pass to buildurl,
* you need to set query_string to null to use the new args.
* \param obj Object as returned by parseurl.
* \return String, a URL.
*/
function build_url(obj)
{
var url = "";
var query_string = null;
if (("scheme" in obj) && obj.scheme != null)
url = obj.scheme.toString() + "://";
if (("server_name" in obj) && obj.server_name != null)
url += obj.server_name.toString();
if (("server_port" in obj) && obj.server_port != null)
url += ":" + obj.server_port.toString();
if (("path" in obj) && obj.path != null)
{
var path = urlencode_path(obj.path.toString());
if (url.length > 0 && path.length > 0 && path.charAt(0) != "/")
path = "/" + path;
url += path;
}
if (("query_string" in obj) && obj.query_string != null)
query_string = encodeURI(obj.query_string.toString());
else if (("args" in obj) && obj.args != null)
query_string = make_query_string(obj.args);
if (query_string != "" && query_string != null)
url += "?" + query_string;
return url;
}
/** URL-encodes a path. This is a special case of URL encoding as all
* characters *except* the slash must be encoded.
*/
function urlencode_path(path)
{
/* Split up the path, URLEncode each segment with encodeURIComponent,
* and rejoin.
*/
var split = path.split('/');
for (var i=0; i<split.length; i++)
split[i] = encodeURIComponent(split[i]);
path = path_join.apply(null, split);
if (split[0] == "" && split.length > 1) path = "/" + path;
return path;
}
/** Writes a JSONable object to the cookie under a particular key
* (JSON encoded and URL encoded).
*/
function write_cookie(key, value)
{
var sendstr = encodeURIComponent(key) + "="
+ encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(value))
+ "; path=" + urlencode_path(root_dir);
/* This actually just assigns to the key, not replacing the whole cookie
* as it appears to. */
document.cookie = sendstr;
}
/** Reads a cookie which has a JSONable object encoded as its value.
* Returns the object, parsed from JSON.
*/
function read_cookie(key)
{
var cookies = document.cookie.split(";");
var checkstart = encodeURIComponent(key) + "=";
var checklen = checkstart.length;
for (var i=0; i<cookies.length; i++)
{
var cookie = cookies[i];
while (cookie[0] == ' ')
cookie = cookie.substr(1);
if (cookie.substr(0, checklen) == checkstart)
{
var valstr = cookie.substr(checklen);
valstr = decodeURIComponent(valstr);
return JSON.parse(valstr);
}
}
}
/** Given an argument map, as output in the args parameter of the return of
* parseurl, gets the first occurence of an argument in the URL string.
* If the argument was not found, returns null.
* If there was a single argument, returns the argument.
* If there were multiple arguments, returns the first.
* \param args Object mapping arguments to strings or arrays of strings.
* \param arg String. Argument name.
* \return String.
*/
function arg_getfirst(args, arg)
{
if (!(arg in args))
return null;
var r = args[arg];
if (r instanceof Array)
return r[0];
else
return r;
}
/** Given an argument map, as output in the args parameter of the return of
* parseurl, gets all occurences of an argument in the URL string, as an
* array.
* If the argument was not found, returns [].
* Otherwise, returns all occurences as an array, even if there was only one.
* \param args Object mapping arguments to strings or arrays of strings.
* \param arg String. Argument name.
* \return Array of strings.
*/
function arg_getlist(args, arg)
{
if (!(arg in args))
return [];
var r = args[arg];
if (r instanceof Array)
return r;
else
return [r];
}
/** Joins one or more paths together. Accepts 1 or more arguments.
*/
function path_join(path1 /*, path2, ... */)
{
var arg;
var path = "";
for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++)
{
arg = arguments[i];
if (arg.length == 0) continue;
if (arg.charAt(0) == '/')
path = arg;
else
{
if (path.length > 0 && path.charAt(path.length-1) != '/')
path += '/';
path += arg;
}
}
return path;
}
/** Builds a multipart_formdata string from an args object. Similar to
* make_query_string, but it returns data of type "multipart/form-data"
* instead of "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". This is good for
* encoding large strings such as text objects from the editor.
* Should be written with a Content-Type of
* "multipart/form-data, boundary=<boundary>".
* All fields are sent with a Content-Type of text/plain.
* \param args Args object as described in parse_url.
* \param boundary Random "magic" string which DOES NOT appear in any of
* the argument values. This should match the "boundary=" value written to
* the Content-Type header.
* \return String in multipart/form-data format.
*/
function make_multipart_formdata(args, boundary)
{
var data = "";
var arg_val;
/* Mutates data */
var extend_data = function(arg_key, arg_val)
{
/* FIXME: Encoding not supported here (should not matter if we
* only use ASCII names */
data += "--" + boundary + "\r\n"
+ "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" + arg_key
+ "\"\r\n\r\n"
+ arg_val + "\r\n";
}
for (var arg_key in args)
{
arg_val = args[arg_key];
if (arg_val instanceof Array)
for (var i=0; i<arg_val.length; i++)
{
extend_data(arg_key, arg_val[i]);
}
else
extend_data(arg_key, arg_val);
}
/* End boundary */
data += "--" + boundary + "--\r\n";
return data;
}
/** Converts a list of directories into a path name, with a slash at the end.
