<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Sending an XML Request</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var xmlHttp;
function createXMLHttpRequest() {
if (window.ActiveXObject) {
xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
}
function createXML() {
var xml = "<pets>";
var options = document.getElementById("petTypes").childNodes;
var option = null;
for(var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
option = options[i];
if(option.selected) {
xml = xml + "<type>" + option.value + "<//type>";
}
}
xml = xml + "<//pets>";
return xml;
}
function sendPetTypes() {
createXMLHttpRequest();
var xml = createXML();
var url = "PostingXMLExample?timeStamp=" + new Date().getTime();
xmlHttp.open("POST", url, true);
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handleStateChange;
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;");
xmlHttp.send(xml);
}
function handleStateChange() {
if(xmlHttp.readyState == 4) {
if(xmlHttp.status == 200) {
parseResults();
}
}
}
function parseResults() {
var responseDiv = document.getElementById("serverResponse");
if(responseDiv.hasChildNodes()) {
responseDiv.removeChild(responseDiv.childNodes[0]);
}
var responseText = document.createTextNode(xmlHttp.responseText);
responseDiv.appendChild(responseText);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Select the types of pets in your home:</h1>
<form action="#">
<select id="petTypes" size="6" multiple="true">
<option value="cats">Cats</option>
<option value="dogs">Dogs</option>
<option value="fish">Fish</option>
<option value="birds">Birds</option>
<option value="hamsters">Hamsters</option>
<option value="rabbits">Rabbits</option>
</select>
<br/><br/>
<input type="button" value="Submit Pets" οnclick="sendPetTypes();"/>
</form>
<h2>Server Response:</h2>
<div id="serverResponse"></div>
</body>
</html>