Aborting Ajax calls using XMLHttpRequest.abort();

[JasperGoes]

I have an object XMLHttpRequest called xhttp, on my specified timeout, i wish to cancel
the request and unset the object to try again later on.
Somehow, it didnt work as expected.

alert(typeof(xhttp));
xhttp.abort();
alert(typeof(xhttp));
xhttp=null;
alert(typeof(xhttp));
delete xhttp;
alert(typeof(xhttp));

All four alerts return 'object'.

BrowserNG 7.1.4 / N97 & N97 Mini

Any hints?

[JasperGoes]

Nevermind, found a workaround.

if (xhttp) { xhttp.abort(); xhttp=null; }

typeof(xhttp) STAYS object, so it seems to be persistent whatever you do,
but a followup if(xhttp) returns false after aborting and setting to null.

might be helpful to some of you at some point.

[isalento]

Hello,

To my understanding abort() should not destroy the xmlhttprequest object itself:
http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-abort-method

So basically you could reuse the old xmlhttprequest object after checking the state and aborting it if needed.

Please correct me if I'm wrong

Br,
Ilkka