source: main/trunk/greenstone3/web/interfaces/default/js/javascript-global-functions.js@ 33186

var SUCCESS = 1;
var ACCEPTED = 2;
var ERROR = 3;
var CONTINUING = 10;
var COMPLETED = 11;
var HALTED = 12;

gs.functions = {};

gs.jqGet = function(id)
{
    return $("#" + id.replace(/\./g, "\\.").replace(/:/g,"\\:"));
}

// Debugging function to print a string's non-basic chars in hex. So does string2hex on all non-basic and non-printable ASCII chars
// Dr Bainbridge said that printing anything with charCode over 128 in hex is okay, but I'd already made extra allowances for non-printable ASCII
// Based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36637146/javascript-encode-string-to-hex/36637293
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21647928/javascript-unicode-string-to-hex
gs.functions.debug_unicode_string = function(str) {
    var hex, i;

    var result = "";
    for (i=0; i<str.length; i++) {
        charcode = str.charCodeAt(i);
        // ASCII table: https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/home_page_posts/2/1/2/1/ascii_table_black.png
        // if the unicode character code pt is less than the ASCII code for space and greater than for tilda, let's display the char in hex (x0000 format)
        if(charcode < 20 || charcode > 126) { //doesn't work: if(str.charAt(i) < ' ' || str.charAt(i) > '~') {
            hex = charcode.toString(16);
            result += "x{" + ("000"+hex).slice(-4) + "}"; // looks like: x{4-char-codepoint}
        }
        else {
            result += str.charAt(i);
        }
    }

    return result;
}

gs.functions.ajaxRequest = function()
{
    var activexmodes=["Msxml2.XMLHTTP", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"]; 
    if(window.ActiveXObject)
    { 
        for (var i=0; i<activexmodes.length; i++)
        {
            try
            {
                return new ActiveXObject(activexmodes[i]);
            }
            catch(e){}
        }
    }
    else if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
    {
        return new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    else
    {
        return false
    }
}

gs.functions.hasClass = function(elem, classVal)
{
    if(!elem || !elem.getAttribute("class"))
    {
        return false;
    }

    return (elem.getAttribute("class").search(classVal) != -1)
}

gs.functions.getElementsByClassName = function(cl) 
{
    var nodes = new Array();
    var classRegEx = new RegExp('\\b'+cl+'\\b');
    var allElems = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
    
    for (var i = 0; i < allElems.length; i++) 
    {
        var classes = allElems[i].className;
        if (classRegEx.test(classes)) 
        {
            nodes.push(allElems[i]);
        }
    }
    return nodes;
}; 

gs.functions.makeToggle = function(buttons, divs)
{
    var buttonArray = (buttons.length) ? buttons : [buttons];
    var divArray = (divs.length) ? divs : [divs];
    
    for(var i = 0; i < buttonArray.length; i++)
    {
        buttonArray[i].onclick = function()
        {
            for(var j = 0; j < divArray.length; j++)
            {
                if(divArray[j].style.display == "none")
                {
                    divArray[j].style.display = "block";
                }
                else
                {
                    divArray[j].style.display = "none";
                }
            }
            
            for(var j = 0; j < buttonArray.length; j++)
            {
                if(buttonArray[j].getAttribute("src") == gs.imageURLs.collapse)
                {
                    buttonArray[j].setAttribute("src", gs.imageURLs.expand);
                }
                else if(buttonArray[j].getAttribute("src") == gs.imageURLs.expand)
                {
                    buttonArray[j].setAttribute("src", gs.imageURLs.collapse);
                }
            }
        };
    }
}

gs.functions.checkForErrors = function(xml)
{
    var errorElems = xml.getElementsByTagName("error");
    
    if(errorElems && errorElems.length > 0)
    {
        var errorString = gs.text.dse.error_saving_changes + ": ";
        for(var i = 0; i < errorElems.length; i++)
        {
            errorString += " " + errorElems.item(i).firstChild.nodeValue;
        }
        alert(errorString);
        return true;
    }
    return false; //No errors
}

gs.functions.validateXML = function(txt)
{
    // code for IE
    if (window.ActiveXObject)
    {
        var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
        xmlDoc.async = "false";
        xmlDoc.loadXML(document.all(txt).value);

