/*
Copyright (c) 2010, Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Code licensed under the BSD License:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/license.html
version: 2.8.1
*/
/**
* Augments the Element Utility with a <code>delegate</code> method that
* facilitates easy creation of delegated event listeners. (Note: Using CSS
* selectors as the filtering criteria for delegated event listeners requires
* inclusion of the Selector Utility.)
*
* @module element-delegate
* @title Element Event Delegation Module
* @namespace YAHOO.util
* @requires element, event-delegate
*/
(function () {
var Event = YAHOO.util.Event,
delegates = [],
specialTypes = {
mouseenter: true,
mouseleave: true
};
YAHOO.lang.augmentObject(YAHOO.util.Element.prototype, {
/**
* Appends a delegated event listener. Delegated event listeners
* receive two arguments by default: the DOM event and the element
* specified by the filtering function or CSS selector.
* (Note: Using the delegate method requires the element-delegate
* module. Using CSS selectors as the filtering criteria for delegated
* event listeners requires inclusion of the Selector Utility.)
* @method delegate
* @param {String} type The name of the event to listen for
* @param {Function} fn The handler to call when the event fires
* @param {Function|string} filter Function or CSS selector used to
* determine for what element(s) the event listener should be called.
* When a function is specified, the function should return an
* HTML element. Using a CSS Selector requires the inclusion of the
* CSS Selector Utility.
* @param {Any} obj A variable to pass to the handler
* @param {Object} scope The object to use for the scope of the handler
* @return {boolean} Returns true if the delegated event listener
* was added successfully
* @for Element
*/
delegate: function (type, fn, filter, obj, overrideContext) {
if (YAHOO.lang.isString(filter) && !YAHOO.util.Selector) {
YAHOO.log("Using a CSS selector to define the filtering criteria for a delegated listener requires the Selector Utility.", "error", "Element");
return false;
}
if (!Event._createDelegate) {
YAHOO.log("Using delegate functionality requires the event-delegate module.", "error", "Element");
return false;
}
var sType = Event._getType(type),
el = this.get("element"),
fnDelegate,
fnMouseDelegate,
fnWrapper = function (e) {
return fnDelegate.call(el, e);
};
if (specialTypes[type]) {
if (!Event._createMouseDelegate) {
YAHOO.log("Delegating a " + type + " event requires the event-mouseleave module.", "error", "Element");
return false;
}
fnMouseDelegate = Event._createMouseDelegate(fn, obj, overrideContext);
fnDelegate = Event._createDelegate(function (event, matchedEl, container) {
return fnMouseDelegate.call(matchedEl, event, container);
}, filter, obj, overrideContext);
}
else {
fnDelegate = Event._createDelegate(fn, filter, obj, overrideContext);
}
delegates.push([el, sType, fn, fnWrapper]);
return this.on(sType, fnWrapper);
},
/**
* Remove a delegated event listener
* @method removeDelegate
* @param {String} type The name of the event to listen for
* @param {Function} fn The function call when the event fires
* @return {boolean} Returns true if the unbind was successful, false
* otherwise.
* @for Element
*/
removeDelegate: function (type, fn) {
var sType = Event._getType(type),
index = Event._getCacheIndex(delegates, this.get("element"), sType, fn),
returnVal,
cacheItem;
if (index >= 0) {
cacheItem = delegates[index];
}
if (cacheItem) {
returnVal = this.removeListener(cacheItem[1], cacheItem[3]);
if (returnVal) {
delete delegates[index][2];
delete delegates[index][3];
delegates.splice(index, 1);
}
}
return returnVal;
}
});
}());
YAHOO.register("element-delegate", YAHOO.util.Element, {version: "2.8.1", build: "19"});