* \param pathlist List of strings.
* \return String.
*/
function pathlist_to_path(pathlist)
{
ret = path_join.apply(null, pathlist);
if (ret.charAt(ret.length-1) != '/')
ret += '/';
return ret;
}
/** Given a path relative to the IVLE root, gives a path relative to
* the site root.
*/
function make_path(path)
{
return path_join(root_dir, path);
}
/** Shorthand for make_path(path_join(app, ...))
* Creates an absolute path for a given path within a given app.
*/
function app_path(app /*,...*/)
{
return make_path(path_join.apply(null, arguments));
}
/** Same as app_path but creates a properly-escaped site-relative URL.
*/
function app_url(app /*,...*/)
{
return urlencode_path(app_path.apply(null, arguments));
}
/** Generates an absolute URL to a public application
*/
function public_app_url(app /*,...*/)
{
return "http://" + public_host + app_url.apply(null, arguments);
}
/** Given a path, gets the "basename" (the last path segment).
*/
function path_basename(path)
{
segments = path.split("/");
if (segments[segments.length-1].length == 0)
return segments[segments.length-2];
else
return segments[segments.length-1];
}
/** Given a string str, determines whether it ends with substr */
function endswith(str, substring)
{
if (str.length < substring.length) return false;
return str.substr(str.length - substring.length) == substring;
}
/** Removes all occurences of a value from an array.
*/
Array.prototype.removeall = function(val)
{
var i, j;
var arr = this;
j = 0;
for (i=0; i<arr.length; i++)
{
arr[j] = arr[i];
if (arr[i] != val) j++;
}
arr.splice(j, i-j);
}
/** Shallow-clones an object */
function shallow_clone_object(obj)
{
o = {};
for (k in obj)
o[k] = obj[k];
return o;
}
/** Returns a new XMLHttpRequest object, in a somewhat browser-agnostic
* fashion.
*/
function new_xmlhttprequest()
{
try
{
/* Real Browsers */
return new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch (e)
{
/* Internet Explorer */
try
{
return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e)
{
try
{
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e)
{
throw("Your browser does not support AJAX. "
+ "IVLE requires a modern browser.");
}
}
}
}
/** Creates a random string of length length,
* consisting of alphanumeric characters.
*/
var rand_chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZ"
+ "abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
function random_string(length)
{
var str = Array(length);
var v;
for (var i=0; i<length; i++)
{
v = Math.floor(Math.random() * rand_chars.length);
str[i] = rand_chars.charAt(v);
}
return str.join('');
}
/** Makes an XMLHttpRequest call to the server.
* Sends the XMLHttpRequest object containing the completed response to a
* specified callback function.
*
* \param callback A callback function. Will be called when the response is
* complete. Passed 1 parameter, an XMLHttpRequest object containing the
* completed response. If callback is null this is a syncronous request
* otherwise this is an asynchronous request.
* \param app IVLE app to call (such as "fileservice").
* \param path URL path to make the request to, within the application.
* \param args Argument object, as described in parse_url and friends.
* \param method String; "GET", "POST", "PUT", or "PATCH"
* \param content_type String, optional.
* Defaults to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".
*/
function ajax_call(callback, app, path, args, method, content_type)
{
if (!content_type)
content_type = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
path = app_path(app, path);
var url;
/* A random string, for multipart/form-data
* (This is not checked against anywhere else, it is solely defined and
* used within this function) */
var boundary = random_string(20);
var xhr = new_xmlhttprequest();
var asyncronous = callback != null;
if (asyncronous)
{
xhr.onreadystatechange = function()
{
if (xhr.readyState == 4)
{
callback(xhr);
}
}
}
if (method == "GET")
{
/* GET sends the args in the URL */
url = build_url({"path": path, "args": args});
/* open's 3rd argument = true -> asynchronous */
xhr.open(method, url, asyncronous);
xhr.send(null);
}
else
{
/* POST & PUT & PATCH sends the args in the request body */
url = urlencode_path(path);
xhr.open(method, url, asyncronous);
var message;
if (content_type == "multipart/form-data")
{
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type",
"multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary);
message = make_multipart_formdata(args, boundary);
}
else if (content_type == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
{
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", content_type);
message = make_query_string(args);
}
else if (content_type == "application/json")
{
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", content_type);
message = JSON.stringify(args);
}
else
{
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", content_type);
message = args;
}
xhr.send(message);
}
/* Only return the XHR for syncronous requests */
if (!asyncronous)
{
return xhr;
}
}
/** Attempts to JSON decodes a response object
* If a non-200 response or the JSON decode fails then returns null
*/
function decode_response(response)
{
if (response.status == 200)
{
try
{
var responseText = response.responseText;
return JSON.parse(responseText);
}
catch (e)
{
// Pass
}
}
return null;
}
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