        if(xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode!=0)
        {
            txt = dse.error_code + ": " + xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode + "\n";
            txt = txt + dse.error_reason + ": " + xmlDoc.parseError.reason;
            txt = txt + dse.error_line + ": " + xmlDoc.parseError.line;
            console.log(txt);
            return null;
        }
        
        return xmlDoc;
    }
    // code for Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.
    else if (document.implementation.createDocument)
    {
        var parser = new DOMParser();
        var xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(txt,"text/xml");

        if (xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror").length > 0)
        {
            console.log(gs.text.dse.xml_error);
            return null;
        }
        
        return xmlDoc;
    }
    else
    {
        console.log(gs.text.dse.browse_cannot_validate_xml);
    }
    return null;
}

gs.functions.buildCollections = function(collections, finalFunction)
{
    if(!collections || collections.length == 0)
    {
        console.log("List of collections to build is empty");
        return;
    }

    var counter = 0;
    var buildFunction = function()
    {
        var ajax = new gs.functions.ajaxRequest();
        ajax.open("GET", gs.xsltParams.library_name + "?a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=BuildCollection&s1.collection=" + collections[counter]);
        ajax.onreadystatechange = function()
        {
            if(ajax.readyState == 4 && ajax.status == 200)
            {
                var text = ajax.responseText;
                var xml = gs.functions.validateXML(text);

                if(!xml || gs.functions.checkForErrors(xml))
                {
                    console.log("Could not build collection -> " + collections[counter] + ", aborting");
                    return;
                }

                var status = xml.getElementsByTagName("status")[0];
                var pid = status.getAttribute("pid");

                gs.functions.startCheckLoop(pid, "BuildCollection", function()
                {
                    var localAjax = new gs.functions.ajaxRequest();
                    localAjax.open("GET", gs.xsltParams.library_name + "?a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ActivateCollection&s1.collection=" + collections[counter], true);
                    localAjax.onreadystatechange = function()
                    {
                        if(localAjax.readyState == 4 && localAjax.status == 200)
                        {
                            var localText = localAjax.responseText;
                            var localXML = gs.functions.validateXML(localText);
                            
                            if(!xml || gs.functions.checkForErrors(xml))
                            {
                                console.log("Could not activate collection -> " + collections[counter] + ", aborting");
                                return;
                            }

                            var localStatus = localXML.getElementsByTagName("status")[0];
                            if(localStatus)
                            {
                                var localPID = localStatus.getAttribute("pid");
                                gs.functions.startCheckLoop(localPID, "ActivateCollection", function()
                                {
                                    if (++counter == collections.length)
                                    {
                                        //Run this function once we are done building all the collections
                                        if(finalFunction){finalFunction();}
                                    }
                                    else
                                    {
                                        buildFunction();
                                    }
                                });
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    localAjax.send();
                });
            }
        }
        ajax.send();
    }
    buildFunction();
}

gs.functions.startCheckLoop = function(pid, serverFunction, callbackFunction)
{
    var ajaxFunction = function()
    {
        var ajax = new gs.functions.ajaxRequest();
        ajax.open("GET", gs.xsltParams.library_name + "?a=g&rt=s&ro=1&s=" + serverFunction + "&s1.pid=" + pid, true);
        ajax.onreadystatechange = function()
        {
            if(ajax.readyState == 4 && ajax.status == 200)
            {
                var text = ajax.responseText;
                var xml = gs.functions.validateXML(text);
                
                if(!xml || gs.functions.checkForErrors(xml))
                {
                    console.log("Could not check status of " + serverFunction + ", there was an error in the XML, aborting");       
                    return;
                }

                var status = xml.getElementsByTagName("status")[0];
                var code = status.getAttribute("code");

                if (code == COMPLETED || code == SUCCESS)
                {
                    callbackFunction();
                }
                else if (code == HALTED || code == ERROR)
                {
                    console.log("Could not check status of " + serverFunction + ", there was an error on the server, aborting");
                }
                else
                {
                    setTimeout(ajaxFunction, 1000);
                }
            }
        }
        ajax.send();
    }
    ajaxFunction();
}

