Implemented CORS for AngularJS and IE8 + IE9

gistfile1.txt

function $HttpBackendProvider() {
  this.$get = ['$browser', '$window', '$document', function($browser, $window, $document) {
      var params = [$browser, XHR, $browser.defer, $window.angular.callbacks, $document[0], $window.location.protocol.replace(':', '')]; /*orig xhr */
      var param4ie = params.concat([msie,createHttpBackend.apply(this,params)]);
      return (angular.ieCreateHttpBackend && angular.ieCreateHttpBackend.apply(this, param4ie)) ||
        createHttpBackend.apply(this, params);
  }];
}

 function ieCreateHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument, locationProtocol, msie, xhr) {
    if (!msie || msie > 9) return null;
 
    var getHostName = function (path) {
      var a = document.createElement('a');
      a.href = path;
      return a.hostname;
    }
 
    var isLocalCall = function (reqUrl) {
      var reqHost = getHostName(reqUrl),
        localHost = getHostName($browser.url());
 
      var patt = new RegExp( localHost + "$", 'i'); 
      return patt.test(reqHost);
    }
 
    function completeRequest(callback, status, response, headersString) {
      var url = url || $browser.url(),
        URL_MATCH = /^([^:]+):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\{?[\w\.-]*\}?)(:([0-9]+))?(\/[^\?#]*)?(\?([^#]*))?(#(.*))?$/;
 
 
      // URL_MATCH is defined in src/service/location.js
      var protocol = (url.match(URL_MATCH) || ['', locationProtocol])[1];
 
      // fix status code for file protocol (it's always 0)
      status = (protocol == 'file') ? (response ? 200 : 404) : status;
 
      // normalize IE bug (http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/1450)
      status = status == 1223 ? 204 : status;
 
      callback(status, response, headersString);
      $browser.$$completeOutstandingRequest(angular.noop);
    }
    var pmHandler = function (method, url, post, callback, headers, timeout, withCredentials) {
      var win =  $('[name="' + getHostName(url) + '"]')[0].id ;
      var pm = window.pm || pm;
      pm({
        target: window.frames[win],
        type: 'xhrRequest',
        data: {
          headers: headers,
          method: method,
          data: post,
          url: url
        },
        success: function (respObj) {
          completeRequest(callback, 200, respObj.responseText, 'Content-Type: ' + respObj.contentType);
        },
        error: function (data) {
          completeRequest(callback, 500, 'Error', 'Content-Type: text/plain');
        }
      });
    }
    return function (method, url, post, callback, headers, timeout, withCredentials) {
      $browser.$$incOutstandingRequestCount();
      url = url || $browser.url();
 
      if (isLocalCall(url) ) {
        xhr(method, url, post, callback, headers, timeout, withCredentials);
      } else {
        pmHandler(method, url, post, callback, headers, timeout, withCredentials);
      }
      if (timeout > 0) {
        $browserDefer(function () {
          var status = -1;
          var xdr = window.xdr || xdr;
          xdr.abort();
        }, timeout);
      }
    }
 
  }

function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument, locationProtocol) {