src/ajax.js

   1 (function( jQuery ) {
   2
   3 var r20 = /%20/g,
   4         rbracket = /\[\]$/,
   5         rCRLF = /\r?\n/g,
   6         rhash = /#.*$/,
   7         rheaders = /^(.*?):\s*(.*?)\r?$/mg, // IE leaves an \r character at EOL
   8         rinput = /^(?:color|date|datetime|email|hidden|month|number|password|range|search|tel|text|time|url|week)$/i,
   9         rnoContent = /^(?:GET|HEAD)$/,
  10         rprotocol = /^\/\//,
  11         rquery = /\?/,
  12         rscript = /<script\b[^<]*(?:(?!<\/script>)<[^<]*)*<\/script>/gi,
  13         rselectTextarea = /^(?:select|textarea)/i,
  14         rspacesAjax = /\s+/,
  15         rts = /([?&])_=[^&]*/,
  16         rurl = /^(\w+:)\/\/([^\/?#:]+)(?::(\d+))?/,
  17
  18         // Keep a copy of the old load method
  19         _load = jQuery.fn.load,
  20
  21         /* Prefilters
  22          * 1) They are useful to introduce custom dataTypes (see ajax/jsonp.js for an example)
  23          * 2) These are called:
  24          *    - BEFORE asking for a transport
  25          *    - AFTER param serialization (s.data is a string if s.processData is true)
  26          * 3) key is the dataType
  27          * 4) the catchall symbol "*" can be used
  28          * 5) execution will start with transport dataType and THEN continue down to "*" if needed
  29          */
  30         prefilters = {},
  31
  32         /* Transports bindings
  33          * 1) key is the dataType
  34          * 2) the catchall symbol "*" can be used
  35          * 3) selection will start with transport dataType and THEN go to "*" if needed
  36          */
  37         transports = {};
  38
  39 // Base "constructor" for jQuery.ajaxPrefilter and jQuery.ajaxTransport
  40 function addToPrefiltersOrTransports( structure ) {
  41
  42         // dataTypeExpression is optional and defaults to "*"
  43         return function( dataTypeExpression, func ) {
  44
  45                 if ( typeof dataTypeExpression !== "string" ) {
  46                         func = dataTypeExpression;
  47                         dataTypeExpression = "*";
  48                 }
  49
  50                 if ( jQuery.isFunction( func ) ) {
  51                         var dataTypes = dataTypeExpression.toLowerCase().split( rspacesAjax ),
  52                                 i = 0,
  53                                 length = dataTypes.length,
  54                                 dataType,
  55                                 list,
  56                                 placeBefore;
  57
  58                         // For each dataType in the dataTypeExpression
  59                         for(; i < length; i++ ) {
  60                                 dataType = dataTypes[ i ];
  61                                 // We control if we're asked to add before
  62                                 // any existing element
  63                                 placeBefore = /^\+/.test( dataType );
  64                                 if ( placeBefore ) {
  65                                         dataType = dataType.substr( 1 ) || "*";
  66                                 }
  67                                 list = structure[ dataType ] = structure[ dataType ] || [];
  68                                 // then we add to the structure accordingly
  69                                 list[ placeBefore ? "unshift" : "push" ]( func );
  70                         }
  71                 }
  72         };
  73 }
  74
  75 //Base inspection function for prefilters and transports
  76 function inspectPrefiltersOrTransports( structure, options, originalOptions, jXHR,
  77                 dataType /* internal */, inspected /* internal */ ) {
  78
  79         dataType = dataType || options.dataTypes[ 0 ];
  80         inspected = inspected || {};
  81
  82         inspected[ dataType ] = true;
  83
  84         var list = structure[ dataType ],
  85                 i = 0,
  86                 length = list ? list.length : 0,
  87                 executeOnly = ( structure === prefilters ),
  88                 selection;
  89
  90         for(; i < length && ( executeOnly || !selection ); i++ ) {
  91                 selection = list[ i ]( options, originalOptions, jXHR );
  92                 // If we got redirected to another dataType
  93                 // we try there if not done already
  94                 if ( typeof selection === "string" ) {
  95                         if ( inspected[ selection ] ) {
  96                                 selection = undefined;
  97                         } else {
  98                                 options.dataTypes.unshift( selection );
  99                                 selection = inspectPrefiltersOrTransports(
 100                                                 structure, options, originalOptions, jXHR, selection, inspected );
 101                         }
 102                 }
 103         }
 104         // If we're only executing or nothing was selected
 105         // we try the catchall dataType if not done already
 106         if ( ( executeOnly || !selection ) && !inspected[ "*" ] ) {
 107                 selection = inspectPrefiltersOrTransports(
