1.1 --- a/emul/mini/src/main/java/java/net/URL.java	Thu Jan 31 18:22:14 2013 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/emul/mini/src/main/java/java/net/URL.java	Thu Jan 31 18:45:00 2013 +0100
     1.3 @@ -987,6 +987,17 @@
     1.4      )
     1.5      private static native String loadText(String url) throws IOException;
     1.6  
     1.7 +    @JavaScriptBody(args = { "url", "arr" }, body = ""
     1.8 +        + "var request = new XMLHttpRequest();\n"
     1.9 +        + "request.open('GET', url, false);\n"
    1.10 +        + "request.overrideMimeType('text\\/plain; charset=x-user-defined');\n"
    1.11 +        + "request.send();\n"
    1.12 +        + "var t = request.responseText;\n"
    1.13 +        + "for (var i = 0; i < t.length; i++) arr.push(t.charCodeAt(i) & 0xff);\n"
    1.14 +        + "return arr;\n"
    1.15 +    )
    1.16 +    private static native Object loadBytes(String url, byte[] arr) throws IOException;
    1.17 +
    1.18      /**
    1.19       * Gets the contents of this URL. This method is a shorthand for:
    1.20       * <blockquote><pre>
    1.21 @@ -1005,7 +1016,10 @@
    1.22      throws java.io.IOException {
    1.23          for (Class<?> c : classes) {
    1.24              if (c == String.class) {
    1.25 -                return getContent();
    1.26 +                return loadText(toExternalForm());
    1.27 +            }
    1.28 +            if (c == byte[].class) {
    1.29 +                return loadBytes(toExternalForm(), new byte[0]);
    1.30              }
    1.31          }
    1.32          return null;

     2.1 --- a/vmtest/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/tck/HttpResourceTest.java	Thu Jan 31 18:22:14 2013 +0100
     2.2 +++ b/vmtest/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/tck/HttpResourceTest.java	Thu Jan 31 18:45:00 2013 +0100
     2.3 @@ -54,6 +54,17 @@
     2.4          assert "Hello via URL!".equals(msg) : "The message was " + msg;
     2.5          return msg;
     2.6      }
     2.7 +
     2.8 +    @HttpResource(path = "/bytes", content = "\u00fe", mimeType = "x-application/binary")
     2.9 +    @BrwsrTest
    2.10 +    public void testReadByte() throws Exception {
    2.11 +        URL url = new URL("http:/bytes");
    2.12 +        final Object res = url.getContent(new Class[] { byte[].class });
    2.13 +        assert res instanceof byte[] : "Expecting byte[]: " + res;
    2.14 +        byte[] arr = (byte[]) res;
    2.15 +        assert arr.length == 1 : "One byte " + arr.length;
    2.16 +        assert arr[0] == 0xfe : "It is 0xfe: " + Integer.toHexString(arr[0]);
    2.17 +    }
    2.18      
    2.19      @JavaScriptBody(args = { "url" }, body = 
    2.20            "var req = new XMLHttpRequest();\n"