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 `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.
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 note that these changes were done automatically, using `gulp lint --fix`.
Given that the major version number was increased, there's a fair number of (primarily whitespace) changes; please see https://prettier.io/blog/2020/03/21/2.0.0.html
In order to reduce the size of these changes somewhat, this patch maintains the old "arrowParens" style for now (once mozilla-central updates Prettier we can simply choose the same formatting, assuming it will differ here).
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.)
Remove "returns null when content disposition is form-data".
The name of the test is already misleading: It suggests that
the return value is null if the Content-Disposition starts with
"form-data". This is not the case, anything with the "filename"
parameter is accepted.
So, to correct this, one would have to rephrase the test description to
"returns null when content disposition has no filename".
But this is already tested by the test called
"gets the filename from the response header".
So, remove the test.
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.
