revert: "fix($http): ignore xhr.responseType setter exception if value is "json""

This reverts commit 431bad01835f0294eb159d5b08101d5904828147.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/ng/httpBackend.js b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
index 842fd0cf..11e1b999 100644
--- a/src/ng/httpBackend.js
+++ b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
@@ -106,21 +106,8 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, createXhr, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDoc
         xhr.withCredentials = true;
       }
 
-      if (responseType && isString(xhr.responseType)) {
-        try {
-          xhr.responseType = responseType;
-        } catch (e) {
-          // WebKit added support for the json responseType value on 09/03/2013
-          // https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73648. Versions of Safari prior to 7 are
-          // known to throw when setting the value "json" as the response type. Other older
-          // browsers implementing the responseType 
-          //
-          // The json response type can be ignored if not supported, because JSON payloads are
-          // parsed on the client-side regardless.
-          if (responseType !== 'json') {
-            throw e;
-          }
-        }
+      if (responseType) {
+        xhr.responseType = responseType;
       }
 
       xhr.send(post || null);