Using MozWebSocket when available. Issue #87

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ebdff16..42caa9c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+- 2011-12-17
+    - web-socket-js now uses MozWebSocket when available. i.e. When you load
+      web_socket.js, WebSocket is defined as alias of MozWebSocket when
+      available.
+
 - 2011-09-18
     - web-socket-js now speaks WebSocket version hybi-10. Old versions spoke
       hixie-76. If you really need web-socket-js which speaks hixie-76, you can
diff --git a/web_socket.js b/web_socket.js
index 0037d68..6b629a6 100644
--- a/web_socket.js
+++ b/web_socket.js
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
 
 (function() {
   
-  if (window.WebSocket && !window.WEB_SOCKET_FORCE_FLASH) return;
+  if (window.WEB_SOCKET_FORCE_FLASH) {
+    // Keeps going.
+  } else if (window.WebSocket) {
+    return;
+  } else if (window.MozWebSocket) {
+    // Firefox.
+    window.WebSocket = MozWebSocket;
+    return;
+  }
   
   var logger;
   if (window.WEB_SOCKET_LOGGER) {
@@ -30,14 +38,14 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * This class represents a faux web socket.
+   * Our own implementation of WebSocket class using Flash.
    * @param {string} url
    * @param {array or string} protocols
    * @param {string} proxyHost
    * @param {int} proxyPort
    * @param {string} headers
    */
-  WebSocket = function(url, protocols, proxyHost, proxyPort, headers) {
+  window.WebSocket = function(url, protocols, proxyHost, proxyPort, headers) {
     var self = this;
     self.__id = WebSocket.__nextId++;
     WebSocket.__instances[self.__id] = self;