 108                                 structure, options, originalOptions, jXHR, "*", inspected );
 109         }
 110         // unnecessary when only executing (prefilters)
 111         // but it'll be ignored by the caller in that case
 112         return selection;
 113 }
 114
 115 jQuery.fn.extend({
 116         load: function( url, params, callback ) {
 117                 if ( typeof url !== "string" && _load ) {
 118                         return _load.apply( this, arguments );
 119
 120                 // Don't do a request if no elements are being requested
 121                 } else if ( !this.length ) {
 122                         return this;
 123                 }
 124
 125                 var off = url.indexOf( " " );
 126                 if ( off >= 0 ) {
 127                         var selector = url.slice( off, url.length );
 128                         url = url.slice( 0, off );
 129                 }
 130
 131                 // Default to a GET request
 132                 var type = "GET";
 133
 134                 // If the second parameter was provided
 135                 if ( params ) {
 136                         // If it's a function
 137                         if ( jQuery.isFunction( params ) ) {
 138                                 // We assume that it's the callback
 139                                 callback = params;
 140                                 params = null;
 141
 142                         // Otherwise, build a param string
 143                         } else if ( typeof params === "object" ) {
 144                                 params = jQuery.param( params, jQuery.ajaxSettings.traditional );
 145                                 type = "POST";
 146                         }
 147                 }
 148
 149                 var self = this;
 150
 151                 // Request the remote document
 152                 jQuery.ajax({
 153                         url: url,
 154                         type: type,
 155                         dataType: "html",
 156                         data: params,
 157                         // Complete callback (responseText is used internally)
 158                         complete: function( jXHR, status, responseText ) {
 159                                 // Store the response as specified by the jXHR object
 160                                 responseText = jXHR.responseText;
 161                                 // If successful, inject the HTML into all the matched elements
 162                                 if ( jXHR.isResolved() ) {
 163                                         // #4825: Get the actual response in case
 164                                         // a dataFilter is present in ajaxSettings
 165                                         jXHR.done(function( r ) {
 166                                                 responseText = r;
 167                                         });
 168                                         // See if a selector was specified
 169                                         self.html( selector ?
 170                                                 // Create a dummy div to hold the results
 171                                                 jQuery("<div>")
 172                                                         // inject the contents of the document in, removing the scripts
 173                                                         // to avoid any 'Permission Denied' errors in IE
 174                                                         .append(responseText.replace(rscript, ""))
 175
 176                                                         // Locate the specified elements
 177                                                         .find(selector) :
 178
 179                                                 // If not, just inject the full result
 180                                                 responseText );
 181                                 }
 182
 183                                 if ( callback ) {
 184                                         self.each( callback, [ responseText, status, jXHR ] );
 185                                 }
 186                         }
 187                 });
 188
 189                 return this;
 190         },
 191
 192         serialize: function() {
 193                 return jQuery.param( this.serializeArray() );
 194         },
 195
 196         serializeArray: function() {
 197                 return this.map(function(){
 198                         return this.elements ? jQuery.makeArray( this.elements ) : this;
 199                 })
 200                 .filter(function(){
 201                         return this.name && !this.disabled &&
 202                                 ( this.checked || rselectTextarea.test( this.nodeName ) ||
 203                                         rinput.test( this.type ) );
 204                 })
 205                 .map(function( i, elem ){
 206                         var val = jQuery( this ).val();
 207
 208                         return val == null ?
 209                                 null :
 210                                 jQuery.isArray( val ) ?