function inc(a, b)
{
    var carry = 0;
    var num = 0;
    var i = 0;
    
    while((carry || (i < a.length) || (i < b.length)) && (i < 100))
    {
        num = carry;
        if(i < a.length){num += a[i];}
        if(i < b.length){num += b[i];}
        
        if(num >= 256)
        {
            num -= 256;
            carry = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            carry = 0;
        }
        
        a[i] = num;
        
        i++;
    }
}

function ifposDec(a, b)
{
    var carry = 0;
    var num = 0;
    var i = 0;
    
    if(b.length > a.length){return a;}
    if(b.length == a.length)
    {
        i = a.length - 1;
        while(i >= 0)
        {
            if(a[i] > b[i]){break;}
            if(a[i] < b[i]){return a;}
            i--;
        }
    }
    
    i = 0;
    var len = 0;
    var outString = "";
    while((i < a.length) || (i < b.length))
    {
        num = -carry;
        if(i < a.length){num += a[i];}
        if(i < b.length){num -= b[i];}
        
        if(num < 0)
        {
            num += 256;
            carry = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            carry = 0;
        }
        
        a[i] = num;
        outString += num + ","
        i++
        
        if(num != 0){len = i}
    }

    if(len < a.length)
    {
        a = a.slice(0, len);
    }
    
    return a;
}

function convertNum(a)
{
    var result = new Array();
    var i;
    var convert = ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"];
    
    if(a.length == 0)
    {
        result.push("0");
        return result;
    }
    
    for(i = a.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        result.push(convert[Math.floor(a[i]/16)]);
        result.push(convert[Math.floor(a[i]%16)]);
    }
    
    var resultString = "";
    for(var j = 0; j < result.length; j++)
    {
        resultString += result[j];
    }
    
    return resultString;
}

gs.functions.hashString = function(str)
{
    var remainder = new Array();
    var primePow = new Array();
    var pow = 
    [
        255, 255, 255,
        255, 255, 255,
        255, 255, 255,
        255, 255, 1
    ];
    
    for(var i = 0; i < 8; i++)
    {
        primePow.push(pow.slice()); //The javascript way to do an array copy (yuck!)
        inc(pow, pow);
    }
    
    for(var i = 0; i < str.length; i++)
    {
        var c = str.charCodeAt(i);

        if(remainder.length == 99)
        {
            return null;
        }

        for(var j = remainder.length; j > 0; j--)
        {
            remainder[j] = remainder[j-1];
        }
        remainder[0] = c;

        for(var j = 7; j >= 0; j--)
        {
            remainder = ifposDec(remainder, primePow[j]);
        }   
    }
    
    return convertNum(remainder);
}

// This method performs an AJAX call after working out, based on parameters and internal decision-making code,
// if it's using GET or POST,
// asynchronous or synchronous AJAX, 
// jQuery's .ajax() method or gsajaxapi.js' regular JavaScript way of calling AJAX (necessary functions
// now ported from GS2 to GS3)
// and whether it needs to transmit the payload in URL or data structure (Java object) form.
// In the past, the AJAX calls to metadataserver.pl only dealt with URLs and used jQuery .ajax(). As a
// consequence of this particular combination, the calls in the past were all GET operations.
//
// - payload param: contains both the URL form and the data object form of the package to transmit over
// AJAX to metadataserver.pl. Based on the parameters and some internal variables, _callMetadataServer()
// determines which to use.
// - opts param: No function overloading in JavaScript. Can pass a custom object, however can pass opts,
// see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/456177/function-overloading-in-javascript-best-practices
//
// BEWARE:
// errorResponseFunction is at present only called on error if using jQuery ajax (sync/async) and not if using gsajaxapi (sync/async).
gs.functions._callMetadataServer = function(callingFunction, payload, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction, opts)
{

    // async AJAX by default for get operations: because internal processing of 'read' operations (get meta) 
    // is not order dependent.
    // Set/remove operations will switch to synchronous AJAX, unless opt["forceSync"] is set otherwise
    var async_setting = true; 
    var method = "POST"; // GET was the default before
    
