Javascript XMLHTTPRequest Problem

[mauroalberti]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently trying to add some AJAX functionality to the tree2
JSF-component from the Apache MyFaces project (i. e. if the user clicks
on some node of the tree component, then not the whole tree is to be
rendered again but just the part of the tree which has actually
changed).

Using Mozilla as browser everything works fine, but if IE is used I'm
facing the following problem:

If I click on the [-] box next to an expanded node, nothing happens (of
course, normally the node should be closed) - however, there is a
single node being displayed by the component where it actually works
(it is always the same node, independant of the order in which this
node respectively the other ones are expanded and closed - very strange
behaviour...)
This is the AJAX part of the code on my JSP page:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var clickedNodeID;

var req;

function ajaxtest(treeno deid){

//req = null;

if (window.XMLHttp Request) {
req = new XMLHttpRequest( );
}
else if (window.ActiveX Object) {
req = new ActiveXObject(" Microsoft.XMLHT TP");
}

if (req.readyState != 0) {
req.abort();
}
clickedNodeID = treenodeid;

var url = "webdeskAjax.fa ces?clickedNode ID="+ treenodeid;

// send request to the server
if (req != null) {
req.open("GET", url, true);
req.onreadystat echange = processAjaxTree Response;
req.send(null);
}

}

function processAjaxTree Response() {
if (req.readyState == 4){
//process only if OK
if (req.status == 200) {
if(req.response Text==null) {
hidePopup();
}
else {
parseAjaxRespon se(req.response Text);

}
}
}
}
function parseAjaxRespon se(result){
var divnode = document.getEle mentById(clicke dNodeID + ":divid");

divnode.innerHT ML = result;

alert(result);
}
//-->
</script>
The variables req and clickedNodeID contain the XMLHTTPRequest object
respevtively the ID of the node which has been lastly clicked.

The parseAjaxRespon se method determines a certain div element and adds
the content being sent from the server to this element.

The alert statement has been added merely for testing purposes (as my
MS-Debugger crashes every time I'm trying to move a single step
further- anyone in here made similar experiences with the
application???) : every time I click on the [-] box the content that is
added to the div element is equal to the content that has been saved in
the element before the user action. The point is, that the server has
not been contacted (I've registered a PhaseListener to my FacesContext)
so I absolutely do not know where the content comes from...

Anyone got any advice what could be the reason for that odd behavior??

Thanks a lot,

Alex

[TheBagbournes]

mauroalberti wrote:

The point is, that the server has
not been contacted (I've registered a PhaseListener to my FacesContext)
so I absolutely do not know where the content comes from...

I had a similar problem with IE. It was caching responses from
XMLHttpRequests . Try making

var url = "webdeskAjax.fa ces?clickedNode ID="+ treenodeid;

into

var url = "webdeskAjax.fa ces?clickedNode ID=" + treenodeid +
"&requestid =" + (new Date()).getTime ();
Nige