middleman-wizard-template 1.0.0.pre.1

data/lib/middleman-wizard-template/template/closure/library/closure/goog/module/testdata/modA_1.js

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+// Copyright 2009 The Closure Library Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// All Rights Reserved
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview File #1 of module A.
+ */
+
+goog.provide('goog.module.testdata.modA_1');
+
+if (window.modA1Loaded) throw Error('modA_1 loaded twice');
+window.modA1Loaded = true;

data/lib/middleman-wizard-template/template/closure/library/closure/goog/module/testdata/modA_2.js

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+// Copyright 2009 The Closure Library Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// All Rights Reserved
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview File #2 of module A.
+ */
+
+goog.provide('goog.module.testdata.modA_2');
+
+goog.require('goog.module.ModuleManager');
+
+if (window.modA2Loaded) throw Error('modA_2 loaded twice');
+window.modA2Loaded = true;
+
+goog.module.ModuleManager.getInstance().setLoaded('modA');

data/lib/middleman-wizard-template/template/closure/library/closure/goog/module/testdata/modB_1.js

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+// Copyright 2009 The Closure Library Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// All Rights Reserved
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview File #1 of module B.
+ */
+
+goog.provide('goog.module.testdata.modB_1');
+
+goog.require('goog.module.ModuleManager');
+
+function throwErrorInModuleB() {
+  throw Error();
+}
+
+if (window.modB1Loaded) throw Error('modB_1 loaded twice');
+window.modB1Loaded = true;
+
+goog.module.ModuleManager.getInstance().setLoaded('modB');

data/lib/middleman-wizard-template/template/closure/library/closure/goog/net/browserchannel.js

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+// Copyright 2006 The Closure Library Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Definition of the BrowserChannel class.  A BrowserChannel
+ * simulates a bidirectional socket over HTTP. It is the basis of the
+ * Gmail Chat IM connections to the server.
+ *
+ * See http://wiki/Main/BrowserChannel
+ * This doesn't yet completely comform to the design document as we've done
+ * some renaming and cleanup in the design document that hasn't yet been
+ * implemented in the protocol.
+ *
+ * Typical usage will look like
+ *  var handler = [handler object];
+ *  var channel = new BrowserChannel(clientVersion);
+ *  channel.setHandler(handler);
+ *  channel.connect('channel/test', 'channel/bind');
+ *
+ * See goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler for the handler interface.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachability');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachabilityEvent');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.StatEvent');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.State');
+goog.provide('goog.net.BrowserChannel.TimingEvent');
+
+goog.require('goog.Uri');
+goog.require('goog.array');
+goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('goog.debug.Logger');
+goog.require('goog.debug.TextFormatter');
+goog.require('goog.events.Event');
+goog.require('goog.events.EventTarget');
+goog.require('goog.json');
+goog.require('goog.json.EvalJsonProcessor');
+goog.require('goog.net.BrowserTestChannel');
+goog.require('goog.net.ChannelDebug');
+goog.require('goog.net.ChannelRequest');
+goog.require('goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error');
+goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
+goog.require('goog.net.tmpnetwork');
+goog.require('goog.string');
+goog.require('goog.structs');
+goog.require('goog.structs.CircularBuffer');
+goog.require('goog.userAgent');
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the logic for a single BrowserChannel.
+ *
+ * @param {string=} opt_clientVersion An application-specific version number
+ *        that is sent to the server when connected.
+ * @constructor
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel = function(opt_clientVersion) {
+  /**
+   * The application specific version that is passed to the server.
+   * @type {?string}
+   * @private
+   */
+  this.clientVersion_ = opt_clientVersion || null;
+
+  /**
+   * The current state of the BrowserChannel. It should be one of the
+   * goog.net.BrowserChannel.State constants.
+   * @type {!goog.net.BrowserChannel.State}
+   * @private
+   */
+  this.state_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.INIT;
+
+  /**
+   * An array of queued maps that need to be sent to the server.
+   * @type {Array.<goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap>}
+   * @private
+   */
+  this.outgoingMaps_ = [];
+
+  /**
+   * An array of dequeued maps that we have either received a non-successful
+   * response for, or no response at all, and which therefore may or may not
+   * have been received by the server.
+   * @type {Array.<goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap>}
+   * @private
+   */
+  this.pendingMaps_ = [];
+
+  /**
+   * The channel debug used for browserchannel logging
+   * @type {!goog.net.ChannelDebug}
+   * @private
+   */
+  this.channelDebug_ = new goog.net.ChannelDebug();
+
+  /**
+   * Parser for a response payload. Defaults to use
+   * {@code goog.json.unsafeParse}. The parser should return an array.
+   * @type {!goog.string.Parser}
+   * @private
+   */
+  this.parser_ = new goog.json.EvalJsonProcessor(null, true);
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Simple container class for a (mapId, map) pair.
+ * @param {number} mapId The id for this map.
+ * @param {Object|goog.structs.Map} map The map itself.
+ * @param {Object=} opt_context The context associated with the map.
+ * @constructor
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap = function(mapId, map, opt_context) {
+  /**
+   * The id for this map.
+   * @type {number}
+   */
+  this.mapId = mapId;
+
+  /**
+   * The map itself.
+   * @type {Object|goog.structs.Map}
+   */
+  this.map = map;
+
+  /**
+   * The context for the map.
+   * @type {Object}
+   */
+  this.context = opt_context || null;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Extra HTTP headers to add to all the requests sent to the server.
+ * @type {Object}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.extraHeaders_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Extra parameters to add to all the requests sent to the server.
+ * @type {Object}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.extraParams_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * The current ChannelRequest object for the forwardchannel.
+ * @type {goog.net.ChannelRequest?}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.forwardChannelRequest_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * The ChannelRequest object for the backchannel.
+ * @type {goog.net.ChannelRequest?}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.backChannelRequest_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * The relative path (in the context of the the page hosting the browser
+ * channel) for making requests to the server.
+ * @type {?string}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.path_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * The absolute URI for the forwardchannel request.
+ * @type {goog.Uri}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.forwardChannelUri_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * The absolute URI for the backchannel request.
+ * @type {goog.Uri}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.backChannelUri_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * A subdomain prefix for using a subdomain in IE for the backchannel
+ * requests.
+ * @type {?string}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.hostPrefix_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Whether we allow the use of a subdomain in IE for the backchannel requests.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.allowHostPrefix_ = true;
+
+
+/**
+ * The next id to use for the RID (request identifier) parameter. This
+ * identifier uniquely identifies the forward channel request.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.nextRid_ = 0;
+
+
+/**
+ * The id to use for the next outgoing map. This identifier uniquely
+ * identifies a sent map.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.nextMapId_ = 0;
+
+
+/**
+ * Whether to fail forward-channel requests after one try, or after a few tries.
+ * @type {boolean}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.failFast_ = false;
+
+
+/**
+ * The handler that receive callbacks for state changes and data.
+ * @type {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.handler_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Timer identifier for asynchronously making a forward channel request.
+ * @type {?number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.forwardChannelTimerId_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Timer identifier for asynchronously making a back channel request.
+ * @type {?number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.backChannelTimerId_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Timer identifier for the timer that waits for us to retry the backchannel in
+ * the case where it is dead and no longer receiving data.
+ * @type {?number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.deadBackChannelTimerId_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * The BrowserTestChannel object which encapsulates the logic for determining
+ * interesting network conditions about the client.
+ * @type {goog.net.BrowserTestChannel?}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.connectionTest_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Whether the client's network conditions can support chunked responses.
+ * @type {?boolean}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.useChunked_ = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Whether chunked mode is allowed. In certain debugging situations, it's
+ * useful to disable this.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.allowChunkedMode_ = true;
+
+
+/**
+ * The array identifier of the last array received from the server for the
+ * backchannel request.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.lastArrayId_ = -1;
+
+
+/**
+ * The array identifier of the last array sent by the server that we know about.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.lastPostResponseArrayId_ = -1;
+
+
+/**
+ * The last status code received.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.lastStatusCode_ = -1;
+
+
+/**
+ * Number of times we have retried the current forward channel request.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.forwardChannelRetryCount_ = 0;
+
+
+/**
+ * Number of times it a row that we have retried the current back channel
+ * request and received no data.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.backChannelRetryCount_ = 0;
+
+
+/**
+ * The attempt id for the current back channel request. Starts at 1 and
+ * increments for each reconnect. The server uses this to log if our connection
+ * is flaky or not.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.backChannelAttemptId_;
+
+
+/**
+ * The base part of the time before firing next retry request. Default is 5
+ * seconds. Note that a random delay is added (see {@link retryDelaySeedMs_})
+ * for all retries, and linear backoff is applied to the sum for subsequent
+ * retries.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.baseRetryDelayMs_ = 5 * 1000;
+
+
+/**
+ * A random time between 0 and this number of MS is added to the
+ * {@link baseRetryDelayMs_}. Default is 10 seconds.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.retryDelaySeedMs_ = 10 * 1000;
+
+
+/**
+ * Maximum number of attempts to connect to the server for forward channel
+ * requests. Defaults to 2.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.forwardChannelMaxRetries_ = 2;
+
+
+/**
+ * The timeout in milliseconds for a forward channel request. Defaults to 20
+ * seconds. Note that part of this timeout can be randomized.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.forwardChannelRequestTimeoutMs_ = 20 * 1000;
+
+
+/**
+ * The latest protocol version that this class supports. We request this version
+ * from the server when opening the connection. Should match
+ * com.google.net.browserchannel.BrowserChannel.LATEST_CHANNEL_VERSION.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LATEST_CHANNEL_VERSION = 8;
+
+
+/**
+ * The channel version that we negotiated with the server for this session.
