Thanks Mike for the followup. I pasted your info in my jQuery Yellow Notes l :-)
Thanks again. --- On Aug 14, 7:01 am, "Mike Alsup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pops, > > The function that you bind to the ajaxComplete event actually takes 3 > arguments. So yes, the documentation is wrong. The three arguments > are: > > 1. The event object > 2. The XHR > 3. The settings object > > $().ajaxComplete(function(ev, xhr, s) { > alert('event type: ' + ev.type); > alert('status: ' + xhr.status); > alert('url: ' + s.url); > > }); > > Functions bound to the ajaxSend and ajaxSuccess events work exactly > the same way as ajaxComplete. > > Functions bound to the ajaxError event are passed a fourth argument > which is the exception object (if one occurred). > > Functions bound to the ajaxStart and ajaxStop events are passed only a > single argument, the event object. > > Mike > > On 8/14/07, Pops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm still a newbie with jQuery, as such, I'm still catching up with > > terminologies and the jQuery "language" > > > Exploring the ajaxComplete() event handler, it seems to me that the > > prototype description of its callback function parameters are reverse? > > > For example, the docs for ajaxComplete( callback ) says: > > > Attach a function to be executed whenever an AJAX > > request completes. The XMLHttpRequest and settings > > used for that request are passed as arguments to the callback. > > > with the example: > > > $("#msg").ajaxComplete(function(request, settings){ > > $(this).append("<li>Request Complete.</li>"); > > }); > > > well, for my test, under the FireBug Debugger I stepped into this > > callback and it says request is type "Object" and settings is type > > "XMLHttpRequest" > > > Is this an example type, the parameters should be (settings, request) > > or I am not understanding? > > > I'm sure I am understanding, but when I modified the example for my > > testing of using $.getJSON(), like so: > > > JSON: <div id="JsonDump"></div> > > > <script type='text/javascript'> > > $(document).ready(function() { > > var url = "/code/jSystemMonitor.wcx"; > > var secs = 5000; > > $("#JsonDump").ajaxComplete(function(request, settings){ > > $(this).append("<li>"+settings.responseText+"</li>"); > > }); > > var res = $.getJSON(url); > > setInterval( function() { var res = $.getJSON(url); }, secs); > > }); > > </script> > > > I naturally thought and used request.responseText instead of > > settings.responseText first before seeing it this was wrong. Maybe the > > parameter name "setting" is not appropiate. I used to libraries where > > function prototyping descriptions convery ideas like Hungarian > > notations or similar ideas that allow to quickly understand the > > parameters types with a visual reading only: I had to dig into the > > jQuery.js source to see what exactly was being passed and even then it > > wasn't clear. > > > Overall, is there a documented summary showing the function prototype > > definitions for all various jQuery methods that offer callbacks?