 211                                         jQuery.map( val, function( val, i ){
 212                                                 return { name: elem.name, value: val.replace( rCRLF, "\r\n" ) };
 213                                         }) :
 214                                         { name: elem.name, value: val.replace( rCRLF, "\r\n" ) };
 215                 }).get();
 216         }
 217 });
 218
 219 // Attach a bunch of functions for handling common AJAX events
 220 jQuery.each( "ajaxStart ajaxStop ajaxComplete ajaxError ajaxSuccess ajaxSend".split( " " ), function( i, o ){
 221         jQuery.fn[ o ] = function( f ){
 222                 return this.bind( o, f );
 223         };
 224 } );
 225
 226 jQuery.each( [ "get", "post" ], function( i, method ) {
 227         jQuery[ method ] = function( url, data, callback, type ) {
 228                 // shift arguments if data argument was omitted
 229                 if ( jQuery.isFunction( data ) ) {
 230                         type = type || callback;
 231                         callback = data;
 232                         data = null;
 233                 }
 234
 235                 return jQuery.ajax({
 236                         type: method,
 237                         url: url,
 238                         data: data,
 239                         success: callback,
 240                         dataType: type
 241                 });
 242         };
 243 } );
 244
 245 jQuery.extend({
 246
 247         getScript: function( url, callback ) {
 248                 return jQuery.get( url, null, callback, "script" );
 249         },
 250
 251         getJSON: function( url, data, callback ) {
 252                 return jQuery.get( url, data, callback, "json" );
 253         },
 254
 255         ajaxSetup: function( settings ) {
 256                 jQuery.extend( true, jQuery.ajaxSettings, settings );
 257                 if ( settings.context ) {
 258                         jQuery.ajaxSettings.context = settings.context;
 259                 }
 260         },
 261
 262         ajaxSettings: {
 263                 url: location.href,
 264                 global: true,
 265                 type: "GET",
 266                 contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
 267                 processData: true,
 268                 async: true,
 269                 /*
 270                 timeout: 0,
 271                 data: null,
 272                 dataType: null,
 273                 username: null,
 274                 password: null,
 275                 cache: null,
 276                 traditional: false,
 277                 headers: {},
 278                 crossDomain: null,
 279                 */
 280
 281                 accepts: {
 282                         xml: "application/xml, text/xml",
 283                         html: "text/html",
 284                         text: "text/plain",
 285                         json: "application/json, text/javascript",
 286                         "*": "*/*"
 287                 },
 288
 289                 contents: {
 290                         xml: /xml/,
 291                         html: /html/,
 292                         json: /json/
 293                 },
 294
 295                 responseFields: {
 296                         xml: "responseXML",
 297                         text: "responseText"
 298                 },
 299
 300                 // List of data converters
 301                 // 1) key format is "source_type destination_type" (a single space in-between)
 302                 // 2) the catchall symbol "*" can be used for source_type
 303                 converters: {
 304
 305                         // Convert anything to text
 306                         "* text": window.String,
 307
 308                         // Text to html (true = no transformation)
 309                         "text html": true,
 310
 311                         // Evaluate text as a json expression
 312                         "text json": jQuery.parseJSON,
 313
 314                         // Parse text as xml
 315                         "text xml": jQuery.parseXML
 316                 }
 317         },
 318
 319         ajaxPrefilter: addToPrefiltersOrTransports( prefilters ),
 320         ajaxTransport: addToPrefiltersOrTransports( transports ),
 321
 322         // Main method
 323         ajax: function( url, options ) {
 324
 325                 // If options is not an object,
 326                 // we simulate pre-1.5 signature
 327                 if ( typeof options !== "object" ) {
 328                         options = url;
 329                         url = undefined;
 330                 }
 331
 332                 // Force options to be an object
 333                 options = options || {};
 334
 335                 var // Create the final options object
 336                         s = jQuery.extend( true, {}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, options ),
 337                         // Callbacks context
 338                         // We force the original context if it exists
 339                         // or take it from jQuery.ajaxSettings otherwise
 340                         // (plain objects used as context get extended)
 341                         callbackContext =
 342                                 ( s.context = ( "context" in options ? options : jQuery.ajaxSettings ).context ) || s,
 343                         // Context for global events
 344                         // It's the callbackContext if one was provided in the options
 345                         // and if it's a DOM node
 346                         globalEventContext = callbackContext !== s && callbackContext.nodeType ?