+ * Starts out as the version we request, and then is changed to the negotiated
+ * version after the initial open.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.channelVersion_ =
+    goog.net.BrowserChannel.LATEST_CHANNEL_VERSION;
+
+
+/**
+ * Enum type for the browser channel state machine.
+ * @enum {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.State = {
+  /** The channel is closed. */
+  CLOSED: 0,
+
+  /** The channel has been initialized but hasn't yet initiated a connection. */
+  INIT: 1,
+
+  /** The channel is in the process of opening a connection to the server. */
+  OPENING: 2,
+
+  /** The channel is open. */
+  OPENED: 3
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * The timeout in milliseconds for a forward channel request.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.FORWARD_CHANNEL_RETRY_TIMEOUT = 20 * 1000;
+
+
+/**
+ * Maximum number of attempts to connect to the server for back channel
+ * requests.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.BACK_CHANNEL_MAX_RETRIES = 3;
+
+
+/**
+ * A number in MS of how long we guess the maxmium amount of time a round trip
+ * to the server should take. In the future this could be substituted with a
+ * real measurement of the RTT.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.RTT_ESTIMATE = 3 * 1000;
+
+
+/**
+ * When retrying for an inactive channel, we will multiply the total delay by
+ * this number.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.INACTIVE_CHANNEL_RETRY_FACTOR = 2;
+
+
+/**
+ * Enum type for identifying a BrowserChannel error.
+ * @enum {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error = {
+  /** Value that indicates no error has occurred. */
+  OK: 0,
+
+  /** An error due to a request failing. */
+  REQUEST_FAILED: 2,
+
+  /** An error due to the user being logged out. */
+  LOGGED_OUT: 4,
+
+  /** An error due to server response which contains no data. */
+  NO_DATA: 5,
+
+  /** An error due to a server response indicating an unknown session id */
+  UNKNOWN_SESSION_ID: 6,
+
+  /** An error due to a server response requesting to stop the channel. */
+  STOP: 7,
+
+  /** A general network error. */
+  NETWORK: 8,
+
+  /** An error due to the channel being blocked by a network administrator. */
+  BLOCKED: 9,
+
+  /** An error due to bad data being returned from the server. */
+  BAD_DATA: 10,
+
+  /** An error due to a response that doesn't start with the magic cookie. */
+  BAD_RESPONSE: 11,
+
+  /** ActiveX is blocked by the machine's admin settings. */
+  ACTIVE_X_BLOCKED: 12
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Internal enum type for the two browser channel channel types.
+ * @enum {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.ChannelType_ = {
+  FORWARD_CHANNEL: 1,
+
+  BACK_CHANNEL: 2
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * The maximum number of maps that can be sent in one POST. Should match
+ * com.google.net.browserchannel.BrowserChannel.MAX_MAPS_PER_REQUEST.
+ * @type {number}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.MAX_MAPS_PER_REQUEST_ = 1000;
+
+
+/**
+ * Singleton event target for firing stat events
+ * @type {goog.events.EventTarget}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.statEventTarget_ = new goog.events.EventTarget();
+
+
+/**
+ * Events fired by BrowserChannel and associated objects
+ * @type {Object}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event = {};
+
+
+/**
+ * Stat Event that fires when things of interest happen that may be useful for
+ * applications to know about for stats or debugging purposes. This event fires
+ * on the EventTarget returned by getStatEventTarget.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.STAT_EVENT = 'statevent';
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Event class for goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.STAT_EVENT
+ *
+ * @param {goog.events.EventTarget} eventTarget The stat event target for
+       the browser channel.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat} stat The stat.
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {goog.events.Event}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.StatEvent = function(eventTarget, stat) {
+  goog.events.Event.call(this, goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.STAT_EVENT,
+      eventTarget);
+
+  /**
+   * The stat
+   * @type {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat}
+   */
+  this.stat = stat;
+
+};
+goog.inherits(goog.net.BrowserChannel.StatEvent, goog.events.Event);
+
+
+/**
+ * An event that fires when POST requests complete successfully, indicating
+ * the size of the POST and the round trip time.
+ * This event fires on the EventTarget returned by getStatEventTarget.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.TIMING_EVENT = 'timingevent';
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Event class for goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.TIMING_EVENT
+ *
+ * @param {goog.events.EventTarget} target The stat event target for
+       the browser channel.
+ * @param {number} size The number of characters in the POST data.
+ * @param {number} rtt The total round trip time from POST to response in MS.
+ * @param {number} retries The number of times the POST had to be retried.
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {goog.events.Event}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.TimingEvent = function(target, size, rtt, retries) {
+  goog.events.Event.call(this, goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.TIMING_EVENT,
+      target);
+
+  /**
+   * @type {number}
+   */
+  this.size = size;
+
+  /**
+   * @type {number}
+   */
+  this.rtt = rtt;
+
+  /**
+   * @type {number}
+   */
+  this.retries = retries;
+
+};
+goog.inherits(goog.net.BrowserChannel.TimingEvent, goog.events.Event);
+
+
+/**
+ * The type of event that occurs every time some information about how reachable
+ * the server is is discovered.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.SERVER_REACHABILITY_EVENT =
+    'serverreachability';
+
+
+/**
+ * Types of events which reveal information about the reachability of the
+ * server.
+ * @enum {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachability = {
+  REQUEST_MADE: 1,
+  REQUEST_SUCCEEDED: 2,
+  REQUEST_FAILED: 3,
+  BACK_CHANNEL_ACTIVITY: 4
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Event class for goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.SERVER_REACHABILITY_EVENT.
+ *
+ * @param {goog.events.EventTarget} target The stat event target for
+       the browser channel.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachability} reachabilityType The
+ *     reachability event type.
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {goog.events.Event}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachabilityEvent = function(target,
+    reachabilityType) {
+  goog.events.Event.call(this,
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.Event.SERVER_REACHABILITY_EVENT, target);
+
+  /**
+   * @type {goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachability}
+   */
+  this.reachabilityType = reachabilityType;
+};
+goog.inherits(goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachabilityEvent,
+    goog.events.Event);
+
+
+/**
+ * Enum that identifies events for statistics that are interesting to track.
+ * TODO(user) - Change name not to use Event or use EventTarget
+ * @enum {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat = {
+  /** Event indicating a new connection attempt. */
+  CONNECT_ATTEMPT: 0,
+
+  /** Event indicating a connection error due to a general network problem. */
+  ERROR_NETWORK: 1,
+
+  /**
+   * Event indicating a connection error that isn't due to a general network
+   * problem.
+   */
+  ERROR_OTHER: 2,
+
+  /** Event indicating the start of test stage one. */
+  TEST_STAGE_ONE_START: 3,
+
+
+  /** Event indicating the channel is blocked by a network administrator. */
+  CHANNEL_BLOCKED: 4,
+
+  /** Event indicating the start of test stage two. */
+  TEST_STAGE_TWO_START: 5,
+
+  /** Event indicating the first piece of test data was received. */
+  TEST_STAGE_TWO_DATA_ONE: 6,
+
+  /**
+   * Event indicating that the second piece of test data was received and it was
+   * recieved separately from the first.
+   */
+  TEST_STAGE_TWO_DATA_TWO: 7,
+
+  /** Event indicating both pieces of test data were received simultaneously. */
+  TEST_STAGE_TWO_DATA_BOTH: 8,
+
+  /** Event indicating stage one of the test request failed. */
+  TEST_STAGE_ONE_FAILED: 9,
+
+  /** Event indicating stage two of the test request failed. */
+  TEST_STAGE_TWO_FAILED: 10,
+
+  /**
+   * Event indicating that a buffering proxy is likely between the client and
+   * the server.
+   */
+  PROXY: 11,
+
+  /**
+   * Event indicating that no buffering proxy is likely between the client and
+   * the server.