    // Set to false if you wish to use the regular JavaScript AJAX way in gsajaxapi.js (will use payload.url)
    // Set to true if using jQuery AJAX (will use payload.data).
    var _use_jQuery_ajax_not_gsajaxapi = true; 

    // _use_payload_in_data_not_url_form is determined based on vars method and _use_jQuery_ajax_not_gsajaxapi 
    // If using AJAX with payload data (with jQuery) rather than using URLs containing data (payload in url): 
    // using data will allow us to use jQuery to POST stuff too.
    // For gsajaxapi, payload to be transmitted over AJAX must be in URL form, whether GET or POST.
    // For jQuery, AJAX calls ended up as GET when the payload is in URL form.
    // Default used to be payload in url form. To get the default back, 
    // set method = "GET" (above, but also in calling functions that specify this optional parameter!)
    // and set the default here below for _use_payload_in_data_not_url_form to false.
    var _use_payload_in_data_not_url_form = true; // code will anyway set this to true for jQuery $.ajax() with POST

    var _modifyingMeta  = false;

    var url = payload["url"]; // for jQuery GET, and for GET and POST using JavaScript AJAX 
    var data = payload["data"]; // for jQuery POST


    // check for any caller overrides
    if(opts != null) {
    if(opts["requestMethod"] != null) {
        method = opts["requestMethod"];
    }
    }
    
    // sync or async? Generally, synchronous AJAX for set-meta operations, and asynchronous for get-meta ops
    var metaServerCommand = (data["s1.a"] == null) ? data["a"] : data["s1.a"];
    if(metaServerCommand.indexOf("set-") != -1 || metaServerCommand.indexOf("remove-") != -1) {
    _modifyingMeta  = true;
    async_setting = false; // for 'write' operations (set/remove meta), we force sequential processing of the internal operation.

    }
    // check for any overrides by calling code that knows what it's doing
    if (opts != null && opts["forceSync"] != null) {
    async_setting = (!opts["forceSync"]);
    }

    if(_use_jQuery_ajax_not_gsajaxapi) {
    if(method == "POST") {
        _use_payload_in_data_not_url_form = true;
    }  // if GET, can use payload in URL form or in data form for jQuery AJAX
    // to put it another way: can't do jQuery POST operations with payload in URL form

    } else { // using gsajaxapi.js, which only accepts the payload in URL form, whether GET or POST 
    _use_payload_in_data_not_url_form = false;
    }

    // use the URL form or the data form to transmit the payload over AJAX?
    // Payload in data form implies jQuery AJAX, not gsajaxapi calls,
    // since we can't use gsajaxapi.js AJAX GET/POST calls without payload in URL form
    if(_use_payload_in_data_not_url_form) { // using data payload to do AJAX (regardless of request method)
    
    // for get-meta operations, go directly through metadata-server.pl
    // for set-meta ops, should go via GS3 authentication, which is off the GS3 library servlet
    url = (_modifyingMeta) ? gs.xsltParams.library_name : "cgi-bin/metadata-server.pl";     

    } else { // uses data encoded into URL, rather than a data structure. 
    data = null; // we're using the URL as payload, don't duplicate the payload to be transmitted into data
    
    url = payload["url"]; // payload["url"] contains the URL + data encoded in URL form
    // URL is already correct for get-meta vs meta-modification operations.
    // For meta-modification ops, it will through GS3 authentication first rather than metadata-server.pl
    
    } 

    // finally, can do the AJAX call

    //console.log("*** Away to call: " + url);
    var ajaxResponse = async_setting ? "*** No response received yet, async ajax request" : null;


    if(_use_jQuery_ajax_not_gsajaxapi) {
    // ajax calls default to using method GET, we want to do POST operations for get-meta and set-meta requests
    // since get-meta-array and especially set-meta-array can be large, e.g. for user comments.
    $.ajax({url: url, async: async_setting, type: method, data: data})
        .success(function(response) {
        ajaxResponse = response;
//      console.log("** (" + callingFunction + ") Response received from server: " + ajaxResponse);
        
