prototype.js 1.4 原代码阅读

  evalResponse: function() {
    try {
      return eval(this.transport.responseText);
    } catch (e) {
      this.dispatchException(e);
    }
  },

  /**
   * 回调函数定义在 this.options 属性中，比如:
      var option = {
         onLoaded : function(req) {...};
         ......
      }
      new Ajax.Request(url, option);
   */
  respondToReadyState: function(readyState) {
    var event = Ajax.Request.Events[readyState];
    var transport = this.transport, json = this.evalJSON();

    if (event == 'Complete') {
      try {
        (this.options['on' + this.transport.status]
         || this.options['on' + (this.responseIsSuccess() ? 'Success' : 'Failure')]
         || Prototype.emptyFunction)(transport, json);
      } catch (e) {
        this.dispatchException(e);
      }

      if ((this.header('Content-type') || '').match(/^text\/javascript/i))
        this.evalResponse();
    }

    try {
      (this.options['on' + event] || Prototype.emptyFunction)(transport, json);
      Ajax.Responders.dispatch('on' + event, this, transport, json);
    } catch (e) {
      this.dispatchException(e);
    }

    if (event == 'Complete')
      this.transport.onreadystatechange = Prototype.emptyFunction;
  },

  dispatchException: function(exception) {
    (this.options.onException || Prototype.emptyFunction)(this, exception);
    Ajax.Responders.dispatch('onException', this, exception);
  }
});

/**
 * Ajax.Updater 用于绑定一个html元素与 XmlHttp调用的返回值。类似与 buffalo 的 bind。
 * 如果 options 中有 insertion(from dom.js) 对象的话, insertion 能提供更多的插入控制。
 */
Ajax.Updater = Class.create();

Object.extend(Object.extend(Ajax.Updater.prototype, Ajax.Request.prototype), {
  initialize: function(container, url, options) {
    this.containers = {
      success: container.success ? $(container.success) : $(container),
      failure: container.failure ? $(container.failure) :
        (container.success ? null : $(container))
    }

    this.transport = Ajax.getTransport();
    this.setOptions(options);