+   */
+  NOPROXY: 12,
+
+  /** Event indicating an unknown SID error. */
+  REQUEST_UNKNOWN_SESSION_ID: 13,
+
+  /** Event indicating a bad status code was received. */
+  REQUEST_BAD_STATUS: 14,
+
+  /** Event indicating incomplete data was received */
+  REQUEST_INCOMPLETE_DATA: 15,
+
+  /** Event indicating bad data was received */
+  REQUEST_BAD_DATA: 16,
+
+  /** Event indicating no data was received when data was expected. */
+  REQUEST_NO_DATA: 17,
+
+  /** Event indicating a request timeout. */
+  REQUEST_TIMEOUT: 18,
+
+  /**
+   * Event indicating that the server never received our hanging GET and so it
+   * is being retried.
+   */
+  BACKCHANNEL_MISSING: 19,
+
+  /**
+   * Event indicating that we have determined that our hanging GET is not
+   * receiving data when it should be. Thus it is dead dead and will be retried.
+   */
+  BACKCHANNEL_DEAD: 20,
+
+  /**
+   * The browser declared itself offline during the lifetime of a request, or
+   * was offline when a request was initially made.
+   */
+  BROWSER_OFFLINE: 21,
+
+  /** ActiveX is blocked by the machine's admin settings. */
+  ACTIVE_X_BLOCKED: 22
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * The normal response for forward channel requests.
+ * Used only before version 8 of the protocol.
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.MAGIC_RESPONSE_COOKIE = 'y2f%';
+
+
+/**
+ * A guess at a cutoff at which to no longer assume the backchannel is dead
+ * when we are slow to receive data. Number in bytes.
+ *
+ * Assumption: The worst bandwidth we work on is 50 kilobits/sec
+ * 50kbits/sec * (1 byte / 8 bits) * 6 sec dead backchannel timeout
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.OUTSTANDING_DATA_BACKCHANNEL_RETRY_CUTOFF = 37500;
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the browserchannel logger.
+ *
+ * @return {goog.net.ChannelDebug} The channel debug object.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getChannelDebug = function() {
+  return this.channelDebug_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Set the browserchannel logger.
+ * TODO(user): Add interface for channel loggers or remove this function.
+ *
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelDebug} channelDebug The channel debug object.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setChannelDebug = function(
+    channelDebug) {
+  if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(channelDebug)) {
+    this.channelDebug_ = channelDebug;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Allows the application to set an execution hooks for when BrowserChannel
+ * starts processing requests. This is useful to track timing or logging
+ * special information. The function takes no parameters and return void.
+ * @param {Function} startHook  The function for the start hook.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.setStartThreadExecutionHook = function(startHook) {
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.startExecutionHook_ = startHook;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Allows the application to set an execution hooks for when BrowserChannel
+ * stops processing requests. This is useful to track timing or logging
+ * special information. The function takes no parameters and return void.
+ * @param {Function} endHook  The function for the end hook.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.setEndThreadExecutionHook = function(endHook) {
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.endExecutionHook_ = endHook;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Application provided execution hook for the start hook.
+ *
+ * @type {Function}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.startExecutionHook_ = function() { };
+
+
+/**
+ * Application provided execution hook for the end hook.
+ *
+ * @type {Function}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.endExecutionHook_ = function() { };
+
+
+/**
+ * Instantiates a ChannelRequest with the given parameters. Overidden in tests.
+ *
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel|goog.net.BrowserTestChannel} channel
+ *     The BrowserChannel that owns this request.
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelDebug} channelDebug A ChannelDebug to use for
+ *     logging.
+ * @param {string=} opt_sessionId  The session id for the channel.
+ * @param {string|number=} opt_requestId  The request id for this request.
+ * @param {number=} opt_retryId  The retry id for this request.
+ * @return {goog.net.ChannelRequest} The created channel request.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.createChannelRequest = function(channel, channelDebug,
+    opt_sessionId, opt_requestId, opt_retryId) {
+  return new goog.net.ChannelRequest(
+      channel,
+      channelDebug,
+      opt_sessionId,
+      opt_requestId,
+      opt_retryId);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Starts the channel. This initiates connections to the server.
+ *
+ * @param {string} testPath  The path for the test connection.
+ * @param {string} channelPath  The path for the channel connection.
+ * @param {Object=} opt_extraParams  Extra parameter keys and values to add to
+ *     the requests.
+ * @param {string=} opt_oldSessionId  Session ID from a previous session.
+ * @param {number=} opt_oldArrayId  The last array ID from a previous session.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.connect = function(testPath, channelPath,
+    opt_extraParams, opt_oldSessionId, opt_oldArrayId) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('connect()');
+
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyStatEvent(
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat.CONNECT_ATTEMPT);
+
+  this.path_ = channelPath;
+  this.extraParams_ = opt_extraParams || {};
+
+  // Attach parameters about the previous session if reconnecting.
+  if (opt_oldSessionId && goog.isDef(opt_oldArrayId)) {
+    this.extraParams_['OSID'] = opt_oldSessionId;
+    this.extraParams_['OAID'] = opt_oldArrayId;
+  }
+
+  this.connectTest_(testPath);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Disconnects and closes the channel.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.disconnect = function() {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('disconnect()');
+
+  this.cancelRequests_();
+
+  if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENED) {
+    var rid = this.nextRid_++;
+    var uri = this.forwardChannelUri_.clone();
+    uri.setParameterValue('SID', this.sid_);
+    uri.setParameterValue('RID', rid);
+    uri.setParameterValue('TYPE', 'terminate');
+
+    // Add the reconnect parameters.
+    this.addAdditionalParams_(uri);
+
+    var request = goog.net.BrowserChannel.createChannelRequest(
+        this, this.channelDebug_, this.sid_, rid);
+    request.sendUsingImgTag(uri);
+  }
+
+  this.onClose_();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the session id of the channel. Only available after the
+ * channel has been opened.
+ * @return {string} Session ID.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getSessionId = function() {
+  return this.sid_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Starts the test channel to determine network conditions.
+ *
+ * @param {string} testPath  The relative PATH for the test connection.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.connectTest_ = function(testPath) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('connectTest_()');
+  if (!this.okToMakeRequest_()) {
+    return; // channel is cancelled
+  }
+  this.connectionTest_ = new goog.net.BrowserTestChannel(
+      this, this.channelDebug_);
+  this.connectionTest_.setExtraHeaders(this.extraHeaders_);
+  this.connectionTest_.setParser(this.parser_);
+  this.connectionTest_.connect(testPath);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Starts the regular channel which is run after the test channel is complete.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.connectChannel_ = function() {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('connectChannel_()');
+  this.ensureInState_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.INIT,
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.CLOSED);
+  this.forwardChannelUri_ =
+      this.getForwardChannelUri(/** @type {string} */ (this.path_));
+  this.ensureForwardChannel_();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Cancels all outstanding requests.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.cancelRequests_ = function() {
+  if (this.connectionTest_) {
+    this.connectionTest_.abort();
+    this.connectionTest_ = null;
+  }
+
+  if (this.backChannelRequest_) {
+    this.backChannelRequest_.cancel();
+    this.backChannelRequest_ = null;
+  }
+
+  if (this.backChannelTimerId_) {
+    goog.global.clearTimeout(this.backChannelTimerId_);
+    this.backChannelTimerId_ = null;
+  }
+
+  this.clearDeadBackchannelTimer_();
+
+  if (this.forwardChannelRequest_) {
+    this.forwardChannelRequest_.cancel();
+    this.forwardChannelRequest_ = null;
+  }
+
+  if (this.forwardChannelTimerId_) {
+    goog.global.clearTimeout(this.forwardChannelTimerId_);
+    this.forwardChannelTimerId_ = null;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the extra HTTP headers to add to all the requests sent to the server.
+ *
+ * @return {Object} The HTTP headers, or null.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getExtraHeaders = function() {
+  return this.extraHeaders_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets extra HTTP headers to add to all the requests sent to the server.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} extraHeaders The HTTP headers, or null.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setExtraHeaders = function(extraHeaders) {
+  this.extraHeaders_ = extraHeaders;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the handler used for channel callback events.
+ *
+ * @return {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler} The handler.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getHandler = function() {
+  return this.handler_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets the handler used for channel callback events.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler} handler The handler to set.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setHandler = function(handler) {
+  this.handler_ = handler;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether the channel allows the use of a subdomain. There may be
+ * cases where this isn't allowed.
+ * @return {boolean} Whether a host prefix is allowed.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getAllowHostPrefix = function() {
+  return this.allowHostPrefix_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets whether the channel allows the use of a subdomain. There may be cases
+ * where this isn't allowed, for example, logging in with troutboard where
+ * using a subdomain causes Apache to force the user to authenticate twice.
+ * @param {boolean} allowHostPrefix Whether a host prefix is allowed.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setAllowHostPrefix =
+    function(allowHostPrefix) {
+  this.allowHostPrefix_ = allowHostPrefix;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether the channel is buffered or not. This state is valid for
+ * querying only after the test connection has completed. This may be
+ * queried in the goog.net.BrowserChannel.okToMakeRequest() callback.
