Default callbackContext to the $.extended ajax options for 1.3.2 compatibility, per...
[jquery.git] / src / ajax.js
index 59c231c..5cc7b37 100644 (file)
@@ -195,13 +195,11 @@ jQuery.extend({
        lastModified: {},
        etag: {},
 
-       ajax: function( s ) {
-               // Extend the settings, but re-extend 's' so that it can be
-               // checked again later (in the test suite, specifically)
-               s = jQuery.extend(true, {}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, s);
+       ajax: function( origSettings ) {
+               var s = jQuery.extend(true, {}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, origSettings);
                
                var jsonp, status, data,
-                       callbackContext = s.context || window,
+                       callbackContext = s.context || s,
                        type = s.type.toUpperCase();
 
                // convert data if not already a string
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
                // Build temporary JSONP function
                if ( s.dataType === "json" && (s.data && jsre.test(s.data) || jsre.test(s.url)) ) {
-                       jsonp = "jsonp" + jsc++;
+                       jsonp = s.jsonpCallback || ("jsonp" + jsc++);
 
                        // Replace the =? sequence both in the query string and the data
                        if ( s.data ) {
@@ -237,7 +235,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        s.dataType = "script";
 
                        // Handle JSONP-style loading
-                       window[ jsonp ] = function(tmp){
+                       window[ jsonp ] = window[ jsonp ] || function(tmp){
                                data = tmp;
                                success();
                                complete();
@@ -333,7 +331,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                // Need an extra try/catch for cross domain requests in Firefox 3
                try {
                        // Set the correct header, if data is being sent
-                       if ( s.data ) {
+                       if ( s.data || origSettings && origSettings.contentType ) {
                                xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", s.contentType);
                        }
 
@@ -432,7 +430,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                // Fire the complete handlers
                                complete();
 
-                               if ( isTimeout ) {
+                               if ( isTimeout === "timeout" ) {
                                        xhr.abort();
                                }
 
@@ -593,8 +591,11 @@ jQuery.extend({
        // Serialize an array of form elements or a set of
        // key/values into a query string
        param: function( a ) {
+               
                var s = [],
-                       param_traditional = jQuery.param.traditional;
+                       
+                       // Set jQuery.param.traditional to true for jQuery <= 1.3.2 behavior.
+                       traditional = jQuery.param.traditional;
                
                function add( key, value ){
                        // If value is a function, invoke it and return its value
@@ -602,8 +603,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        s[ s.length ] = encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value);
                }
                
-               // If an array was passed in, assume that it is an array
-               // of form elements
+               // If an array was passed in, assume that it is an array of form elements.
                if ( jQuery.isArray(a) || a.jquery ) {
                        // Serialize the form elements
                        jQuery.each( a, function() {
@@ -611,35 +611,41 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        });
                        
                } else {
-                       // Encode parameters from object, recursively. If
-                       // jQuery.param.traditional is set, encode the "old" way
-                       // (the way 1.3.2 or older did it)
+                       // If jQuery.param.traditional is true, encode the "old" way (the
+                       // way 1.3.2 or older did it), otherwise encode params recursively.
                        jQuery.each( a, function buildParams( prefix, obj ) {
                                
                                if ( jQuery.isArray(obj) ) {
+                                       // Serialize array item.
                                        jQuery.each( obj, function(i,v){
-                                               // Due to rails' limited request param syntax, numeric array
-                                               // indices are not supported. To avoid serialization ambiguity
-                                               // issues, serialized arrays can only contain scalar values. php
-                                               // does not have this issue, but we should go with the lowest
-                                               // common denominator
-                                               add( prefix + ( param_traditional ? "" : "[]" ), v );
+                                               if ( traditional ) {
+                                                       // Treat each array item as a scalar.
+                                                       add( prefix, v );
+                                               } else {
+                                                       // If array item is non-scalar (array or object), encode its
+                                                       // numeric index to resolve deserialization ambiguity issues.
+                                                       // Note that rack (as of 1.0.0) can't currently deserialize
+                                                       // nested arrays properly, and attempting to do so may cause
+                                                       // a server error. Possible fixes are to modify rack's
+                                                       // deserialization algorithm or to provide an option or flag
+                                                       // to force array serialization to be shallow.
+                                                       buildParams( prefix + "[" + ( typeof v === "object" || jQuery.isArray(v) ? i : "" ) + "]", v );
+                                               }
+                                       });
+                                       
+                               } else if ( !traditional && typeof obj === "object" ) {
+                                       // Serialize object item.
+                                       jQuery.each( obj, function(k,v){
+                                               buildParams( prefix + "[" + k + "]", v );
                                        });
                                        
-                               } else if ( typeof obj == "object" ) {
-                                       if ( param_traditional ) {
-                                               add( prefix, obj );
-                                               
-                                       } else {
-                                               jQuery.each( obj, function(k,v){
-                                                       buildParams( prefix ? prefix + "[" + k + "]" : k, v );
-                                               });
-                                       }
                                } else {
+                                       // Serialize scalar item.
                                        add( prefix, obj );
                                }
                        });
                }
+               
                // Return the resulting serialization
                return s.join("&").replace(r20, "+");
        }