 347                                 jQuery( callbackContext ) : jQuery.event,
 348                         // Deferreds
 349                         deferred = jQuery.Deferred(),
 350                         completeDeferred = jQuery._Deferred(),
 351                         // Status-dependent callbacks
 352                         statusCode = s.statusCode || {},
 353                         // ifModified key
 354                         ifModifiedKey,
 355                         // Headers (they are sent all at once)
 356                         requestHeaders = {},
 357                         // Response headers
 358                         responseHeadersString,
 359                         responseHeaders,
 360                         // transport
 361                         transport,
 362                         // timeout handle
 363                         timeoutTimer,
 364                         // Cross-domain detection vars
 365                         loc = document.location,
 366                         protocol = loc.protocol || "http:",
 367                         parts,
 368                         // The jXHR state
 369                         state = 0,
 370                         // Loop variable
 371                         i,
 372                         // Fake xhr
 373                         jXHR = {
 374
 375                                 readyState: 0,
 376
 377                                 // Caches the header
 378                                 setRequestHeader: function( name, value ) {
 379                                         if ( state === 0 ) {
 380                                                 requestHeaders[ name.toLowerCase() ] = value;
 381                                         }
 382                                         return this;
 383                                 },
 384
 385                                 // Raw string
 386                                 getAllResponseHeaders: function() {
 387                                         return state === 2 ? responseHeadersString : null;
 388                                 },
 389
 390                                 // Builds headers hashtable if needed
 391                                 getResponseHeader: function( key ) {
 392                                         var match;
 393                                         if ( state === 2 ) {
 394                                                 if ( !responseHeaders ) {
 395                                                         responseHeaders = {};
 396                                                         while( ( match = rheaders.exec( responseHeadersString ) ) ) {
 397                                                                 responseHeaders[ match[1].toLowerCase() ] = match[ 2 ];
 398                                                         }
 399                                                 }
 400                                                 match = responseHeaders[ key.toLowerCase() ];
 401                                         }
 402                                         return match || null;
 403                                 },
 404
 405                                 // Cancel the request
 406                                 abort: function( statusText ) {
 407                                         statusText = statusText || "abort";
 408                                         if ( transport ) {
 409                                                 transport.abort( statusText );
 410                                         }
 411                                         done( 0, statusText );
 412                                         return this;
 413                                 }
 414                         };
 415
 416                 // Callback for when everything is done
 417                 // It is defined here because jslint complains if it is declared
 418                 // at the end of the function (which would be more logical and readable)
 419                 function done( status, statusText, responses, headers) {
 420
 421                         // Called once
 422                         if ( state === 2 ) {
 423                                 return;
 424                         }
 425
 426                         // State is "done" now
 427                         state = 2;
 428
 429                         // Clear timeout if it exists
 430                         if ( timeoutTimer ) {
 431                                 clearTimeout( timeoutTimer );
 432                         }
 433
 434                         // Dereference transport for early garbage collection
 435                         // (no matter how long the jXHR object will be used)
 436                         transport = undefined;
 437
 438                         // Cache response headers
 439                         responseHeadersString = headers || "";
 440
 441                         // Set readyState
 442                         jXHR.readyState = status ? 4 : 0;
 443
 444                         var isSuccess,
 445                                 success,
 446                                 error,
 447                                 response = responses ? ajaxHandleResponses( s, jXHR, responses ) : undefined,
 448                                 lastModified,
 449                                 etag;
 450
 451                         // If successful, handle type chaining
 452                         if ( status >= 200 && status < 300 || status === 304 ) {
 453
 454                                 // Set the If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match header, if in ifModified mode.
