// Custom object representing a file // `File` is already a builtin, so we use `MyFile` MyFile = function(){ this.reader = new FileReader(); this.url = null; this.fileReference = null; this.setUrl = function(url){ this.url = url; }; this.setFileReference = function(fileReference){ this.fileReference = fileReference; }; this.processBuffer = function(bufferHandler) { if(this.url) { var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest(); oReq.open("GET", this.url, true); oReq.responseType = "arraybuffer"; oReq.onload = function (oEvent) { var arrayBuffer = oReq.response; // Note: not oReq.responseText bufferHandler(arrayBuffer); }; oReq.send(null); return; } else if(this.fileReference) { this.reader.onload = function (e) { var arrayBuffer = e.target.result; bufferHandler(arrayBuffer); }; this.reader.onerror = function (e) { console.error(e); }; this.reader.readAsArrayBuffer(this.fileReference); return; } console.error('Tried to process an unpopulated file object'); return false; }; };