        //var xml = $.parseXML(response);
        //console.log(xml);
        
        if(successResponseFunction != null) {
            //console.log("XXXX callMetaServer - Got response: " + response);
            successResponseFunction(response);
        }
        })
        .error(function(response) {
            if(errorResponseFunction != null) { 
                errorResponseFunction(response);
            } else {
                console.log("(" + callingFunction + ") Failed");
            }
        });
    }
    else {
    // USES GSAJAXAPI.JS to do AJAX. In this case, the payload must be in URL form
    
    var splitURL = url.split("?");
    url = splitURL[0]; // base URL
    var params = splitURL[1]; // query-string

    // Don't need to delete objects created with 'new' in JavaScript. Garbage collection will do it.
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4869712/new-without-delete-on-same-variable-in-javascript
    var gsapi = new GSAjaxAPI(url);
    
    // ajax calls default to using method GET, we want to do POST operations for get-meta and set-meta requests
    // since get-meta-array and especially set-meta-array can be large, e.g. for user comments.
    
    if(async_setting) {
        gsapi.urlPostAsync(url, params, successResponseFunction);
    } else {
        ajaxResponse = gsapi.urlPostSync(url, params);
        ajaxResponse = ajaxResponse;
    }
    
//  console.log("*** (" + callingFunction + ") Response from server: " + ajaxResponse);

    }
    
//    console.log("*** Finished ajax call to: " + url);    
//    console.log("*** Got response: " + ajaxResponse);

    return ajaxResponse;
}

// Prepare the payload (data package) to transmit to metadataserver.pl over AJAX.
// These next 2 functions prepare both the URL version of the payload and the data object version of 
// of the payload. Then calling functions, and the _callMetadataServer() function they call, will control
// and determine which of the two forms ultimately gets used.
// (Constructing both URL and data structure, as I could not successfully convert old URL way to data structure
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8648892/convert-url-parameters-to-a-javascript-object)
gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer = function(metaServerCommand, collection, site, documentID, metadataName,
                               metamode, metadataValue, prevMetadataValue, metadataPosition)
{
    // if we're doing set- or remove- metadata operations,
    // then we need change the data params that will make up the query string
    // to make sure we go through GS3's authentication
    // 1. prefix meta names with s1,
    // 2. use s1.collection for collectionName since c is a special param name for GS2Construct
    // 3. Additional parameters for rerouting through Authentication: a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ModifyMetadata

    var modifyingMeta  = false;
    var prefix = "";
    var colPropName = "c";
    var baseURL = "cgi-bin/metadata-server.pl?";

    // if we need authentication:
    if(metaServerCommand.indexOf("set-") != -1 || metaServerCommand.indexOf("remove-") != -1) {
    modifyingMeta  = true;
    prefix = "s1.";
    colPropName = prefix+"collection"; // "s1.collection"
    baseURL = gs.xsltParams.library_name + "?a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ModifyMetadata&";
    }


    // 1. when using jQuery to POST, need to invoke AJAX with a data structure rather than a URL
    var data = {};

    // customizable portion of ajax call
    data[prefix+"a"] = metaServerCommand;
    data[colPropName] = collection;
    data[prefix+"site"] = site;
    data[prefix+"d"] = documentID;
    data[prefix+"metaname"] = metadataName;
    data[prefix+"metapos"] = metadataPosition;
    data[prefix+"metavalue"] = metadataValue;
    data[prefix+"prevmetavalue"] = prevMetadataValue;
    data[prefix+"metamode"] = metamode;

    if(modifyingMeta) {
    // fixed portion of url: add the a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ModifyMetadata part of the GS3 URL for
    // going through authentication. Don't prefix "s1." to these!
    data["a"] = "g";
    data["rt"] = "r";
    data["ro"] = "1";
    data["s"] = "ModifyMetadata";
    }

    // 2. Construct the URL version of the metadata-server.pl operation:
    // for GET requests, the URL can contain the data.
    // Regular JavaScript AJAX code in gsajaxapi.js can also POST data in URL form, but not jQuery's .ajax().