 455                                 if ( s.ifModified ) {
 456
 457                                         if ( ( lastModified = jXHR.getResponseHeader( "Last-Modified" ) ) ) {
 458                                                 jQuery.lastModified[ ifModifiedKey ] = lastModified;
 459                                         }
 460                                         if ( ( etag = jXHR.getResponseHeader( "Etag" ) ) ) {
 461                                                 jQuery.etag[ ifModifiedKey ] = etag;
 462                                         }
 463                                 }
 464
 465                                 // If not modified
 466                                 if ( status === 304 ) {
 467
 468                                         statusText = "notmodified";
 469                                         isSuccess = true;
 470
 471                                 // If we have data
 472                                 } else {
 473
 474                                         try {
 475                                                 success = ajaxConvert( s, response );
 476                                                 statusText = "success";
 477                                                 isSuccess = true;
 478                                         } catch(e) {
 479                                                 // We have a parsererror
 480                                                 statusText = "parsererror";
 481                                                 error = e;
 482                                         }
 483                                 }
 484                         } else {
 485                                 // We extract error from statusText
 486                                 // then normalize statusText and status for non-aborts
 487                                 error = statusText;
 488                                 if( status ) {
 489                                         statusText = "error";
 490                                         if ( status < 0 ) {
 491                                                 status = 0;
 492                                         }
 493                                 }
 494                         }
 495
 496                         // Set data for the fake xhr object
 497                         jXHR.status = status;
 498                         jXHR.statusText = statusText;
 499
 500                         // Success/Error
 501                         if ( isSuccess ) {
 502                                 deferred.resolveWith( callbackContext, [ success, statusText, jXHR ] );
 503                         } else {
 504                                 deferred.rejectWith( callbackContext, [ jXHR, statusText, error ] );
 505                         }
 506
 507                         // Status-dependent callbacks
 508                         jXHR.statusCode( statusCode );
 509                         statusCode = undefined;
 510
 511                         if ( s.global ) {
 512                                 globalEventContext.trigger( "ajax" + ( isSuccess ? "Success" : "Error" ),
 513                                                 [ jXHR, s, isSuccess ? success : error ] );
 514                         }
 515
 516                         // Complete
 517                         completeDeferred.resolveWith( callbackContext, [ jXHR, statusText ] );
 518
 519                         if ( s.global ) {
 520                                 globalEventContext.trigger( "ajaxComplete", [ jXHR, s] );
 521                                 // Handle the global AJAX counter
 522                                 if ( !( --jQuery.active ) ) {
 523                                         jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStop" );
 524                                 }
 525                         }
 526                 }
 527
 528                 // Attach deferreds
 529                 deferred.promise( jXHR );
 530                 jXHR.success = jXHR.done;
 531                 jXHR.error = jXHR.fail;
 532                 jXHR.complete = completeDeferred.done;
 533
 534                 // Status-dependent callbacks
 535                 jXHR.statusCode = function( map ) {
 536                         if ( map ) {
 537                                 var tmp;
 538                                 if ( state < 2 ) {
 539                                         for( tmp in map ) {
 540                                                 statusCode[ tmp ] = [ statusCode[tmp], map[tmp] ];
 541                                         }
 542                                 } else {
 543                                         tmp = map[ jXHR.status ];
 544                                         jXHR.then( tmp, tmp );
 545                                 }
 546                         }
 547                         return this;
 548                 };
 549
 550                 // Remove hash character (#7531: and string promotion)
 551                 // Add protocol if not provided (#5866: IE7 issue with protocol-less urls)
 552                 // We also use the url parameter if available
 553                 s.url = ( "" + ( url || s.url ) ).replace( rhash, "" ).replace( rprotocol, protocol + "//" );
 554
 555                 // Extract dataTypes list
 556                 s.dataTypes = jQuery.trim( s.dataType || "*" ).toLowerCase().split( rspacesAjax );
 557
 558                 // Determine if a cross-domain request is in order
 559                 if ( !s.crossDomain ) {
 560                         parts = rurl.exec( s.url.toLowerCase() );
 561                         s.crossDomain = !!( parts &&
 562                                 ( parts[ 1 ] != protocol || parts[ 2 ] != loc.hostname ||
 563                                         ( parts[ 3 ] || ( parts[ 1 ] === "http:" ? 80 : 443 ) ) !=
 564                                                 ( loc.port || ( protocol === "http:" ? 80 : 443 ) ) )
 565                         );
 566                 }
 567
 568                 // Convert data if not already a string
 569                 if ( s.data && s.processData && typeof s.data !== "string" ) {
 570                         s.data = jQuery.param( s.data, s.traditional );
 571                 }
 572
 573                 // Apply prefilters
 574                 inspectPrefiltersOrTransports( prefilters, s, options, jXHR );
 575
 576                 // Uppercase the type
 577                 s.type = s.type.toUpperCase();
 578
 579                 // Determine if request has content
 580                 s.hasContent = !rnoContent.test( s.type );
 581
 582                 // Watch for a new set of requests
 583                 if ( s.global && jQuery.active++ === 0 ) {
 584                         jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStart" );
 585                 }
 586
 587                 // More options handling for requests with no content
 588                 if ( !s.hasContent ) {
 589
 590                         // If data is available, append data to url
 591                         if ( s.data ) {
 592                                 s.url += ( rquery.test( s.url ) ? "&" : "?" ) + s.data;
 593                         }
 594
 595                         // Get ifModifiedKey before adding the anti-cache parameter
 596                         ifModifiedKey = s.url;
 597
 598                         // Add anti-cache in url if needed
 599                         if ( s.cache === false ) {
 600
 601                                 var ts = jQuery.now(),
 602                                         // try replacing _= if it is there
 603                                         ret = s.url.replace( rts, "$1_=" + ts );
 604
 605                                 // if nothing was replaced, add timestamp to the end
 606                                 s.url = ret + ( (ret === s.url ) ? ( rquery.test( s.url ) ? "&" : "?" ) + "_=" + ts : "" );
 607                         }
 608                 }
 609
 610                 // Set the correct header, if data is being sent
 611                 if ( s.data && s.hasContent && s.contentType !== false || options.contentType ) {
 612                         requestHeaders[ "content-type" ] = s.contentType;
 613                 }
 614
 615                 // Set the If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match header, if in ifModified mode.
