Hi Sumit, http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3959
Thanks, Joe On Aug 18, 11:26 am, Sumit Chandel <sumitchan...@google.com> wrote: > Hi Joe, > Please see reply inlined below. > > Hmm. The gwt code to load the cache.html seems to be ignoring error > > > states: > > > line 315: > > >http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/source/browse/trunk/dev/c... > > xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { > > // 4 == DONE > > if (xhr.readyState == 4) { > > > Shouldn't we add another check like: > > > if( xhr.status != 200 || xhr.status != 304 ) throwDocumentError(); > > > This is probably a good thing to add in do you think? > > You make a good point here. I think it would make sense to have a hook that > developers could implement here for such failure cases. > > Would you mind filing an issue for this in the Issue Tracker? That way, > you'll automatically be notified of updates to the issue, and I can > assigning to someone on the team for further consideration. > > Issue Tracker:http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/list > > Cheers, > -Sumit Chandel > > > > > On Aug 14, 3:30 am, Joe Cole <profilercorporat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Is it malformed, or missing? > > > > If I remove the file (cause a 404 response) gwt doesn't throw an error > > > that I can catch. I used this to reproduce the error for testing > > > purposes. > > > In production, the file is there, and the user has a firewall that > > > blocks it and if it returns an error page, gwt doesn't throw an error > > > that I can catch. I was using the missing file to replicate it > > > locally. > > > > > The MD5 value is the STRONGNAME. Whether > > > > you can reproduce that hash is another matter; which algorithm means > > > > another trip through the source. If you can recalculate the hash, > > > > you'd simply compare that value to STRONGNAME. But you'd never get a > > > > chance to calculate the hash since the file's only partially received. > > > > I was hoping that the generated nocache.js would have this (or > > > something) to check that the document returned by the server (or > > > firewall) it loaded via xhttp was valid. > > > I understand we can't regenerate it - I was trying to propose a > > > solution. > > > Another solution would be for the gwt script to check the response for > > > an error code - is that possible? > > > > > I'm under the impression that the file's missing. In which case I'd > > > > implement a watchdog timer in that routine. I'm guessing that Google > > > > doesn't implement a such a timer because there's no single > > > > implementation that would fit all circumstances. > > > > The file isn't missing - if I load up the cache.html file manually > > > (e.g.www.mycompany.com/STRONGNAME.cache.html) at sites with a strict > > > firewall we get an error document explaining that it's been blocked by > > > the firewall and rationale (e.g. a high "score"). > > > > > After reviewing the source, the onerror function doesn't get called > > > > when you need it for this particular issue. > > > > Agreed. > > > > > Please try the cross-site linker. > > > > I've never used it before - how will this help? > > > > > I'm guessing others haven't seen this since it's specific to these > > > > firewall settings? Or are these separate customers with different > > > > firewalls? I have seen on this list a very difficult to reproduce > > > > issue regarding RPC cargo getting truncated on the trip to the server. > > > > But, obviously, that's after loading the script. > > > > These are two separate customers (one university installation, one > > > corporate on separate continents). > > > I have seen the truncation issue before with a personal firewall > > > (Norton) as well. > > > > Thanks for your help. Apologies if you are confused! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---