Change postMessage to send only one object that holds the action and data.

canvas_proxy.js

@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ var JpegStreamProxy = (function() {
     this.dict = dict;
 
     // Tell the main thread to create an image.
-    postMessage("jpeg_stream");
     postMessage({
-      id:  this.id,
+      action: jpeg_stream,
-      str: bytesToString(bytes)
+      data:   bytesToString(bytes)
     });
   }
 
@@ -235,12 +234,14 @@ function CanvasProxy(width, height) {
 * resets the cmdQueue.
 */
 CanvasProxy.prototype.flush = function() {
-  postMessage("canvas_proxy_cmd_queue");
   postMessage({
+    action: "canvas_proxy_cmd_queue",
+    data: {
       id:         this.id,
       cmdQueue:   this.cmdQueue,
       width:      this.width,
       height:     this.height
+    }
   });
   this.cmdQueue.length = 0;
 }

fonts.js

@@ -768,12 +768,14 @@ var Font = (function () {
       // Insert the font-face css on the page. In a web worker, this needs to
       // be forwareded on the main thread.
       if (typeof window == "undefined") {
-          postMessage("font");
+          postMessage({
-          postMessage(JSON.stringify({
+            action: "font",
-              str: str,
+            data: {
+              raw: str,
               fontName: fontName,
               mimetype: this.mimetype
-          }));
+            }
+          });
       } else {
           var base64 = window.btoa(str);
 

pdf_worker.js

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ function toc(msg) {
 
 function log() {
   var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
-  postMessage("log");
+  postMessage({
-  postMessage(JSON.stringify(args))
+    action: "log",
+    args: args
+  });
 }
 
 var console = {
@@ -42,8 +44,10 @@ onmessage = function(event) {
   // If there is no pdfDocument yet, then the sent data is the PDFDocument.
   if (!pdfDocument) {
     pdfDocument = new PDFDoc(new Stream(data));
-    postMessage("pdf_num_page");
+    postMessage({
-    postMessage(pdfDocument.numPages)
+      action: "pdf_num_pages",
+      data: pdfDocument.numPages
+    });
     return;
   }
   // User requested to render a certain page.

worker_client.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function WorkerPDFDoc(canvas) {
 
   this.ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
   this.canvas = canvas;
-  this.worker = new Worker('worker.js');
+  this.worker = new Worker('pdf_worker.js');
 
   this.numPage = 1;
   this.numPages = null;
@@ -147,68 +147,22 @@ function WorkerPDFDoc(canvas) {
   }
 
   /**
-  * onMessage state machine.
+  * Functions to handle data sent by the WebWorker.
   */
-  const WAIT = 0;
+  var actionHandler = {
-  const CANVAS_PROXY_CMD_QUEUE = 1;
+    "log": function(data) {
-  const LOG = 2;
+      console.log.apply(console, data);
-  const FONT = 3;
+    },
-  const PDF_NUM_PAGE = 4;
-  const JPEG_STREAM = 5;
     
-  var onMessageState = WAIT;
+    "pdf_num_pages": function(data) {
-  this.worker.onmessage = function(event) {
-    var data = event.data;
-    // console.log("onMessageRaw", data);
-    switch (onMessageState) {
-      case WAIT:
-        if (typeof data != "string") {
-          throw "expecting to get an string";
-        }
-        switch (data) {
-          case "pdf_num_page":
-            onMessageState = PDF_NUM_PAGE;
-            return;
-
-          case "log":
-            onMessageState = LOG;
-            return;
-
-          case "canvas_proxy_cmd_queue":
-            onMessageState = CANVAS_PROXY_CMD_QUEUE;
-            return;
-
-          case "font":
-            onMessageState = FONT;
-            return;
-
-          case "jpeg_stream":
-            onMessageState = JPEG_STREAM;
-            return;
-
-          default:
-            throw "unkown state: " + data
-        }
-      break;
-
-      case JPEG_STREAM:
-        var img = new Image();
-        img.src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + window.btoa(data.str);
-        imagesList[data.id] = img;
-        console.log("got image", data.id)
-      break;
-
-      case PDF_NUM_PAGE:
       this.numPages = parseInt(data);
       if (this.loadCallback) {
         this.loadCallback();
       }
-        onMessageState = WAIT;
+    },
-      break;
     
-      case FONT:
+    "font": function(data) {
-        data = JSON.parse(data);
+      var base64 = window.btoa(data.raw);
-        var base64 = window.btoa(data.str);
 
       // Add the @font-face rule to the document
       var url = "url(data:" + data.mimetype + ";base64," + base64 + ");";
@@ -221,16 +175,16 @@ function WorkerPDFDoc(canvas) {
       // add a div on the page using the loaded font.
       var div = document.createElement("div");
       document.getElementById("fonts").innerHTML += "<div style='font-family:" + data.fontName + "'>j</div>";
+    },
 
-        onMessageState = WAIT;
+    "jpeg_stream": function(data) {
-      break;
+      var img = new Image();
+      img.src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + window.btoa(data);
+      imagesList[data.id] = img;
+      console.log("got image", data.id)
+    },
     
-      case LOG:
+    "canvas_proxy_cmd_queue": function(data) {
-        console.log.apply(console, JSON.parse(data));
-        onMessageState = WAIT;
-      break;
-
-      case CANVAS_PROXY_CMD_QUEUE:
         var id = data.id;
         var cmdQueue = data.cmdQueue;
 
@@ -250,10 +204,18 @@ function WorkerPDFDoc(canvas) {
           renderProxyCanvas(canvasList[id], cmdQueue);
           if (id == 0) toc("canvas rendering")
         }, 0);
-        onMessageState = WAIT;
-      break;
     }
-  }.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  // List to the WebWorker for data and call actionHandler on it.
+  this.worker.onmessage = function(event) {
+    var data = event.data;
+    if (data.action in actionHandler) {
+      actionHandler[data.action].call(this, data.data);
+    } else {
+      throw "Unkown action from worker: " + data.action;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 WorkerPDFDoc.prototype.open = function(url, callback) {