2 client side js functions for remote calls into the server
4 Copyright Andrew Tridgell 2005
5 released under the GNU GPL Version 2 or later
12 server_call(url, func, callback, ...);
14 'func' is a function name to call on the server
15 any additional arguments are passed to func() on the server
17 The callback() function is called with the returned
18 object. 'callback' may be null.
20 function server_call(url, func, callback) {
21 var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
22 req.open("POST", url, true);
23 req.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
24 var args = new Object();
26 for (i=3;i<arguments.length;i++) {
27 args[i-3] = arguments[i];
30 req.send("func=" + func + "&args=" + encodeObject(args));
31 req.onreadystatechange = function() {
32 if (4 == req.readyState && callback != null) {
33 var o = decodeObject(req.responseText);