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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+var Guacamole = Guacamole || {};
+
+/**
+ * A writer which automatically writes to the given output stream with the
+ * contents of a local files, supplied as standard File objects.
+ *
+ * @constructor
+ * @param {Guacamole.OutputStream} stream
+ *     The stream that data will be written to.
+ */
+Guacamole.FileWriter = function FileWriter(stream) {
+
+    /**
+     * Reference to this Guacamole.FileWriter.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @type {Guacamole.FileWriter}
+     */
+    var guacWriter = this;
+
+    /**
+     * Wrapped Guacamole.ArrayBufferWriter which will be used to send any
+     * provided file data.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @type {Guacamole.ArrayBufferWriter}
+     */
+    var arrayBufferWriter = new Guacamole.ArrayBufferWriter(stream);
+
+    // Initially, simply call onack for acknowledgements
+    arrayBufferWriter.onack = function(status) {
+        if (guacWriter.onack)
+            guacWriter.onack(status);
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Browser-independent implementation of Blob.slice() which uses an end
+     * offset to determine the span of the resulting slice, rather than a
+     * length.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {Blob} blob
+     *     The Blob to slice.
+     *
+     * @param {Number} start
+     *     The starting offset of the slice, in bytes, inclusive.
+     *
+     * @param {Number} end
+     *     The ending offset of the slice, in bytes, exclusive.
+     *
+     * @returns {Blob}
+     *     A Blob containing the data within the given Blob starting at
+     *     <code>start</code> and ending at <code>end - 1</code>.
+     */
+    var slice = function slice(blob, start, end) {
+
+        // Use prefixed implementations if necessary
+        var sliceImplementation = (
+                blob.slice
+             || blob.webkitSlice
+             || blob.mozSlice
+        ).bind(blob);
+
+        var length = end - start;
+
+        // The old Blob.slice() was length-based (not end-based). Try the
+        // length version first, if the two calls are not equivalent.
+        if (length !== end) {
+
+            // If the result of the slice() call matches the expected length,
+            // trust that result. It must be correct.
+            var sliceResult = sliceImplementation(start, length);
+            if (sliceResult.size === length)
+                return sliceResult;
+
+        }
+
+        // Otherwise, use the most-recent standard: end-based slice()
+        return sliceImplementation(start, end);
+
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Sends the contents of the given file over the underlying stream.
+     *
+     * @param {File} file
+     *     The file to send.
+     */
+    this.sendFile = function sendFile(file) {
+
+        var offset = 0;
+        var reader = new FileReader();
+
+        /**
+         * Reads the next chunk of the file provided to
+         * {@link Guacamole.FileWriter#sendFile|sendFile()}. The chunk itself
+         * is read asynchronously, and will not be available until
+         * reader.onload fires.
+         *
+         * @private
+         */
+        var readNextChunk = function readNextChunk() {
+
+            // If no further chunks remain, inform of completion and stop
+            if (offset >= file.size) {
+
+                // Fire completion event for completed file
+                if (guacWriter.oncomplete)
+                    guacWriter.oncomplete(file);
+
+                // No further chunks to read
+                return;
+
+            }
+
+            // Obtain reference to next chunk as a new blob
+            var chunk = slice(file, offset, offset + arrayBufferWriter.blobLength);
+            offset += arrayBufferWriter.blobLength;
+
+            // Attempt to read the file contents represented by the blob into
+            // a new array buffer
+            reader.readAsArrayBuffer(chunk);
+
+        };
+
+        // Send each chunk over the stream, continue reading the next chunk
+        reader.onload = function chunkLoadComplete() {
+
+            // Send the successfully-read chunk
+            arrayBufferWriter.sendData(reader.result);
+
+            // Continue sending more chunks after the latest chunk is
+            // acknowledged
+            arrayBufferWriter.onack = function sendMoreChunks(status) {
+
+                if (guacWriter.onack)
+                    guacWriter.onack(status);
+
+                // Abort transfer if an error occurs
+                if (status.isError())
+                    return;
+
+                // Inform of file upload progress via progress events
+                if (guacWriter.onprogress)
+                    guacWriter.onprogress(file, offset - arrayBufferWriter.blobLength);
+
+                // Queue the next chunk for reading
+                readNextChunk();
+
+            };
+
+        };
+
+        // If an error prevents further reading, inform of error and stop
+        reader.onerror = function chunkLoadFailed() {
+
+            // Fire error event, including the context of the error
+            if (guacWriter.onerror)
+                guacWriter.onerror(file, offset, reader.error);
+
+        };
+
+        // Begin reading the first chunk
+        readNextChunk();
+
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Signals that no further text will be sent, effectively closing the
+     * stream.
+     */
+    this.sendEnd = function sendEnd() {
+        arrayBufferWriter.sendEnd();
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Fired for received data, if acknowledged by the server.
+     *
+     * @event
+     * @param {Guacamole.Status} status
+     *     The status of the operation.
+     */
+    this.onack = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Fired when an error occurs reading a file passed to
+     * {@link Guacamole.FileWriter#sendFile|sendFile()}. The file transfer for
+     * the given file will cease, but the stream will remain open.
+     *
+     * @event
+     * @param {File} file
+     *     The file that was being read when the error occurred.
+     *
+     * @param {Number} offset
+     *     The offset of the failed read attempt within the file, in bytes.
+     *
+     * @param {DOMError} error
+     *     The error that occurred.
+     */
+    this.onerror = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Fired for each successfully-read chunk of file data as a file is being
+     * sent via {@link Guacamole.FileWriter#sendFile|sendFile()}.
+     *
+     * @event
+     * @param {File} file
+     *     The file that is being read.
+     *
+     * @param {Number} offset
+     *     The offset of the read that just succeeded.
+     */
+    this.onprogress = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Fired when a file passed to
+     * {@link Guacamole.FileWriter#sendFile|sendFile()} has finished being sent.
+     *
+     * @event
+     * @param {File} file
+     *     The file that was sent.
+     */
+    this.oncomplete = null;
+
+};