Ajax

[Nile]

This line looks like it lost a fight with Packer — although, strangely, it's one of only a few places where the space-after-control-flow-keyword convention has been observed. Well... once.

Not with JSBeautifier.

[jscheuer1]

OK, Twey. Incorporating most of your suggestions, here is the new version. I hope that what I've done with ICEBrowser will work as written - it should if ICEBrowser acts like others in regards to functions. You still haven't gotten back to me on what you envision as a good basic replacement for innerHTML:

function loadXmlHttp(url, id) {
 var f = this;
 if(loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp !== null){
  f.xmlHttp = loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp();
  f.el = document.getElementById(id);
  f.xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true);
  f.xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function(){f.stateChanged();};
  f.xmlHttp.send(null);
 }
 else alert('Your browser does not support AJAX!'); // substitute your desired request object unsupported code here
}

loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = null; loadXmlHttp.re = /^http/.test(window.location.href);
/*@cc_on @*/ // used here and below, limits try/catch to those IE browsers that both benefit from and support it
/*@if(@_jscript_version >= 5) // prevents errors in old browsers that barf on try/catch & problems in IE if Active X disabled
try {loadXmlHttp.ie = window.ActiveXObject}catch(e){loadXmlHttp.ie = false;};
@end @*/
if (window.XMLHttpRequest && (!loadXmlHttp.ie || loadXmlHttp.re))
 loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = function(){return new XMLHttpRequest();}; // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari, others, IE 7+ when live - this is the standard method
else if (/(object)|(function)/.test(typeof createRequest))
 loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = createRequest; // ICEBrowser, perhaps others
else {
 loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = null;
// Internet Explorer 5 to 6, includes IE 7+ when local //
/*@if(@_jscript_version >= 5)
try{loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = function(){return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");};}
 catch(e){try{loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = function(){return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");};}catch(e){loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = null;}}
@end @*/
}

loadXmlHttp.prototype.stateChanged = function(){
 if (this.xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && (this.xmlHttp.status == 200 || !loadXmlHttp.re))
  this.el.innerHTML = this.xmlHttp.responseText;
}

The usage is still the same:

new loadXmlHttp('requested_url', 'target_element_id')

But now most of the 'heavy lifting' is only done once. And I believe I corrected an error in the logic (highlighted). I haven't tested it (the whole thing) much though, so it may need some tweaking.

Oh, and this reminds me that I still hadn't responded to your question about:

var f = this;

We need a variable for the instance, here:

  f.xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function(){f.stateChanged();};

I used f because I couldn't think of anything else, and it is after all a function. And since it is required anyway, may as well use it as shorthand in the rest of the code.

[jscheuer1]

If you are reading this, please also refer to the (my) previous post in this thread, unless you were directed here in single post view. Anyways, the current code I'm using is a bit reduced over that in my previous post, here it is:

function loadXmlHttp(url, id) {
 var f = this;
 if (loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp){
  f.xmlHttp = loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp();
  f.el = document.getElementById(id);
  f.xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true);
  f.xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function(){f.stateChanged();};
  f.xmlHttp.send(null);
 }
 else alert('Your browser does not support AJAX!'); // substitute your desired request object unsupported code here
}

loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = null; loadXmlHttp.re = /^http/.test(window.location.href);
/*@cc_on @*/ // used here and below, limits try/catch to those IE browsers that both benefit from and support it
/*@if(@_jscript_version >= 5) // prevents errors in old browsers that barf on try/catch & problems in IE if Active X disabled
try {loadXmlHttp.ie = window.ActiveXObject}catch(e){};
@end @*/
if (window.XMLHttpRequest && (!loadXmlHttp.ie || loadXmlHttp.re))
 loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = function(){return new XMLHttpRequest();}; // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari, others, IE 7+ when live - this is the standard method
else if (/(object)|(function)/.test(typeof createRequest))
 loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = createRequest; // ICEBrowser, perhaps others
else {
 loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = null;
// Internet Explorer 5 to 6, includes IE 7+ when local //
/*@if(@_jscript_version >= 5)
try{loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = function(){return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");};}
 catch(e){try{loadXmlHttp.xmlHttp = function(){return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");};}catch(e){}}
@end @*/
}

loadXmlHttp.prototype.stateChanged = function(){
 if (this.xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && (this.xmlHttp.status == 200 || !loadXmlHttp.re))
  this.el.innerHTML = this.xmlHttp.responseText;
}

Usage:

new loadXmlHttp('requested_url', 'target_element_id')