1 // Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
6 * @fileoverview This contains an implementation of the EventTarget interface
7 * as defined by DOM Level 2 Events.
11 * @typedef {EventListener|function(!Event):*}
13 var EventListenerType;
15 cr.define('cr', function() {
18 * Creates a new EventTarget. This class implements the DOM level 2
19 * EventTarget interface and can be used wherever those are used.
21 * @implements {EventTarget}
23 function EventTarget() {
26 EventTarget.prototype = {
28 * Adds an event listener to the target.
29 * @param {string} type The name of the event.
30 * @param {EventListenerType} handler The handler for the event. This is
31 * called when the event is dispatched.
33 addEventListener: function(type, handler) {
35 this.listeners_ = Object.create(null);
36 if (!(type in this.listeners_)) {
37 this.listeners_[type] = [handler];
39 var handlers = this.listeners_[type];
40 if (handlers.indexOf(handler) < 0)
41 handlers.push(handler);
46 * Removes an event listener from the target.
47 * @param {string} type The name of the event.
48 * @param {EventListenerType} handler The handler for the event.
50 removeEventListener: function(type, handler) {
53 if (type in this.listeners_) {
54 var handlers = this.listeners_[type];
55 var index = handlers.indexOf(handler);
57 // Clean up if this was the last listener.
58 if (handlers.length == 1)
59 delete this.listeners_[type];
61 handlers.splice(index, 1);
67 * Dispatches an event and calls all the listeners that are listening to
68 * the type of the event.
69 * @param {!Event} event The event to dispatch.
70 * @return {boolean} Whether the default action was prevented. If someone
71 * calls preventDefault on the event object then this returns false.
73 dispatchEvent: function(event) {
77 // Since we are using DOM Event objects we need to override some of the
78 // properties and methods so that we can emulate this correctly.
80 event.__defineGetter__('target', function() {
84 var type = event.type;
86 if (type in this.listeners_) {
87 // Clone to prevent removal during dispatch
88 var handlers = this.listeners_[type].concat();
89 for (var i = 0, handler; handler = handlers[i]; i++) {
90 if (handler.handleEvent)
91 prevented |= handler.handleEvent.call(handler, event) === false;
93 prevented |= handler.call(this, event) === false;
97 return !prevented && !event.defaultPrevented;
103 EventTarget: EventTarget