+ * A channel may be buffered if the test connection determines that
+ * a chunked response could not be sent down within a suitable time.
+ * @return {boolean} Whether the channel is buffered.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.isBuffered = function() {
+  return !this.useChunked_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether chunked mode is allowed. In certain debugging situations,
+ * it's useful for the application to have a way to disable chunked mode for a
+ * user.
+
+ * @return {boolean} Whether chunked mode is allowed.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getAllowChunkedMode =
+    function() {
+  return this.allowChunkedMode_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets whether chunked mode is allowed. In certain debugging situations, it's
+ * useful for the application to have a way to disable chunked mode for a user.
+ * @param {boolean} allowChunkedMode  Whether chunked mode is allowed.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setAllowChunkedMode =
+    function(allowChunkedMode) {
+  this.allowChunkedMode_ = allowChunkedMode;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sends a request to the server. The format of the request is a Map data
+ * structure of key/value pairs. These maps are then encoded in a format
+ * suitable for the wire and then reconstituted as a Map data structure that
+ * the server can process.
+ * @param {Object|goog.structs.Map} map  The map to send.
+ * @param {?Object=} opt_context The context associated with the map.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.sendMap = function(map, opt_context) {
+  if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.CLOSED) {
+    throw Error('Invalid operation: sending map when state is closed');
+  }
+
+  // We can only send 1000 maps per POST, but typically we should never have
+  // that much to send, so warn if we exceed that (we still send all the maps).
+  if (this.outgoingMaps_.length ==
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.MAX_MAPS_PER_REQUEST_) {
+    // severe() is temporary so that we get these uploaded and can figure out
+    // what's causing them. Afterwards can change to warning().
+    this.channelDebug_.severe(
+        'Already have ' + goog.net.BrowserChannel.MAX_MAPS_PER_REQUEST_ +
+        ' queued maps upon queueing ' + goog.json.serialize(map));
+  }
+
+  this.outgoingMaps_.push(
+      new goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap(this.nextMapId_++, map,
+                                            opt_context));
+  if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENING ||
+      this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENED) {
+    this.ensureForwardChannel_();
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * When set to true, this changes the behavior of the forward channel so it
+ * will not retry requests; it will fail after one network failure, and if
+ * there was already one network failure, the request will fail immediately.
+ * @param {boolean} failFast  Whether or not to fail fast.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setFailFast = function(failFast) {
+  this.failFast_ = failFast;
+  this.channelDebug_.info('setFailFast: ' + failFast);
+  if ((this.forwardChannelRequest_ || this.forwardChannelTimerId_) &&
+      this.forwardChannelRetryCount_ > this.getForwardChannelMaxRetries()) {
+    this.channelDebug_.info(
+        'Retry count ' + this.forwardChannelRetryCount_ +
+        ' > new maxRetries ' + this.getForwardChannelMaxRetries() +
+        '. Fail immediately!');
+    if (this.forwardChannelRequest_) {
+      this.forwardChannelRequest_.cancel();
+      // Go through the standard onRequestComplete logic to expose the max-retry
+      // failure in the standard way.
+      this.onRequestComplete(this.forwardChannelRequest_);
+    } else {  // i.e., this.forwardChannelTimerId_
+      goog.global.clearTimeout(this.forwardChannelTimerId_);
+      this.forwardChannelTimerId_ = null;
+      // The error code from the last failed request is gone, so just use a
+      // generic one.
+      this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.REQUEST_FAILED);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {number} The max number of forward-channel retries, which will be 0
+ * in fail-fast mode.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getForwardChannelMaxRetries = function() {
+  return this.failFast_ ? 0 : this.forwardChannelMaxRetries_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets the maximum number of attempts to connect to the server for forward
+ * channel requests.
+ * @param {number} retries The maximum number of attempts.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setForwardChannelMaxRetries =
+    function(retries) {
+  this.forwardChannelMaxRetries_ = retries;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets the timeout for a forward channel request.
+ * @param {number} timeoutMs The timeout in milliseconds.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setForwardChannelRequestTimeout =
+    function(timeoutMs) {
+  this.forwardChannelRequestTimeoutMs_ = timeoutMs;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {number} The max number of back-channel retries, which is a constant.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getBackChannelMaxRetries = function() {
+  // Back-channel retries is a constant.
+  return goog.net.BrowserChannel.BACK_CHANNEL_MAX_RETRIES;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether the channel is closed
+ * @return {boolean} true if the channel is closed.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.isClosed = function() {
+  return this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.CLOSED;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the browser channel state.
+ * @return {goog.net.BrowserChannel.State} The current state of the browser
+ * channel.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getState = function() {
+  return this.state_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Return the last status code received for a request.
+ * @return {number} The last status code received for a request.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getLastStatusCode = function() {
+  return this.lastStatusCode_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {number} The last array id received.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getLastArrayId = function() {
+  return this.lastArrayId_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether there are outstanding requests servicing the channel.
+ * @return {boolean} true if there are outstanding requests.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.hasOutstandingRequests = function() {
+  return this.outstandingRequests_() != 0;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets a new parser for the response payload. A custom parser may be set to
+ * avoid using eval(), for example. By default, the parser uses
+ * {@code goog.json.unsafeParse}.
+ * @param {!goog.string.Parser} parser Parser.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setParser = function(parser) {
+  this.parser_ = parser;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the number of outstanding requests.
+ * @return {number} The number of outstanding requests to the server.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.outstandingRequests_ = function() {
+  var count = 0;
+  if (this.backChannelRequest_) {
+    count++;
+  }
+  if (this.forwardChannelRequest_) {
+    count++;
+  }
+  return count;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Ensures that a forward channel request is scheduled.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.ensureForwardChannel_ = function() {
+  if (this.forwardChannelRequest_) {
+    // connection in process - no need to start a new request
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (this.forwardChannelTimerId_) {
+    // no need to start a new request - one is already scheduled
+    return;
+  }
+
+  this.forwardChannelTimerId_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.setTimeout(
+      goog.bind(this.onStartForwardChannelTimer_, this), 0);
+  this.forwardChannelRetryCount_ = 0;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Schedules a forward-channel retry for the specified request, unless the max
+ * retries has been reached.
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest} request The failed request to retry.
+ * @return {boolean} true iff a retry was scheduled.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.maybeRetryForwardChannel_ =
+    function(request) {
+  if (this.forwardChannelRequest_ || this.forwardChannelTimerId_) {
+    // Should be impossible to be called in this state.
+    this.channelDebug_.severe('Request already in progress');
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.INIT ||  // no retry open_()
+      (this.forwardChannelRetryCount_ >= this.getForwardChannelMaxRetries())) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Going to retry POST');
+
+  this.forwardChannelTimerId_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.setTimeout(
+      goog.bind(this.onStartForwardChannelTimer_, this, request),
+      this.getRetryTime_(this.forwardChannelRetryCount_));
+  this.forwardChannelRetryCount_++;
+  return true;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Timer callback for ensureForwardChannel
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest=} opt_retryRequest A failed request to retry.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onStartForwardChannelTimer_ = function(
+    opt_retryRequest) {
+  this.forwardChannelTimerId_ = null;
+  this.startForwardChannel_(opt_retryRequest);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Begins a new forward channel operation to the server.
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest=} opt_retryRequest A failed request to retry.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.startForwardChannel_ = function(
+    opt_retryRequest) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('startForwardChannel_');
+  if (!this.okToMakeRequest_()) {
+    return; // channel is cancelled
+  } else if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.INIT) {
+    if (opt_retryRequest) {
+      this.channelDebug_.severe('Not supposed to retry the open');
+      return;
+    }
+    this.open_();
+    this.state_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENING;
+  } else if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENED) {
+    if (opt_retryRequest) {
+      this.makeForwardChannelRequest_(opt_retryRequest);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.outgoingMaps_.length == 0) {
+      this.channelDebug_.debug('startForwardChannel_ returned: ' +
+                                   'nothing to send');
+      // no need to start a new forward channel request
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.forwardChannelRequest_) {
+      // Should be impossible to be called in this state.
+      this.channelDebug_.severe('startForwardChannel_ returned: ' +
+                                    'connection already in progress');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.makeForwardChannelRequest_();
+    this.channelDebug_.debug('startForwardChannel_ finished, sent request');
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Establishes a new channel session with the the server.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.open_ = function() {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('open_()');
+  this.nextRid_ = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100000);
+
+  var rid = this.nextRid_++;
+  var request = goog.net.BrowserChannel.createChannelRequest(
+      this, this.channelDebug_, '', rid);
+  request.setExtraHeaders(this.extraHeaders_);
+  var requestText = this.dequeueOutgoingMaps_();
+  var uri = this.forwardChannelUri_.clone();
+  uri.setParameterValue('RID', rid);
+  if (this.clientVersion_) {
+    uri.setParameterValue('CVER', this.clientVersion_);
+  }
+
+  // Add the reconnect parameters.