        
    // If doing set- or remove- (not get-) metadata, then rewrite URLs to call GS2Construct's ModfiyMetadata service instead (which will ensure this only works when authenticated). 
    // From:
    // <gs3server>/cgi-bin/metadata-server.pl?a=set-archives-metadata&c=smallcol&site=localsite&d=HASH01454f31011f6b6b26eaf8d7&metaname=Title&metavalue=Moo&prevmetavalue=Blabla&metamode=override
    // To:
    // <gs3server>/library?a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ModifyMetadata&s1.a=set-archives-metadata&s1.collection=smallcol&s1.site=localsite&s1.d=HASH01454f31011f6b6b26eaf8d7&s1.metaname=Title&s1.metavalue=Moo&s1.prevmetavalue=Blabla&s1.metamode=override

    var extraParams = "";
    
    if(metadataValue != null) {
    extraParams += "&"+prefix+"metavalue=" + metadataValue;
    }
    
    if(metadataPosition != null)
    {
    extraParams += "&"+prefix+"metapos=" + metadataPosition;        
    }
    
    if(prevMetadataValue != null) {
    extraParams += "&"+prefix+"prevmetavalue=" + prevMetadataValue;
    }
    
    var url = baseURL + prefix+"a=" + metaServerCommand + "&"+colPropName+"=" + collection + "&"+prefix+"site=" + site + "&"+prefix+"d=" + documentID + "&"+prefix+"metaname=" + metadataName + extraParams + "&"+prefix+"metamode=" + metamode;

    // 3. Return both the constructed url & data variants of the payload to be transmitted over ajax
    var payload = {
    url: url,    
    data: data
    };

    return payload;
}

// See description for getBasicDataForMetadataServer()
gs.functions.getComplexDataForMetadataServer = function(metaServerCommand, collection, site, docArray, metamode, where)
{
    var docArrayJSON = JSON.stringify(docArray);
    
    // if we're doing set- or remove- metadata operations,
    // then we need change the data params that will make up the query string
    // to make sure we go through GS3's authentication
    // 1. prefix meta names with s1,
    // 2. use s1.collection for collectionName since c is a special param name for GS2Construct
    // 3. Additional parameters for rerouting through Authentication: a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ModifyMetadata

    var modifyingMeta  = false;
    var prefix = "";
    var colPropName = "c";
    var baseURL = "cgi-bin/metadata-server.pl?";

    // if we need authentication:
    if(metaServerCommand.indexOf("set-") != -1 || metaServerCommand.indexOf("remove-") != -1) {
    modifyingMeta  = true;
    prefix = "s1.";
    colPropName = prefix+"collection"; // "s1.collection"
    baseURL = gs.xsltParams.library_name + "?a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ModifyMetadata&";
    }

    // 1. when using jQuery to POST, need to invoke AJAX with a data structure rather than a URL
    var data = {};

    // customizable portion of ajax call
    data[prefix+"a"] = metaServerCommand;
    data[colPropName] = collection;
    data[prefix+"site"] = site;
    data[prefix+"json"] = docArrayJSON;
    
    if(where != null) {
    data[prefix+"where"] = where;
    }
    if (metamode!=null) {
    data[prefix+"metamode"] = metamode;
    }

    if(modifyingMeta) {
    // fixed portion of url: add the a=g&rt=r&ro=1&s=ModifyMetadata part of the GS3 URL for
    // going through authentication. Don't prefix "s1." to these!
    data["a"] = "g";
    data["rt"] = "r";
    data["ro"] = "1";
    data["s"] = "ModifyMetadata";
    }
    

    // 2. URL for when doing AJAX in URL mode. GET with jQuery allows the data to be part of the URL, but
    // not jQuery POST. But our regular JavaScript AJAX code in gsajaxapi.js allows GET and POST with URLs
    // containing the data.    
    
    var params = prefix+"a=" + escape(metaServerCommand); //"a=set-metadata-array";
    if(where != null) {
    params += "&"+prefix+"where=" + escape(where); // if where not specified, meta-server will default to setting index meta
    //} else {
    //    params += "&"+prefix+"where=import|archives|index";
    }
    params += "&"+colPropName+"="+escape(collection);
    params += "&"+prefix+"site="+escape(site);
    params += "&"+prefix+"json="+escape(docArrayJSON);
    
    if (metamode!=null) {
    params += "&"+prefix+"metamode=" + escape(metamode);
    }