 616                 if ( s.ifModified ) {
 617                         ifModifiedKey = ifModifiedKey || s.url;
 618                         if ( jQuery.lastModified[ ifModifiedKey ] ) {
 619                                 requestHeaders[ "if-modified-since" ] = jQuery.lastModified[ ifModifiedKey ];
 620                         }
 621                         if ( jQuery.etag[ ifModifiedKey ] ) {
 622                                 requestHeaders[ "if-none-match" ] = jQuery.etag[ ifModifiedKey ];
 623                         }
 624                 }
 625
 626                 // Set the Accepts header for the server, depending on the dataType
 627                 requestHeaders.accept = s.dataTypes[ 0 ] && s.accepts[ s.dataTypes[0] ] ?
 628                         s.accepts[ s.dataTypes[0] ] + ( s.dataTypes[ 0 ] !== "*" ? ", */*; q=0.01" : "" ) :
 629                         s.accepts[ "*" ];
 630
 631                 // Check for headers option
 632                 for ( i in s.headers ) {
 633                         requestHeaders[ i.toLowerCase() ] = s.headers[ i ];
 634                 }
 635
 636                 // Allow custom headers/mimetypes and early abort
 637                 if ( s.beforeSend && ( s.beforeSend.call( callbackContext, jXHR, s ) === false || state === 2 ) ) {
 638                                 // Abort if not done already
 639                                 done( 0, "abort" );
 640                                 // Return false
 641                                 jXHR = false;
 642
 643                 } else {
 644
 645                         // Install callbacks on deferreds
 646                         for ( i in { success: 1, error: 1, complete: 1 } ) {
 647                                 jXHR[ i ]( s[ i ] );
 648                         }
 649
 650                         // Get transport
 651                         transport = inspectPrefiltersOrTransports( transports, s, options, jXHR );
 652
 653                         // If no transport, we auto-abort
 654                         if ( !transport ) {
 655                                 done( -1, "No Transport" );
 656                         } else {
 657                                 // Set state as sending
 658                                 state = jXHR.readyState = 1;
 659                                 // Send global event
 660                                 if ( s.global ) {
 661                                         globalEventContext.trigger( "ajaxSend", [ jXHR, s ] );
 662                                 }
 663                                 // Timeout
 664                                 if ( s.async && s.timeout > 0 ) {
 665                                         timeoutTimer = setTimeout( function(){
 666                                                 jXHR.abort( "timeout" );
 667                                         }, s.timeout );
 668                                 }
 669
 670                                 try {
 671                                         transport.send( requestHeaders, done );
 672                                 } catch (e) {
 673                                         // Propagate exception as error if not done
 674                                         if ( status < 2 ) {
 675                                                 done( -1, e );
 676                                         // Simply rethrow otherwise
 677                                         } else {
 678                                                 jQuery.error( e );
 679                                         }
 680                                 }
 681                         }
 682                 }
 683                 return jXHR;
 684         },
 685
 686         // Serialize an array of form elements or a set of
 687         // key/values into a query string
 688         param: function( a, traditional ) {
 689                 var s = [],
 690                         add = function( key, value ) {
 691                                 // If value is a function, invoke it and return its value
 692                                 value = jQuery.isFunction( value ) ? value() : value;
 693                                 s[ s.length ] = encodeURIComponent( key ) + "=" + encodeURIComponent( value );
 694                         };
 695
 696                 // Set traditional to true for jQuery <= 1.3.2 behavior.
