jquery ajax: closes #3231. The ajax setting 'dataFilter' can also parse the response.

[jquery.git] / src / ajax.js

diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index 441a7b9..885c819 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        dataType: type
                });
        },
-       
-       // Create the request object; Microsoft failed to properly
-       // implement the XMLHttpRequest in IE7, so we use the ActiveXObject when it is available
-       getAjaxTransport : function() {
-               return window.ActiveXObject ? new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") : new XMLHttpRequest();
-       },
-
 
        getScript: function( url, callback ) {
                return jQuery.get(url, null, callback, "script");
@@ -159,6 +152,12 @@ jQuery.extend({
                data: null,
                username: null,
                password: null,
+               // Create the request object; Microsoft failed to properly
+               // implement the XMLHttpRequest in IE7, so we use the ActiveXObject when it is available
+               // This function can be overriden by calling jQuery.ajaxSetup
+               xhr:function(){
+                       return window.ActiveXObject ? new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") : new XMLHttpRequest();
+               },
                accepts: {
                        xml: "application/xml, text/xml",
                        html: "text/html",
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                var requestDone = false;
 
                // Create the request object
-               var xhr = jQuery.getAjaxTransport();
+               var xhr = s.xhr();
 
                // Open the socket
                // Passing null username, generates a login popup on Opera (#2865)
@@ -481,14 +480,18 @@ jQuery.extend({
                if( s && s.dataFilter )
                        data = s.dataFilter( data, type );
 
-               // If the type is "script", eval it in global context
-               if ( type == "script" )
-                       jQuery.globalEval( data );
+               // The filter can actually parse the response
+               if( typeof data == 'string' ){
 
-               // Get the JavaScript object, if JSON is used.
-               if ( type == "json" )
-                       data = eval("(" + data + ")");
+                       // If the type is "script", eval it in global context
+                       if ( type == "script" )
+                               jQuery.globalEval( data );
 
+                       // Get the JavaScript object, if JSON is used.
+                       if ( type == "json" )
+                               data = eval("(" + data + ")");
+               }
+               
                return data;
        },