[SHINDIG-1356] Remove leading characters in XHR callback processing which may be inserted if apache has transfer-encoding: chunked

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0-RC2
• Component/s: Javascript
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Bastian Hofmann
• Created: 07/Jun/10 15:38
• Updated: 19/Jul/10 05:20
• Resolved: 19/Jul/10 05:20

Description

When running on Apache with transfer-encoding: chunked there may be some line breaks \n before the message. The following fix filters these out:

Index: features/src/main/javascript/features/core.io/io.js
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— features/src/main/javascript/features/core.io/io.js (Revision 952257)
+++ features/src/main/javascript/features/core.io/io.js (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
return;
}
var txt = xobj.responseText;
+ // remove any leading characters like \n
+ // this happens if apache has transfer-encoding: chunked
+ txt = txt.substr(txt.indexOf(UNPARSEABLE_CRUFT))
// remove unparseable cruft used to prevent cross-site script inclusion
txt = txt.substr(UNPARSEABLE_CRUFT.length);
// We are using eval directly here because the outer response comes from a