This is sort of a repost. I asked about this in npm.xml, but after doing some digging around and experimenting, I thought I'd wander over and ask here. I'm working on chrome, by the way, and am using Javascript.
Here's a rundown on what I tried. So far, I've concentrated on accessing the XMLHttpRequest's channel attribute in various ways, none successful:
1.) I notice that "channel" becomes null after an unsuccessful connection attempt (one of the error conditions listed above).
2.) I tried to QueryInterface "channel" to something that sounded interesting (an nsITransportRequest) because that interface had a reference to an nsITransport, which in turn had access to some low-level status. Unfortunately, accessing "Components.interfaces.nsITransportRequest" results in an "undefined property" exception. Blind alley, I guess.
3.) RDF datasource objects implement an interface called nsIRDFXMLSink which has a method called addXMLSinkObserver. Using this you can add a RDFSinkObserver object that implements a bunch of callbacks for errors and other events. XMLHttpRequest, on the other hand, implements the nsIRequestObserver interface, which is different. Can you do something similar to the RDF case: replace the nsIRequestObserver with an object containing some callbacks?
I'm afraid I've become lost in all the interfaces and attributes. Help!
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