 697                 if ( traditional === undefined ) {
 698                         traditional = jQuery.ajaxSettings.traditional;
 699                 }
 700
 701                 // If an array was passed in, assume that it is an array of form elements.
 702                 if ( jQuery.isArray( a ) || a.jquery ) {
 703                         // Serialize the form elements
 704                         jQuery.each( a, function() {
 705                                 add( this.name, this.value );
 706                         } );
 707
 708                 } else {
 709                         // If traditional, encode the "old" way (the way 1.3.2 or older
 710                         // did it), otherwise encode params recursively.
 711                         for ( var prefix in a ) {
 712                                 buildParams( prefix, a[ prefix ], traditional, add );
 713                         }
 714                 }
 715
 716                 // Return the resulting serialization
 717                 return s.join( "&" ).replace( r20, "+" );
 718         }
 719 });
 720
 721 function buildParams( prefix, obj, traditional, add ) {
 722         if ( jQuery.isArray( obj ) && obj.length ) {
 723                 // Serialize array item.
 724                 jQuery.each( obj, function( i, v ) {
 725                         if ( traditional || rbracket.test( prefix ) ) {
 726                                 // Treat each array item as a scalar.
 727                                 add( prefix, v );
 728
 729                         } else {
 730                                 // If array item is non-scalar (array or object), encode its
 731                                 // numeric index to resolve deserialization ambiguity issues.
 732                                 // Note that rack (as of 1.0.0) can't currently deserialize
 733                                 // nested arrays properly, and attempting to do so may cause
 734                                 // a server error. Possible fixes are to modify rack's
 735                                 // deserialization algorithm or to provide an option or flag
 736                                 // to force array serialization to be shallow.
 737                                 buildParams( prefix + "[" + ( typeof v === "object" || jQuery.isArray(v) ? i : "" ) + "]", v, traditional, add );
 738                         }
 739                 });
 740
 741         } else if ( !traditional && obj != null && typeof obj === "object" ) {
 742                 // If we see an array here, it is empty and should be treated as an empty
 743                 // object
 744                 if ( jQuery.isArray( obj ) || jQuery.isEmptyObject( obj ) ) {
 745                         add( prefix, "" );
 746
 747                 // Serialize object item.
 748                 } else {
 749                         for ( var name in obj ) {
 750                                 buildParams( prefix + "[" + name + "]", obj[ name ], traditional, add );
 751                         }
 752                 }
 753
 754         } else {
 755                 // Serialize scalar item.
 756                 add( prefix, obj );
 757         }
 758 }
 759
 760 // This is still on the jQuery object... for now
 761 // Want to move this to jQuery.ajax some day
 762 jQuery.extend({
 763
 764         // Counter for holding the number of active queries
 765         active: 0,
 766
 767         // Last-Modified header cache for next request
 768         lastModified: {},
 769         etag: {}
 770
 771 });
 772
 773 /* Handles responses to an ajax request:
 774  * - sets all responseXXX fields accordingly
 775  * - finds the right dataType (mediates between content-type and expected dataType)
 776  * - returns the corresponding response
 777  */
 778 function ajaxHandleResponses( s, jXHR, responses ) {
 779
 780         var contents = s.contents,
 781                 dataTypes = s.dataTypes,
 782                 responseFields = s.responseFields,
 783                 ct,
 784                 type,
 785                 finalDataType,
 786                 firstDataType;
 787
 788         // Fill responseXXX fields
 789         for( type in responseFields ) {
 790                 if ( type in responses ) {
 791                         jXHR[ responseFields[type] ] = responses[ type ];
 792                 }
 793         }
 794
 795         // Remove auto dataType and get content-type in the process
 796         while( dataTypes[ 0 ] === "*" ) {
 797                 dataTypes.shift();
 798                 if ( ct === undefined ) {
 799                         ct = jXHR.getResponseHeader( "content-type" );
 800                 }
 801         }
 802
 803         // Check if we're dealing with a known content-type
 804         if ( ct ) {
 805                 for ( type in contents ) {
 806                         if ( contents[ type ] && contents[ type ].test( ct ) ) {
 807                                 dataTypes.unshift( type );
 808                                 break;
 809                         }
 810                 }
 811         }
 812
 813         // Check to see if we have a response for the expected dataType
 814         if ( dataTypes[ 0 ] in responses ) {
