brat-client/client/src/offline_ajax.js

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// -*- Mode: JavaScript; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
// vim:set ft=javascript ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 cindent:

// Offline data files should go into URL_BASE directory (default:
// offline_data). Each directory should have collection.js which
// contains the result of getCollectionInformation action, and any
// number of *.data.js files, which contain the results of getDocument
// actions. The contents of both should be prefixed with "jsonp =".

var OfflineAjax = (function($, window, undefined) {
    var OfflineAjax = function(dispatcher) {
      var URL_BASE = 'offline_data';

      var that = this;

      // merge data will get merged into the response data
      // before calling the callback
      var ajaxCall = function(data, callback, merge) {
        dispatcher.post('spin');

        var url;
        switch (data.action) {
          case 'getDocument':
            url = data.collection + data.document + '.data.js';
            break;

          case 'getCollectionInformation':
            url = data.collection + 'collection.js';
            break;

          case 'whoami':
          case 'storeSVG':
            // ignore
            // TODO: disable SVG links
            dispatcher.post(0, callback, [{ user: null, messages: [], action: data.action }]);
            dispatcher.post('unspin');
            return;

          default:
            // an action that is not a visualisation action got through
            alert("DEBUG TODO XXX UNSUPPORTED ALERT WHATNOW ETC: " + data.action); // XXX
        }

        // load the file
        // NOTE: beware, there is no error checking possible in this
        // loading method. No error handler. If the file is malformed,
        // there will be an error that is not under our control. If the
        // file is missing, there will be no error, and no callback -
        // the interface will get stuck. Be sure collection.js is up to
        // date, and no manual messing with URL :)
        var scr = document.createElement('script');
        scr.onload = function(evt) {
          jsonp.messages = [];
          if (merge) {
            $.extend(jsonp, merge);
          }
          dispatcher.post(0, callback, [jsonp]);
          dispatcher.post('unspin');
          document.head.removeChild(evt.target);
        };
        scr.type = 'text/javascript';
        scr.src = URL_BASE + url;
        document.head.appendChild(scr);

        /*
        * Chrome "feature" prevents this nice pure JSON solution
        * http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=36708c2c62cb9b0c&hl=en
        * http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=46167
        *
        *
        * chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files
        * open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app --args --allow-file-access-from-files
        */
        /*
        var $iframe = $('<iframe/>');
        $iframe.bind('load', function(evt) {
          console.log("foo3", evt.target);
          var json = $iframe.contents().text();
          console.log("ok1");
          var response = $.parseJSON(json);
          console.log("ok2", merge, json);
          response.messages = [];
          response.action = [];
          $iframe.remove();

          if (merge) {
            $.extend(response, merge);
          }
          dispatcher.post(0, callback, [response]);
          dispatcher.post('unspin');
        });

        $('body').append($iframe);
        $iframe.css('display', 'none');
        $iframe.attr('src', URL_BASE + url);
        console.log("foo2", $iframe);
        */
      };

      dispatcher.
          on('ajax', ajaxCall);
    };

    return OfflineAjax;
})(jQuery, window);

module.exports = OfflineAjax;