+  this.addAdditionalParams_(uri);
+
+  request.xmlHttpPost(uri, requestText, true);
+  this.forwardChannelRequest_ = request;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Makes a forward channel request using XMLHTTP.
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest=} opt_retryRequest A failed request to retry.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.makeForwardChannelRequest_ =
+    function(opt_retryRequest) {
+  var rid;
+  var requestText;
+  if (opt_retryRequest) {
+    if (this.channelVersion_ > 6) {
+      // In version 7 and up we can tack on new arrays to a retry.
+      this.requeuePendingMaps_();
+      rid = this.nextRid_ - 1;  // Must use last RID
+      requestText = this.dequeueOutgoingMaps_();
+    } else {
+      // TODO(user): Remove this code and the opt_retryRequest passing
+      // once server-side support for ver 7 is ubiquitous.
+      rid = opt_retryRequest.getRequestId();
+      requestText = /** @type {string} */ (opt_retryRequest.getPostData());
+    }
+  } else {
+    rid = this.nextRid_++;
+    requestText = this.dequeueOutgoingMaps_();
+  }
+
+  var uri = this.forwardChannelUri_.clone();
+  uri.setParameterValue('SID', this.sid_);
+  uri.setParameterValue('RID', rid);
+  uri.setParameterValue('AID', this.lastArrayId_);
+  // Add the additional reconnect parameters.
+  this.addAdditionalParams_(uri);
+
+  var request = goog.net.BrowserChannel.createChannelRequest(
+      this,
+      this.channelDebug_,
+      this.sid_,
+      rid,
+      this.forwardChannelRetryCount_ + 1);
+  request.setExtraHeaders(this.extraHeaders_);
+
+  // randomize from 50%-100% of the forward channel timeout to avoid
+  // a big hit if servers happen to die at once.
+  request.setTimeout(
+      Math.round(this.forwardChannelRequestTimeoutMs_ * 0.50) +
+      Math.round(this.forwardChannelRequestTimeoutMs_ * 0.50 * Math.random()));
+  this.forwardChannelRequest_ = request;
+  request.xmlHttpPost(uri, requestText, true);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Adds the additional parameters from the handler to the given URI.
+ * @param {goog.Uri} uri The URI to add the parameters to.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.addAdditionalParams_ = function(uri) {
+  // Add the additional reconnect parameters as needed.
+  if (this.handler_) {
+    var params = this.handler_.getAdditionalParams(this);
+    if (params) {
+      goog.structs.forEach(params, function(value, key, coll) {
+        uri.setParameterValue(key, value);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the request text from the outgoing maps and resets it.
+ * @return {string} The encoded request text created from all the currently
+ *                  queued outgoing maps.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.dequeueOutgoingMaps_ = function() {
+  var count = Math.min(this.outgoingMaps_.length,
+                       goog.net.BrowserChannel.MAX_MAPS_PER_REQUEST_);
+  var sb = ['count=' + count];
+  var offset;
+  if (this.channelVersion_ > 6 && count > 0) {
+    // To save a bit of bandwidth, specify the base mapId and the rest as
+    // offsets from it.
+    offset = this.outgoingMaps_[0].mapId;
+    sb.push('ofs=' + offset);
+  } else {
+    offset = 0;
+  }
+  for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    var mapId = this.outgoingMaps_[i].mapId;
+    var map = this.outgoingMaps_[i].map;
+    if (this.channelVersion_ <= 6) {
+      // Map IDs were not used in ver 6 and before, just indexes in the request.
+      mapId = i;
+    } else {
+      mapId -= offset;
+    }
+    try {
+      goog.structs.forEach(map, function(value, key, coll) {
+        sb.push('req' + mapId + '_' + key + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value));
+      });
+    } catch (ex) {
+      // We send a map here because lots of the retry logic relies on map IDs,
+      // so we have to send something.
+      sb.push('req' + mapId + '_' + 'type' + '=' +
+              encodeURIComponent('_badmap'));
+      if (this.handler_) {
+        this.handler_.badMapError(this, map);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  this.pendingMaps_ = this.pendingMaps_.concat(
+      this.outgoingMaps_.splice(0, count));
+  return sb.join('&');
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Requeues unacknowledged sent arrays for retransmission in the next forward
+ * channel request.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.requeuePendingMaps_ = function() {
+  this.outgoingMaps_ = this.pendingMaps_.concat(this.outgoingMaps_);
+  this.pendingMaps_.length = 0;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Ensures there is a backchannel request for receiving data from the server.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.ensureBackChannel_ = function() {
+  if (this.backChannelRequest_) {
+    // already have one
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (this.backChannelTimerId_) {
+    // no need to start a new request - one is already scheduled
+    return;
+  }
+
+  this.backChannelAttemptId_ = 1;
+  this.backChannelTimerId_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.setTimeout(
+      goog.bind(this.onStartBackChannelTimer_, this), 0);
+  this.backChannelRetryCount_ = 0;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Schedules a back-channel retry, unless the max retries has been reached.
+ * @return {boolean} true iff a retry was scheduled.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.maybeRetryBackChannel_ = function() {
+  if (this.backChannelRequest_ || this.backChannelTimerId_) {
+    // Should be impossible to be called in this state.
+    this.channelDebug_.severe('Request already in progress');
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (this.backChannelRetryCount_ >= this.getBackChannelMaxRetries()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Going to retry GET');
+
+  this.backChannelAttemptId_++;
+  this.backChannelTimerId_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.setTimeout(
+      goog.bind(this.onStartBackChannelTimer_, this),
+      this.getRetryTime_(this.backChannelRetryCount_));
+  this.backChannelRetryCount_++;
+  return true;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Timer callback for ensureBackChannel_.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onStartBackChannelTimer_ = function() {
+  this.backChannelTimerId_ = null;
+  this.startBackChannel_();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Begins a new back channel operation to the server.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.startBackChannel_ = function() {
+  if (!this.okToMakeRequest_()) {
+    // channel is cancelled
+    return;
+  }
+
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Creating new HttpRequest');
+  this.backChannelRequest_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.createChannelRequest(
+      this,
+      this.channelDebug_,
+      this.sid_,
+      'rpc',
+      this.backChannelAttemptId_);
+  this.backChannelRequest_.setExtraHeaders(this.extraHeaders_);
+  var uri = this.backChannelUri_.clone();
+  uri.setParameterValue('RID', 'rpc');
+  uri.setParameterValue('SID', this.sid_);
+  uri.setParameterValue('CI', this.useChunked_ ? '0' : '1');
+  uri.setParameterValue('AID', this.lastArrayId_);
+
+  // Add the reconnect parameters.
+  this.addAdditionalParams_(uri);
+
+  if (!goog.net.ChannelRequest.supportsXhrStreaming()) {
+    uri.setParameterValue('TYPE', 'html');
+    this.backChannelRequest_.tridentGet(uri, Boolean(this.hostPrefix_));
+  } else {
+    uri.setParameterValue('TYPE', 'xmlhttp');
+    this.backChannelRequest_.xmlHttpGet(uri, true /* decodeChunks */,
+        this.hostPrefix_, false /* opt_noClose */);
+  }
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('New Request created');
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Gives the handler a chance to return an error code and stop channel
+ * execution. A handler might want to do this to check that the user is still
+ * logged in, for example.
+ * @private
+ * @return {boolean} If it's OK to make a request.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.okToMakeRequest_ = function() {
+  if (this.handler_) {
+    var result = this.handler_.okToMakeRequest(this);
+    if (result != goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.OK) {
+      this.channelDebug_.debug('Handler returned error code from ' +
+                                   'okToMakeRequest');
+      this.signalError_(result);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback from BrowserTestChannel for when the channel is finished.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserTestChannel} testChannel The BrowserTestChannel.
+ * @param {boolean} useChunked  Whether we can chunk responses.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.testConnectionFinished =
+    function(testChannel, useChunked) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Test Connection Finished');
+
+  this.useChunked_ = this.allowChunkedMode_ && useChunked;
+  this.lastStatusCode_ = testChannel.getLastStatusCode();
+  this.connectChannel_();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback from BrowserTestChannel for when the channel has an error.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserTestChannel} testChannel The BrowserTestChannel.
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error} errorCode  The error code of the
+       failure.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.testConnectionFailure =
+    function(testChannel, errorCode) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Test Connection Failed');
+  this.lastStatusCode_ = testChannel.getLastStatusCode();
+  this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.REQUEST_FAILED);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback from BrowserTestChannel for when the channel is blocked.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserTestChannel} testChannel The BrowserTestChannel.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.testConnectionBlocked =
+    function(testChannel) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Test Connection Blocked');
+  this.lastStatusCode_ = this.connectionTest_.getLastStatusCode();
+  this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.BLOCKED);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback from ChannelRequest for when new data is received
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest} request  The request object.