    // 3. Return both the constructed url & data variants of the payload to be transmitted over ajax
    var payload = {
    url: baseURL + params,    
    data: data
    };

    return payload;
}

/*************************
* SET METADATA FUNCTIONS *
*************************/

gs.functions.setImportMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataValue, prevMetadataValue, metamode, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{    
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value

    gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
    "setImportMetadata", 
    gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("set-import-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metamode, metadataValue, prevMetadataValue, null /*metapos*/), 
    successResponseFunction,
    errorResponseFunction);
    
}

gs.functions.setArchivesMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataPosition, metadataValue, prevMetadataValue, metamode, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if(metadataValue) console.log("metaval: " + metadataValue + " | " + gs.functions.debug_unicode_string(metadataValue)); //metadataValue.hexEncode()
    if(prevMetadataValue) console.log("prevmetaval: " + prevMetadataValue + " | " + gs.functions.debug_unicode_string(prevMetadataValue));
    
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value
    
    if(metadataPosition != null) {
    prevMetadataValue = null; // to force the same ultimate behaviour as in the old version of this code
    }

    gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
    "setArchivesMetadata",
    gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("set-archives-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metamode, metadataValue, prevMetadataValue, metadataPosition),
    successResponseFunction,
    errorResponseFunction);

}

gs.functions.setIndexMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataPosition, metadataValue, prevMetadataValue, metamode, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value
    
    if(metadataPosition != null) {
    prevMetadataValue = null; // to force the same ultimate behaviour as in the old version of this code
    }

    // old version of this function would only call _callMetadataServer if either metapos
    // or prevMetaValue had a value. So sticking to the same behaviour in rewriting this function.
    if(metadataPosition != null || prevMetadataValue != null) { 
    
    gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
        "setIndexMetadata",
        gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("set-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metamode, metadataValue, prevMetadataValue, metadataPosition),
        successResponseFunction,
        errorResponseFunction);
    }
}

gs.functions.setMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataValue, metamode, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value
    
    var nameArray = ["setImportMetadata", "setArchivesMetadata", "setIndexMetadata"];
    var functionArray = ["set-import-metadata", "set-archives-metadata", "set-metadata"];
    
    for(var i = 0; i < nameArray.length; i++)
    {
        // previous version of this function did not allow setting metapos or prevMetavalue
        // so leaving the behaviour the same along with function signature.
        gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
        nameArray[i],
        gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer(functionArray[i], collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metamode, metadataValue, null /*prevMetadataValue*/, null /*metadataPosition*/),
        successResponseFunction,
        errorResponseFunction);
    }
}

// New. Modified version of the GS2 version of this method in gsajaxapi.js.
// The where parameter can be specified as one or more of: import, archives, index, live 
// separated by |. If null, it is assumed to be index which is the original default 
// behaviour of calling set-metadata-array. E.g. where=import|archives|index
// THIS METHOD IS SYNCHRONOUS by default. Set forceSync to false to override this default behaviour
gs.functions.setMetadataArray = function(collection, site, docArray, metamode, where, successResponseFunction, forceSync, errorResponseFunction) 
{  
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value

    var payload = gs.functions.getComplexDataForMetadataServer("set-metadata-array", collection, site, docArray, metamode, where);
    
    // set operations are generally synchronous, but allow calling function to force ajax call 
    // to be synchronous or not. Default is synchronous, as it was for GS2
    if(forceSync == null) {
    forceSync = true;
    }
    
    //console.log("cgi-bin/metadata-server.pl?"+params);
    
    var response = gs.functions._callMetadataServer("Setting metadata in "+where, payload, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction, {"forceSync": forceSync, "requestMethod": "POST"});
    
    return response;
}


/*************************
* GET METADATA FUNCTIONS *
*************************/

// New. Modified version of the GS2 version of this method in gsajaxapi.js.
// See description for setMetadataArray above for information about the 'where' parameter.
// THIS METHOD IS SYNCHRONOUS BY DEFAULT. Set forceSync to false to override this default behaviour
gs.functions.getMetadataArray = function(collection, site, docArray, where, successResponseFunction, forceSync, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value

    var payload = gs.functions.getComplexDataForMetadataServer("get-metadata-array", collection, site, docArray, null /*metamode*/, where);    

