I am struggling to get my jquery ajax request to successfully return an XML response

I am encountering an issue with a call:

$.get("${pageContext.request.contextPath}/maze/View/${maze}", 
                                    function(response){drawMaze(response);});

within a JSP file. This call triggers the following Java code:

protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
    {
        System.out.println("Got here");
        URL url = new URL(request.getRequestURL().toString());
        String [] path = url.getPath().split("/");

        mazeJPA.Maze maze = mazes.getMaze(Integer.parseInt(
                                                    path[path.length - 1]));
        System.out.println(maze.getId());
        response.setContentType("text/xml;charset=UTF-8");

        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        out.println(xmlString(maze));       
        out.flush();

    }

The console output shows what is expected when I run this in Eclipse. However, I have a JavaScript function

function drawMaze(response)

defined in a separate script file, and for some reason, I am unable to process the XML data within it. The error displayed in the JavaScript console is:

ReferenceError: response is not defined
get stack: function () { [native code] }
message: "response is not defined"
set stack: function () { [native code] }
__proto__: Error

I'm confused and unsure of what I am missing here.

[edit] This is the JavaScript code in my JSP file:

$.get("${pageContext.request.contextPath}/maze/View/${maze}", 
                                    function(response){drawMaze(response);});

At the moment, I only have the function defined. I tried writing the XML data directly but that didn't work either. It seems like the function is not being called, but I can't identify the reason why.

Answer №1

After receiving some helpful pointers, I have successfully managed to get my project working with Ajax. Without the assistance from this thread, I would have been lost on where to begin. It was unexpected to have to work with Ajax for this project and, as usual, I had to rush through it. The final version of my call now looks like this:

<script>
$.ajax( '${pageContext.request.contextPath}/maze/View/${maze}', {
      type: 'GET',
      dataType: 'xml',
      success: function( response ) {
        drawMaze( response);
      },
      error: function( req, status, err ) {
        console.log( 'something went wrong', status, err );
      }
    });
</script>

It took several attempts to find the correct method for the GET call I needed to make. Additionally, there were some XML parse errors that required fixing. Now, with my drawMaze method structured as follows:

function drawMaze(response)
{
    algoName = $(response).find("algorithm");
    console.log(algoName.text());
}

The console output now displays the correct text, allowing me to proceed with the necessary processing tasks.

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