+ * @param {string} responseText The text of the response.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onRequestData =
+    function(request, responseText) {
+  if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.CLOSED ||
+      (this.backChannelRequest_ != request &&
+       this.forwardChannelRequest_ != request)) {
+    // either CLOSED or a request we don't know about (perhaps an old request)
+    return;
+  }
+  this.lastStatusCode_ = request.getLastStatusCode();
+
+  if (this.forwardChannelRequest_ == request &&
+      this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENED) {
+    if (this.channelVersion_ > 7) {
+      var response;
+      try {
+        response = this.parser_.parse(responseText);
+      } catch (ex) {
+        response = null;
+      }
+      if (goog.isArray(response) && response.length == 3) {
+        this.handlePostResponse_(/** @type {Array} */ (response));
+      } else {
+        this.channelDebug_.debug('Bad POST response data returned');
+        this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.BAD_RESPONSE);
+      }
+    } else if (responseText != goog.net.BrowserChannel.MAGIC_RESPONSE_COOKIE) {
+      this.channelDebug_.debug('Bad data returned - missing/invald ' +
+                                   'magic cookie');
+      this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.BAD_RESPONSE);
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (this.backChannelRequest_ == request) {
+      this.clearDeadBackchannelTimer_();
+    }
+    if (!goog.string.isEmpty(responseText)) {
+      var response = this.parser_.parse(responseText);
+      goog.asserts.assert(goog.isArray(response));
+      this.onInput_(/** @type {Array} */ (response));
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Handles a POST response from the server.
+ * @param {Array} responseValues The key value pairs in the POST response.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.handlePostResponse_ = function(
+    responseValues) {
+  // The first response value is set to 0 if server is missing backchannel.
+  if (responseValues[0] == 0) {
+    this.handleBackchannelMissing_();
+    return;
+  }
+  this.lastPostResponseArrayId_ = responseValues[1];
+  var outstandingArrays = this.lastPostResponseArrayId_ - this.lastArrayId_;
+  if (0 < outstandingArrays) {
+    var numOutstandingBackchannelBytes = responseValues[2];
+    this.channelDebug_.debug(numOutstandingBackchannelBytes + ' bytes (in ' +
+        outstandingArrays + ' arrays) are outstanding on the BackChannel');
+    if (!this.shouldRetryBackChannel_(numOutstandingBackchannelBytes)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!this.deadBackChannelTimerId_) {
+      // We expect to receive data within 2 RTTs or we retry the backchannel.
+      this.deadBackChannelTimerId_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.setTimeout(
+          goog.bind(this.onBackChannelDead_, this),
+          2 * goog.net.BrowserChannel.RTT_ESTIMATE);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Handles a POST response from the server telling us that it has detected that
+ * we have no hanging GET connection.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.handleBackchannelMissing_ = function() {
+  // As long as the back channel was started before the POST was sent,
+  // we should retry the backchannel. We give a slight buffer of RTT_ESTIMATE
+  // so as not to excessively retry the backchannel
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Server claims our backchannel is missing.');
+  if (this.backChannelTimerId_) {
+    this.channelDebug_.debug('But we are currently starting the request.');
+    return;
+  } else if (!this.backChannelRequest_) {
+    this.channelDebug_.warning(
+        'We do not have a BackChannel established');
+  } else if (this.backChannelRequest_.getRequestStartTime() +
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.RTT_ESTIMATE <
+      this.forwardChannelRequest_.getRequestStartTime()) {
+    this.clearDeadBackchannelTimer_();
+    this.backChannelRequest_.cancel();
+    this.backChannelRequest_ = null;
+  } else {
+    return;
+  }
+  this.maybeRetryBackChannel_();
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyStatEvent(
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat.BACKCHANNEL_MISSING);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Determines whether we should start the process of retrying a possibly
+ * dead backchannel.
+ * @param {number} outstandingBytes The number of bytes for which the server has
+ *     not yet received acknowledgement.
+ * @return {boolean} Whether to start the backchannel retry timer.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.shouldRetryBackChannel_ = function(
+    outstandingBytes) {
+  // Not too many outstanding bytes, not buffered and not after a retry.
+  return outstandingBytes <
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.OUTSTANDING_DATA_BACKCHANNEL_RETRY_CUTOFF &&
+      !this.isBuffered() &&
+      this.backChannelRetryCount_ == 0;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Decides which host prefix should be used, if any.  If there is a handler,
+ * allows the handler to validate a host prefix provided by the server, and
+ * optionally override it.
+ * @param {?string} serverHostPrefix The host prefix provided by the server.
+ * @return {?string} The host prefix to actually use, if any. Will return null
+ *     if the use of host prefixes was disabled via setAllowHostPrefix().
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.correctHostPrefix = function(
+    serverHostPrefix) {
+  if (this.allowHostPrefix_) {
+    if (this.handler_) {
+      return this.handler_.correctHostPrefix(serverHostPrefix);
+    }
+    return serverHostPrefix;
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Handles the timer that indicates that our backchannel is no longer able to
+ * successfully receive data from the server.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onBackChannelDead_ = function() {
+  if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(this.deadBackChannelTimerId_)) {
+    this.deadBackChannelTimerId_ = null;
+    this.backChannelRequest_.cancel();
+    this.backChannelRequest_ = null;
+    this.maybeRetryBackChannel_();
+    goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyStatEvent(
+        goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat.BACKCHANNEL_DEAD);
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Clears the timer that indicates that our backchannel is no longer able to
+ * successfully receive data from the server.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.clearDeadBackchannelTimer_ = function() {
+  if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(this.deadBackChannelTimerId_)) {
+    goog.global.clearTimeout(this.deadBackChannelTimerId_);
+    this.deadBackChannelTimerId_ = null;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether or not the given error/status combination is fatal or not.
+ * On fatal errors we immediately close the session rather than retrying the
+ * failed request.
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error?} error The error code for the failed
+ * request.
+ * @param {number} statusCode The last HTTP status code.
+ * @return {boolean} Whether or not the error is fatal.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.isFatalError_ =
+    function(error, statusCode) {
+  return error == goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error.UNKNOWN_SESSION_ID ||
+      error == goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error.ACTIVE_X_BLOCKED ||
+      (error == goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error.STATUS &&
+       statusCode > 0);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback from ChannelRequest that indicates a request has completed.
+ * @param {goog.net.ChannelRequest} request  The request object.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onRequestComplete =
+    function(request) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Request complete');
+  var type;
+  if (this.backChannelRequest_ == request) {
+    this.clearDeadBackchannelTimer_();
+    this.backChannelRequest_ = null;
+    type = goog.net.BrowserChannel.ChannelType_.BACK_CHANNEL;
+  } else if (this.forwardChannelRequest_ == request) {
+    this.forwardChannelRequest_ = null;
+    type = goog.net.BrowserChannel.ChannelType_.FORWARD_CHANNEL;
+  } else {
+    // return if it was an old request from a previous session
+    return;
+  }
+
+  this.lastStatusCode_ = request.getLastStatusCode();
+
+  if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.CLOSED) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (request.getSuccess()) {
+    // Yay!
+    if (type == goog.net.BrowserChannel.ChannelType_.FORWARD_CHANNEL) {
+      var size = request.getPostData() ? request.getPostData().length : 0;
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyTimingEvent(size,
+          goog.now() - request.getRequestStartTime(),
+          this.forwardChannelRetryCount_);
+      this.ensureForwardChannel_();
+      this.onSuccess_();
+      this.pendingMaps_.length = 0;
+    } else {  // i.e., back-channel
+      this.ensureBackChannel_();
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  // Else unsuccessful. Fall through.
+
+  var lastError = request.getLastError();
+  if (!goog.net.BrowserChannel.isFatalError_(lastError,
+                                             this.lastStatusCode_)) {
+    // Maybe retry.
+    this.channelDebug_.debug('Maybe retrying, last error: ' +
+        goog.net.ChannelRequest.errorStringFromCode(
+            /** @type {goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error} */ (lastError),
+            this.lastStatusCode_));
+    if (type == goog.net.BrowserChannel.ChannelType_.FORWARD_CHANNEL) {
+      if (this.maybeRetryForwardChannel_(request)) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    if (type == goog.net.BrowserChannel.ChannelType_.BACK_CHANNEL) {
+      if (this.maybeRetryBackChannel_()) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    // Else exceeded max retries. Fall through.
+    this.channelDebug_.debug('Exceeded max number of retries');
+  } else {
+    // Else fatal error. Fall through and mark the pending maps as failed.
+    this.channelDebug_.debug('Not retrying due to error type');
+  }
+
+
+  // Can't save this session. :(
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('Error: HTTP request failed');
+  switch (lastError) {
+    case goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error.NO_DATA:
+      this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.NO_DATA);
+      break;
+    case goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error.BAD_DATA:
+      this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.BAD_DATA);
+      break;
+    case goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error.UNKNOWN_SESSION_ID:
+      this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.UNKNOWN_SESSION_ID);
+      break;
+    case goog.net.ChannelRequest.Error.ACTIVE_X_BLOCKED:
+      this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.ACTIVE_X_BLOCKED);
+      break;
+    default:
+      this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.REQUEST_FAILED);
+      break;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {number} retryCount Number of retries so far.
