can this be done?

[IDTstudios1]

Is there anyway that the following java code can be pulled off by javascript? I know the two languages are very different so i'm asking before I dive into trying to figure it out myself. This will be for a firefox extension so that may clear up a few questions.

File f = new File("somefile.txt");
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
byte[] data = new byte[(int)f.length()];
fis.read(data);
fis.close();

String u = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://sync.foxysync.com/test.php?action=process&id=1";[/URL]
URL url = new URL(u);
HttpURLConnection huc = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
huc.setRequestMethod("POST");
huc.setDoOutput(true);
huc.setUseCaches(false);
huc.setFollowRedirects(true);

DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(huc.getOutputStream());
dos.write(data, 0, data.length);
dos.flush();
dos.close();

huc.disconnect();

thanks

 

[IDTstudios1]

I think it could be done with the XMLHttp object however I don't know if it would be compatible with mozilla products...

 

[vbkris]

>>File f = new File("somefile.txt");

javascript CANNOT read files locally. this would cause security issues.
however u could use MSXML.HTTP to request an URL in javascript(for IE, do a search for firefox to get the request method for firefox)...

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