[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 11049] New: XMLHttpRequest always defaults Content-Type to application/xml, while it should depend on data type

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http://bugzilla.opendarwin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11049

           Summary: XMLHttpRequest always defaults Content-Type to
                    application/xml, while it should depend on data type
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 420+ (nightly)
          Platform: Macintosh
               URL: http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/webapi/XMLHttpR
                    equest/Overview.html?content-
                    type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: XML
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at opendarwin.org
        ReportedBy: ap at nypop.com


In bug 3565, we changed the default XMLHttpRequest Content-Type from
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" to "application/xml", to better match
Firefox.

The current draft of XHR spec describes somewhat different behavior - most
notably, Content-Type shouldn't be automatically set for non-Document data at
all.

"If the argument to send() is a Document and no Content-Type header has been
set user agents must set it to application/xml for XML documents and to the
most appropriate media type for other documents (using intrinsic knowledge
about the document)."


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