+ * @return {number} Time in ms before firing next retry request.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getRetryTime_ = function(retryCount) {
+  var retryTime = this.baseRetryDelayMs_ +
+      Math.floor(Math.random() * this.retryDelaySeedMs_);
+  if (!this.isActive()) {
+    this.channelDebug_.debug('Inactive channel');
+    retryTime =
+        retryTime * goog.net.BrowserChannel.INACTIVE_CHANNEL_RETRY_FACTOR;
+  }
+  // Backoff for subsequent retries
+  retryTime = retryTime * retryCount;
+  return retryTime;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {number} baseDelayMs The base part of the retry delay, in ms.
+ * @param {number} delaySeedMs A random delay between 0 and this is added to
+ *     the base part.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.setRetryDelay = function(baseDelayMs,
+    delaySeedMs) {
+  this.baseRetryDelayMs_ = baseDelayMs;
+  this.retryDelaySeedMs_ = delaySeedMs;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Processes the data returned by the server.
+ * @param {Array} respArray The response array returned by the server.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onInput_ = function(respArray) {
+  // respArray is an array of arrays
+  var batch = this.handler_ && this.handler_.channelHandleMultipleArrays ?
+      [] : null;
+  for (var i = 0; i < respArray.length; i++) {
+    var nextArray = respArray[i];
+    this.lastArrayId_ = nextArray[0];
+    nextArray = nextArray[1];
+    if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENING) {
+      if (nextArray[0] == 'c') {
+        this.sid_ = nextArray[1];
+        this.hostPrefix_ = this.correctHostPrefix(nextArray[2]);
+        var negotiatedVersion = nextArray[3];
+        if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(negotiatedVersion)) {
+          this.channelVersion_ = negotiatedVersion;
+        } else {
+          // Servers prior to version 7 did not send this, so assume version 6.
+          this.channelVersion_ = 6;
+        }
+        this.state_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENED;
+        if (this.handler_) {
+          this.handler_.channelOpened(this);
+        }
+        this.backChannelUri_ = this.getBackChannelUri(
+            this.hostPrefix_, /** @type {string} */ (this.path_));
+        // Open connection to receive data
+        this.ensureBackChannel_();
+      } else if (nextArray[0] == 'stop') {
+        this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.STOP);
+      }
+    } else if (this.state_ == goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.OPENED) {
+      if (nextArray[0] == 'stop') {
+        if (batch && batch.length) {
+          this.handler_.channelHandleMultipleArrays(this, batch);
+          batch.length = 0;
+        }
+        this.signalError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.STOP);
+      } else if (nextArray[0] == 'noop') {
+        // ignore - noop to keep connection happy
+      } else {
+        if (batch) {
+          batch.push(nextArray);
+        } else if (this.handler_) {
+          this.handler_.channelHandleArray(this, nextArray);
+        }
+      }
+      // We have received useful data on the back-channel, so clear its retry
+      // count. We do this because back-channels by design do not complete
+      // quickly, so on a flaky connection we could have many fail to complete
+      // fully but still deliver a lot of data before they fail. We don't want
+      // to count such failures towards the retry limit, because we don't want
+      // to give up on a session if we can still receive data.
+      this.backChannelRetryCount_ = 0;
+    }
+  }
+  if (batch && batch.length) {
+    this.handler_.channelHandleMultipleArrays(this, batch);
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Helper to ensure the BrowserChannel is in the expected state.
+ * @param {...number} var_args The channel must be in one of the indicated
+ *     states.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.ensureInState_ = function(var_args) {
+  if (!goog.array.contains(arguments, this.state_)) {
+    throw Error('Unexpected channel state: ' + this.state_);
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Signals an error has occurred.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error} error  The error code for the failure.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.signalError_ = function(error) {
+  this.channelDebug_.info('Error code ' + error);
+  if (error == goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.REQUEST_FAILED ||
+      error == goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.BLOCKED) {
+    // Ping google to check if it's a server error or user's network error.
+    var imageUri = null;
+    if (this.handler_) {
+      imageUri = this.handler_.getNetworkTestImageUri(this);
+    }
+    goog.net.tmpnetwork.testGoogleCom(
+        goog.bind(this.testGoogleComCallback_, this), imageUri);
+  } else {
+    goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyStatEvent(
+        goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat.ERROR_OTHER);
+  }
+  this.onError_(error);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback for testGoogleCom during error handling.
+ * @param {boolean} networkUp Whether the network is up.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.testGoogleComCallback_ = function(networkUp) {
+  if (networkUp) {
+    this.channelDebug_.info('Successfully pinged google.com');
+    goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyStatEvent(
+        goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat.ERROR_OTHER);
+  } else {
+    this.channelDebug_.info('Failed to ping google.com');
+    goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyStatEvent(
+        goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat.ERROR_NETWORK);
+    // We cann onError_ here instead of signalError_ because the latter just
+    // calls notifyStatEvent, and we don't want to have another stat event.
+    this.onError_(goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.NETWORK);
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Called when messages have been successfully sent from the queue.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onSuccess_ = function() {
+  if (this.handler_) {
+    this.handler_.channelSuccess(this, this.pendingMaps_);
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Called when we've determined the final error for a channel. It closes the
+ * notifiers the handler of the error and closes the channel.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error} error  The error code for the failure.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onError_ = function(error) {
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('HttpChannel: error - ' + error);
+  this.state_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.CLOSED;
+  if (this.handler_) {
+    this.handler_.channelError(this, error);
+  }
+  this.onClose_();
+  this.cancelRequests_();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Called when the channel has been closed. It notifiers the handler of the
+ * event, and reports any pending or undelivered maps.
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.onClose_ = function() {
+  this.state_ = goog.net.BrowserChannel.State.CLOSED;
+  this.lastStatusCode_ = -1;
+  if (this.handler_) {
+    if (this.pendingMaps_.length == 0 && this.outgoingMaps_.length == 0) {
+      this.handler_.channelClosed(this);
+    } else {
+      this.channelDebug_.debug('Number of undelivered maps' +
+          ', pending: ' + this.pendingMaps_.length +
+          ', outgoing: ' + this.outgoingMaps_.length);
+
+      var copyOfPendingMaps = goog.array.clone(this.pendingMaps_);
+      var copyOfUndeliveredMaps = goog.array.clone(this.outgoingMaps_);
+      this.pendingMaps_.length = 0;
+      this.outgoingMaps_.length = 0;
+
+      this.handler_.channelClosed(this,
+          copyOfPendingMaps,
+          copyOfUndeliveredMaps);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets the Uri used for the connection that sends data to the server.
+ * @param {string} path The path on the host.
+ * @return {goog.Uri} The forward channel URI.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getForwardChannelUri =
+    function(path) {
+  var uri = this.createDataUri(null, path);
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('GetForwardChannelUri: ' + uri);
+  return uri;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets the Uri used for the connection that receives data from the server.
+ * @param {?string} hostPrefix The host prefix.
+ * @param {string} path The path on the host.
+ * @return {goog.Uri} The back channel URI.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.getBackChannelUri =
+    function(hostPrefix, path) {
+  var uri = this.createDataUri(this.shouldUseSecondaryDomains() ?
+      hostPrefix : null, path);
+  this.channelDebug_.debug('GetBackChannelUri: ' + uri);
+  return uri;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Creates a data Uri applying logic for secondary hostprefix, port
+ * overrides, and versioning.
+ * @param {?string} hostPrefix The host prefix.
+ * @param {string} path The path on the host (may be absolute or relative).
+ * @param {number=} opt_overridePort Optional override port.
+ * @return {goog.Uri} The data URI.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.createDataUri =
+    function(hostPrefix, path, opt_overridePort) {
+  var uri = goog.Uri.parse(path);
+  var uriAbsolute = (uri.getDomain() != '');
+  if (uriAbsolute) {
+    if (hostPrefix) {
+      uri.setDomain(hostPrefix + '.' + uri.getDomain());
+    }
+
+    uri.setPort(opt_overridePort || uri.getPort());
+  } else {
+    var locationPage = window.location;
+    var hostName;
+    if (hostPrefix) {
+      hostName = hostPrefix + '.' + locationPage.hostname;
+    } else {
+      hostName = locationPage.hostname;
+    }
+
+    var port = opt_overridePort || locationPage.port;
+
+    uri = goog.Uri.create(locationPage.protocol, null, hostName, port, path);
+  }
+
+  if (this.extraParams_) {
+    goog.structs.forEach(this.extraParams_, function(value, key, coll) {
+      uri.setParameterValue(key, value);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Add the protocol version to the URI.
