Re: get HTTP Document with XHR

faj wrote:
> The current code uses the loadURI() to load a page. However, to be able to
> insert custom http request to the header, the new code needs to use the 
> the XMLHttpRequest instead.

Why, exactly?

> After the page is loaded, the following information are needed:
> 
>    var doc = getWebNavigation().document;
>    ....
>    doc.childNodes.length
>    doc.childNodes[...].nodeType
>    doc.childNodes[...].textContent
>    doc.childNodes[...].tagName
>    doc.childNodes[...].attributes[...]....
>    etc.

For an XML document, you can use the responseXML of the XHR.  But if 
it's HTML, you lose.

-Boris