 815                 finalDataType = dataTypes[ 0 ];
 816         } else {
 817                 // Try convertible dataTypes
 818                 for ( type in responses ) {
 819                         if ( !dataTypes[ 0 ] || s.converters[ type + " " + dataTypes[0] ] ) {
 820                                 finalDataType = type;
 821                                 break;
 822                         }
 823                         if ( !firstDataType ) {
 824                                 firstDataType = type;
 825                         }
 826                 }
 827                 // Or just use first one
 828                 finalDataType = finalDataType || firstDataType;
 829         }
 830
 831         // If we found a dataType
 832         // We add the dataType to the list if needed
 833         // and return the corresponding response
 834         if ( finalDataType ) {
 835                 if ( finalDataType !== dataTypes[ 0 ] ) {
 836                         dataTypes.unshift( finalDataType );
 837                 }
 838                 return responses[ finalDataType ];
 839         }
 840 }
 841
 842 // Chain conversions given the request and the original response
 843 function ajaxConvert( s, response ) {
 844
 845         // Apply the dataFilter if provided
 846         if ( s.dataFilter ) {
 847                 response = s.dataFilter( response, s.dataType );
 848         }
 849
 850         var dataTypes = s.dataTypes,
 851                 converters = {},
 852                 i,
 853                 key,
 854                 length = dataTypes.length,
 855                 tmp,
 856                 // Current and previous dataTypes
 857                 current = dataTypes[ 0 ],
 858                 prev,
 859                 // Conversion expression
 860                 conversion,
 861                 // Conversion function
 862                 conv,
 863                 // Conversion functions (transitive conversion)
 864                 conv1,
 865                 conv2;
 866
 867         // For each dataType in the chain
 868         for( i = 1; i < length; i++ ) {
 869
 870                 // Create converters map
 871                 // with lowercased keys
 872                 if ( i === 1 ) {
 873                         for( key in s.converters ) {
 874                                 if( typeof key === "string" ) {
 875                                         converters[ key.toLowerCase() ] = s.converters[ key ];
 876                                 }
 877                         }
 878                 }
 879
 880                 // Get the dataTypes
 881                 prev = current;
 882                 current = dataTypes[ i ];
 883
 884                 // If current is auto dataType, update it to prev
 885                 if( current === "*" ) {
 886                         current = prev;
 887                 // If no auto and dataTypes are actually different
 888                 } else if ( prev !== "*" && prev !== current ) {
 889
 890                         // Get the converter
 891                         conversion = prev + " " + current;
 892                         conv = converters[ conversion ] || converters[ "* " + current ];
 893
 894                         // If there is no direct converter, search transitively
 895                         if ( !conv ) {
 896                                 conv2 = undefined;
 897                                 for( conv1 in converters ) {
 898                                         tmp = conv1.split( " " );
 899                                         if ( tmp[ 0 ] === prev || tmp[ 0 ] === "*" ) {
 900                                                 conv2 = converters[ tmp[1] + " " + current ];
 901                                                 if ( conv2 ) {
 902                                                         conv1 = converters[ conv1 ];
 903                                                         if ( conv1 === true ) {
 904                                                                 conv = conv2;
 905                                                         } else if ( conv2 === true ) {
 906                                                                 conv = conv1;
 907                                                         }
 908                                                         break;
 909                                                 }
 910                                         }
 911                                 }
 912                         }
 913                         // If we found no converter, dispatch an error
 914                         if ( !( conv || conv2 ) ) {
 915                                 jQuery.error( "No conversion from " + conversion.replace(" "," to ") );
 916                         }
 917                         // If found converter is not an equivalence
 918                         if ( conv !== true ) {
 919                                 // Convert with 1 or 2 converters accordingly
 920                                 response = conv ? conv( response ) : conv2( conv1(response) );
 921                         }
 922                 }
 923         }
 924         return response;
 925 }
 926
 927 })( jQuery );