+  uri.setParameterValue('VER', this.channelVersion_);
+
+  // Add the reconnect parameters.
+  this.addAdditionalParams_(uri);
+
+  return uri;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Called when BC needs to create an XhrIo object.  Override in a subclass if
+ * you need to customize the behavior, for example to enable the creation of
+ * XHR's capable of calling a secondary domain.
+ * @param {?string} hostPrefix The host prefix, if we need an XhrIo object
+ *     capable of calling a secondary domain.
+ * @return {!goog.net.XhrIo} A new XhrIo object.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.createXhrIo = function(hostPrefix) {
+  if (hostPrefix) {
+    throw new Error('Can\'t create secondary domain capable XhrIo object.');
+  } else {
+    return new goog.net.XhrIo();
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets whether this channel is currently active. This is used to determine the
+ * length of time to wait before retrying. This call delegates to the handler.
+ * @return {boolean} Whether the channel is currently active.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.isActive = function() {
+  return !!this.handler_ && this.handler_.isActive(this);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper around SafeTimeout which calls the start and end execution hooks
+ * with a try...finally block.
+ * @param {Function} fn The callback function.
+ * @param {number} ms The time in MS for the timer.
+ * @return {number} The ID of the timer.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.setTimeout = function(fn, ms) {
+  if (!goog.isFunction(fn)) {
+    throw Error('Fn must not be null and must be a function');
+  }
+  return goog.global.setTimeout(function() {
+    goog.net.BrowserChannel.onStartExecution();
+    try {
+      fn();
+    } finally {
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.onEndExecution();
+    }
+  }, ms);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to call the start hook
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.onStartExecution = function() {
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.startExecutionHook_();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to call the end hook
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.onEndExecution = function() {
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.endExecutionHook_();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the singleton event target for stat events.
+ * @return {goog.events.EventTarget} The event target for stat events.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.getStatEventTarget = function() {
+  return goog.net.BrowserChannel.statEventTarget_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Notify the channel that a particular fine grained network event has occurred.
+ * Should be considered package-private.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachability} reachabilityType The
+ *     reachability event type.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.notifyServerReachabilityEvent = function(
+    reachabilityType) {
+  var target = goog.net.BrowserChannel.statEventTarget_;
+  target.dispatchEvent(new goog.net.BrowserChannel.ServerReachabilityEvent(
+      target, reachabilityType));
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to call the stat event callback.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Stat} stat The stat.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyStatEvent = function(stat) {
+  var target = goog.net.BrowserChannel.statEventTarget_;
+  target.dispatchEvent(
+      new goog.net.BrowserChannel.StatEvent(target, stat));
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to notify listeners about POST request performance.
+ *
+ * @param {number} size Number of characters in the POST data.
+ * @param {number} rtt The amount of time from POST start to response.
+ * @param {number} retries The number of times the POST had to be retried.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.notifyTimingEvent = function(size, rtt, retries) {
+  var target = goog.net.BrowserChannel.statEventTarget_;
+  target.dispatchEvent(
+      new goog.net.BrowserChannel.TimingEvent(target, size, rtt, retries));
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Determines whether to use a secondary domain when the server gives us
+ * a host prefix. This allows us to work around browser per-domain
+ * connection limits.
+ *
+ * Currently, we only use secondary domains when using Trident's ActiveXObject,
+ * because it supports cross-domain requests out of the box. Even if we wanted
+ * to use secondary domains on Gecko/Webkit, they wouldn't work due to
+ * security restrictions on cross-origin XHRs. Note that in IE10 we no longer
+ * use ActiveX since it's not supported in Metro mode and IE10 supports XHR
+ * streaming.
+ *
+ * If you need to use secondary domains on other browsers, you'll need
+ * to override this method in a subclass, and make sure that those browsers
+ * use some messaging mechanism that works cross-domain.
+ *
+ * @return {boolean} Whether to use secondary domains.
+ * @see http://code.google.com/p/closure-library/issues/detail?id=339
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.prototype.shouldUseSecondaryDomains = function() {
+  return !goog.net.ChannelRequest.supportsXhrStreaming();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * A LogSaver that can be used to accumulate all the debug logs for
+ * BrowserChannels so they can be sent to the server when a problem is
+ * detected.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver = {};
+
+
+/**
+ * Buffer for accumulating the debug log
+ * @type {goog.structs.CircularBuffer}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.buffer_ =
+    new goog.structs.CircularBuffer(1000);
+
+
+/**
+ * Whether we're currently accumulating the debug log.
+ * @type {boolean}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.enabled_ = false;
+
+
+/**
+ * Formatter for saving logs.
+ * @type {goog.debug.Formatter}
+ * @private
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.formatter_ = new goog.debug.TextFormatter();
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether the LogSaver is enabled.
+ * @return {boolean} Whether saving is enabled or disabled.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.isEnabled = function() {
+  return goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.enabled_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Enables of disables the LogSaver.
+ * @param {boolean} enable Whether to enable or disable saving.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.setEnabled = function(enable) {
+  if (enable == goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.enabled_) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  var fn = goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.addLogRecord;
+  var logger = goog.debug.Logger.getLogger('goog.net');
+  if (enable) {
+    logger.addHandler(fn);
+  } else {
+    logger.removeHandler(fn);
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Adds a log record.
+ * @param {goog.debug.LogRecord} logRecord the LogRecord.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.addLogRecord = function(logRecord) {
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.buffer_.add(
+      goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.formatter_.formatRecord(logRecord));
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the log as a single string.
+ * @return {string} The log as a single string.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.getBuffer = function() {
+  return goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.buffer_.getValues().join('');
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Clears the buffer
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.clearBuffer = function() {
+  goog.net.BrowserChannel.LogSaver.buffer_.clear();
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Interface for the browser channel handler
+ * @constructor
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler = function() {
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback handler for when a batch of response arrays is received from the
+ * server.
+ * @type {Function}
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.channelHandleMultipleArrays = null;
+
+
+/**
+ * Whether it's okay to make a request to the server. A handler can return
+ * false if the channel should fail. For example, if the user has logged out,
+ * the handler may want all requests to fail immediately.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @return {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error} An error code. The code should
+ * return goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.OK to indicate it's okay. Any other
+ * error code will cause a failure.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.okToMakeRequest =
+    function(browserChannel) {
+  return goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error.OK;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Indicates the BrowserChannel has successfully negotiated with the server
+ * and can now send and receive data.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.channelOpened =
+    function(browserChannel) {
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * New input is available for the application to process.
+ *
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @param {Array} array The data array.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.channelHandleArray =
+    function(browserChannel, array) {
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Indicates maps were successfully sent on the BrowserChannel.
+ *
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @param {Array.<goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap>} deliveredMaps The
+ *     array of maps that have been delivered to the server. This is a direct
+ *     reference to the internal BrowserChannel array, so a copy should be made
+ *     if the caller desires a reference to the data.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.channelSuccess =
+    function(browserChannel, deliveredMaps) {
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Indicates an error occurred on the BrowserChannel.
+ *
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel.Error} error The error code.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.channelError =
+    function(browserChannel, error) {
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Indicates the BrowserChannel is closed. Also notifies about which maps,
+ * if any, that may not have been delivered to the server.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @param {Array.<goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap>=} opt_pendingMaps The
+ *     array of pending maps, which may or may not have been delivered to the
+ *     server.
+ * @param {Array.<goog.net.BrowserChannel.QueuedMap>=} opt_undeliveredMaps
+ *     The array of undelivered maps, which have definitely not been delivered
+ *     to the server.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.channelClosed =
+    function(browserChannel, opt_pendingMaps, opt_undeliveredMaps) {
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets any parameters that should be added at the time another connection is
+ * made to the server.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @return {Object} Extra parameter keys and values to add to the
+ *                  requests.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.getAdditionalParams =
+    function(browserChannel) {
+  return {};
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets the URI of an image that can be used to test network connectivity.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @return {goog.Uri?} A custom URI to load for the network test.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.getNetworkTestImageUri =
+    function(browserChannel) {
+  return null;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets whether this channel is currently active. This is used to determine the
+ * length of time to wait before retrying.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @return {boolean} Whether the channel is currently active.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.isActive = function(browserChannel) {
+  return true;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Called by the channel if enumeration of the map throws an exception.
+ * @param {goog.net.BrowserChannel} browserChannel The browser channel.
+ * @param {Object} map The map that can't be enumerated.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.badMapError =
+    function(browserChannel, map) {
+  return;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Allows the handler to override a host prefix provided by the server.  Will
+ * be called whenever the channel has received such a prefix and is considering
+ * its use.
+ * @param {?string} serverHostPrefix The host prefix provided by the server.
+ * @return {?string} The host prefix the client should use.
+ */
+goog.net.BrowserChannel.Handler.prototype.correctHostPrefix =
+    function(serverHostPrefix) {
+  return serverHostPrefix;
+};