This is an old API-parameter that is now unused within the PDF.js project itself, and its description says that it's (partly) being used for "range requests operations".
Note that the `length` API-parameter is used to set the *initial* `contentLength` in various `BasePDFStreamReader` implementations, however it's always overridden by the "Content-Length" header (sent by the server) when that one exists *and* is a valid number. While we currently fallback to the keep the initial `contentLength` otherwise, note however how in that case range requests will always be *disabled* and thus the only spot in the code-base [where `fullReader.contentLength` is necessary](873378b718/src/core/worker.js (L230-L236)) cannot actually be reached.
Hence the only possible reason to use the `length` API-parameter would be for improved progress reporting[1] during streaming of PDF data in rare cases where the "Content-Length" header is missing/invalid, but the user *somehow* has information from another source about the correct `length` of the PDF document.
That situation feels very much like an edge-case, but it's obviously impossible to know if someone is depending on it. However, please note that there's a work-around available for users affected by this removal:
- Implement a `PDFDataRangeTransport` instance together with custom data-fetching[2], since in that case its `length`-parameter will always be used as-is.
Finally, updates various `BasePDFStreamReader` implementations to only set the `_isRangeSupported` field once the headers are available (since previously we'd just overwrite the "initial" value anyway).
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[1] I.e. to avoid the "indeterminate" loadingBar being displayed in the viewer.
[2] This is what e.g. the Firefox PDF Viewer uses.
A number of these unit-tests didn't actually cover the intended code-paths, since many of them *accidentally* matched the "file size is smaller than two range requests"-check.
The patch also updates `validateRangeRequestCapabilities` to use return-value names that are consistent with the class fields used in the various stream implementations.
Currently this code expects a "url string", rather than a proper `URL` instance, which seems completely unnecessary now. The explanation for this is, as so often is the case, "historical reasons" since a lot of this code predates the general availability of `URL`.
These old exceptions have a fair amount of overlap given how/where they are being used, which is likely because they were introduced at different points in time, hence we can shorten and simplify the code by replacing them with a more general `ResponseException` instead.
Besides an error message, the new `ResponseException` instances also include:
- A numeric `status` field containing the server response status, similar to the old `UnexpectedResponseException`.
- A boolean `missing` field, to allow easily detecting the situations where `MissingPDFException` was previously thrown.
The following cases are excluded in the patch:
- The Firefox PDF Viewer, since it has been fixed on the platform side already; please see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683940
- The `PDFNodeStream`-implementation, used in Node.js environments, since after recent changes that code only supports `file://`-URLs.
Also updates the `PDFNetworkStreamFullRequestReader.read`-method to await the headers before returning any data, similar to the implementation in `src/display/fetch_stream.js`.
*Note:* The relevant unit-tests are updated to await the `headersReady` Promise before dispatching range requests, since that's consistent with the actual usage in the `src/`-folder.
The `Headers` functionality is now available in all browsers/environments that we support, which allows us to consolidate and simplify how the `httpHeaders` API-option is handled; see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers#browser_compatibility
Also, simplifies the old `NetworkManager`-constructor a little bit.
This *special* build-target is very old, and was introduced with the first pre-processor that only uses comments to enable/disable code.
When the new pre-processor was added `PRODUCTION` effectively became redundant, at least in JavaScript code, since `typeof PDFJSDev === "undefined"` checks now do the same thing.
This patch proposes that we remove `PRODUCTION` from the JavaScript code, since that simplifies the conditions and thus improves readability in many cases.
*Please note:* There's not, nor has there ever been, any gulp-task that set `PRODUCTION = false` during building.
There's a couple of `getDocument` parameters that should be numbers, but which are currently not *fully* validated to prevent issues elsewhere in the code-base.
Also, improves validation of the `ownerDocument` parameter since we currently accept more-or-less anything here.
Please find additional details about the ESLint rule at https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-const
With the recent introduction of Prettier this sort of mass enabling of ESLint rules becomes a lot easier, since the code will be automatically reformatted as necessary to account for e.g. changed line lengths.
Note that this patch is generated automatically, by using the ESLint `--fix` argument, and will thus require some additional clean-up (which is done separately).
In order to eventually get rid of SystemJS and start using native `import`s instead, we'll need to provide "complete" file identifiers since otherwise there'll be MIME type errors when attempting to use `import`.
Note that Prettier, purposely, has only limited [configuration options](https://prettier.io/docs/en/options.html). The configuration file is based on [the one in `mozilla central`](https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/.prettierrc) with just a few additions (to avoid future breakage if the defaults ever changes).
Prettier is being used for a couple of reasons:
- To be consistent with `mozilla-central`, where Prettier is already in use across the tree.
- To ensure a *consistent* coding style everywhere, which is automatically enforced during linting (since Prettier is used as an ESLint plugin). This thus ends "all" formatting disussions once and for all, removing the need for review comments on most stylistic matters.
Many ESLint options are now redundant, and I've tried my best to remove all the now unnecessary options (but I may have missed some).
Note also that since Prettier considers the `printWidth` option as a guide, rather than a hard rule, this patch resorts to a small hack in the ESLint config to ensure that *comments* won't become too long.
*Please note:* This patch is generated automatically, by appending the `--fix` argument to the ESLint call used in the `gulp lint` task. It will thus require some additional clean-up, which will be done in a *separate* commit.
(On a more personal note, I'll readily admit that some of the changes Prettier makes are *extremely* ugly. However, in the name of consistency we'll probably have to live with that.)
This patch updates the `IPDFStreamReader` interface and ensures that the interface/implementation of `network.js`, `fetch_stream.js`, `node_stream.js`, and `transport_stream.js` all match properly.
The unit-tests are also adjusted, to more closely replicate the actual behaviour of the various actual `IPDFStreamReader` implementations.
Finally, this patch adjusts the use of the Content-Disposition filename when setting the title in the viewer, and adds `PDFDocumentProperties` support as well.
It seems that the status check, for non-HTTP loads, causes the default viewer to *refuse* to open local PDF files.
***STR:***
1. Make sure that fetch support is enabled in the browser. In Firefox Nightly, set `dom.streams.enabled = true` and `javascript.options.streams = true` in `about:config`.
2. Open https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html.
3. Click on the "Open file" button, and open a new PDF file.
***ER:***
A new PDF file should open in the viewer.
***AR:***
The PDF file fails to open, with an error message of the following format:
`Message: Unexpected server response (200) while retrieving PDF "blob:https://mozilla.github.io/a4fc455f-bc05-45b5-b6aa-2ecff3cb45ce".`
