liwo_socket/node_modules/engine.io-client/lib/xmlhttprequest.js

// browser shim for xmlhttprequest module

var hasCORS = require('has-cors');
var globalThis = require('./globalThis');

module.exports = function (opts) {
  var xdomain = opts.xdomain;

  // scheme must be same when usign XDomainRequest
  // http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2010/05/13/xdomainrequest-restrictions-limitations-and-workarounds.aspx
  var xscheme = opts.xscheme;

  // XDomainRequest has a flow of not sending cookie, therefore it should be disabled as a default.
  // https://github.com/Automattic/engine.io-client/pull/217
  var enablesXDR = opts.enablesXDR;

  // XMLHttpRequest can be disabled on IE
  try {
    if ('undefined' !== typeof XMLHttpRequest && (!xdomain || hasCORS)) {
      return new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
  } catch (e) { }

  // Use XDomainRequest for IE8 if enablesXDR is true
  // because loading bar keeps flashing when using jsonp-polling
  // https://github.com/yujiosaka/socke.io-ie8-loading-example
  try {
    if ('undefined' !== typeof XDomainRequest && !xscheme && enablesXDR) {
      return new XDomainRequest();
    }
  } catch (e) { }

  if (!xdomain) {
    try {
      return new globalThis[['Active'].concat('Object').join('X')]('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
    } catch (e) { }
  }
};