    // get operations are generally asynchronous, but allow calling function to force ajax call 
    // to be synchronous or not. Default for get-metadata-array is synchronous, as it was for GS2
    if(forceSync == null) {
    forceSync = true;
    }
    // Objects/maps can use identifiers or strings for property names
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/456177/function-overloading-in-javascript-best-practices
    // https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_objects.asp
    var response = gs.functions._callMetadataServer("Getting metadata from "+where, payload, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction, {"forceSync":forceSync, "requestMethod": "POST"});

    return response;
}


gs.functions.getImportMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value

    var payload = gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("get-import-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName);
    gs.functions._callMetadataServer("getImportMetadata", payload, function(responseText) {
        var metadata = new GSMetadata(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null, null, responseText);
        if(successResponseFunction != null)
        {
            successResponseFunction(metadata);
        }
    },
    errorResponseFunction);
}

gs.functions.getArchivesMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataPosition, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value

    var payload = gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("get-archives-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null /*metamode*/, null /*metavalue*/, null /*prevmetavalue*/, metadataPosition);

    gs.functions._callMetadataServer("getArchivesMetadata", payload, function(responseText) {
        var metadata = new GSMetadata(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null, metadataPosition, responseText); // indexPos, archivesPos, metaval (responseText)
        if(successResponseFunction != null)
        {
            successResponseFunction(metadata);
        }
    },
    errorResponseFunction);
}

gs.functions.getIndexMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataPosition, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value

    var payload = gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("get-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null /*metamode*/, null /*metavalue*/, null /*prevmetavalue*/, metadataPosition);

    gs.functions._callMetadataServer("getIndexMetadata", payload, function(responseText) {
        var metadata = new GSMetadata(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataPosition, null, responseText); // indexPos, archivesPos, metaval (responseText)       
        if(successResponseFunction != null)
        {
            successResponseFunction(metadata);
        }
    },
    errorResponseFunction);
}

/****************************
* REMOVE METADATA FUNCTIONS *
****************************/

gs.functions.removeImportMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataValue, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value
    
    gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
    "removeImportMetadata", 
    gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("remove-import-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null /*metamode*/, metadataValue, null /*prevmetavalue*/, null /*metapos*/), 
    successResponseFunction,
    errorResponseFunction);
}

gs.functions.removeArchivesMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataPosition, metadataValue, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value
    
    if(metadataPosition != null) {
    metadataValue = null; // retaining behaviour of previous version of this function removeArchivesMetadata()
    }

    gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
    "removeArchiveMetadata", 
    gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("remove-archives-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null /*metamode*/, metadataValue, null /*prevmetavalue*/, metadataPosition), 
    successResponseFunction,
    errorResponseFunction);
}

gs.functions.removeIndexMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataPosition, metadataValue, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value
    
    if(metadataPosition != null) {
    metadataValue = null; // retaining behaviour of previous version of this function removeIndexMetadata()
    }

    gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
    "removeIndexMetadata", 
    gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer("remove-metadata", collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null /*metamode*/, metadataValue, null /*prevmetavalue*/, metadataPosition), 
    successResponseFunction,
    errorResponseFunction);
}

gs.functions.removeMetadata = function(collection, site, documentID, metadataName, metadataValue, successResponseFunction, errorResponseFunction)
{
    if( typeof errorResponseFunction === 'undefined' ) { errorResponseFunction = null; } // force error callback to be defined: either null or has value
    
    var nameArray = ["removeImportMetadata", "removeArchivesMetadata", "removeIndexMetadata"];
    var functionArray = ["remove-import-metadata", "remove-archives-metadata", "remove-metadata"];
    
    for(var i = 0; i < nameArray.length; i++)
    {
        gs.functions._callMetadataServer(
        nameArray[i],
        gs.functions.getBasicDataForMetadataServer(functionArray[i], collection, site, documentID, metadataName, null /*metamode*/, metadataValue, null /*prevmetavalue*/, null /*metapos*/),
        successResponseFunction,
        errorResponseFunction);
    }
}