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December 15, 2010 19:21
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A simple event disptacher to prevent leaks
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var eventData = {}; | |
(function(global){ | |
function createDispatcher(id){ | |
function dispatcher(){ | |
if(id in _evtData){ | |
_evtData[id].handler.apply(this, arguments); | |
} | |
} | |
return dispatcher; | |
} | |
var _nextId = 0; | |
function connectEvent(obj, evt, handler){ | |
var id = _nextId++; | |
var dispatcher = createDispatcher(id); | |
eventData[id] = { | |
eventName: evt, | |
handler: handler, | |
dispatcher: dispatcher, | |
element: obj | |
}; | |
obj.attachEvent(evt, dispatcher); | |
return id; | |
} | |
function disconnectEvent(id){ | |
if(!(id in eventData)){ | |
return; | |
} | |
var data = eventData[id]; | |
data.element.detachEvent(data.eventName, data.dispatcher); | |
delete eventData[id]; | |
} | |
global.connectEvent = connectEvent; | |
global.disconnectEvent = disconnectEvent; | |
})(this); | |
// to test if it leaks | |
(function(){ | |
var i =-1, l = 1000, container = document.getElementById("container"); | |
while (++i < l){ | |
var e = document.createElement("div"); | |
(function(elem){ | |
function LeakFunc(){ | |
elem.innerHTML = "foo"; | |
} | |
connectEvent(elem, "onclick", LeakFunc); | |
container.appendChild(elem); | |
})(e); | |
} | |
container.innerHTML = ""; | |
})(); |
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