If you're looking at the cvs repository, check out RemoteRequest.js in particular. It's an XMLHTTPRequest wrapper class that manages requests and does some behind the scenes magic. An example: var req = new RemoteRequest(service, method, param1, param2, ...); req.setCompleteCallback( function(request) { var obj = request.getResultObject(); alert("The internet gave me an object => " + obj.blah()); } ); req.send(); This fires off an asynchronous xmlhttp request with a specially crafted url. Apache handles the request and any data returned is run through a JSON parser and turned into a javascript object. The object can then be retrieved from within the anonymous callback. This has worked well for us and basically just requires the XMLHTTPRequest wrapper class, a hand tuned JSON parser (in ILS/OpenSRF/src/javascript), and an Apache module that can turn the request into something meaningful for your framework. -bill -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Peter Murray Sent: Fri 6/10/2005 1:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Cc: Subject: SPAM: Re: [CODE4LIB] ajax -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike -- It is kinda hard to visualize, although I'd really like to try. Is there a demo available somewhere? Peter On 6/10/05 12:22 PM, Mike Rylander wrote: | <promotion type="shameless"> | | If anyone feels like digging into an app that's extremely heavy with | XMLHttpRequest stuff you may want to look at Evergreen, a.k.a | Open-ILS. The entire staff client, which is written in XUL, and the | current version of the OPAC are entirely "ajax" driven. We use it to | connect, via an Apache module, to our back end cluster. | | http://open-ils.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ILS/Open-ILS/src/javascript/util/ | | </promotion> - -- Peter Murray http://www.pandc.org/peter/work/ Assistant Director, Multimedia Systems tel:+1-614-728-3600;ext=338 OhioLINK: the Ohio Library and Information Network Columbus, Ohio -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCqcdF4+t4qSfPIHIRAt6kAKC2jTtS809gCMB6XzQqMmb3/jaJqgCdGuKV lms5p1f8w/5YN6txjjlMKc4= =NyBM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----