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Detect changes in the DOM
(function (window) {
var last = +new Date();
var delay = 100; // default delay
// Manage event queue
var stack = [];
function callback() {
var now = +new Date();
if (now - last > delay) {
for (var i = 0; i < stack.length; i++) {
stack[i]();
}
last = now;
}
}
// Public interface
var onDomChange = function (fn, newdelay) {
if (newdelay) delay = newdelay;
stack.push(fn);
};
// Naive approach for compatibility
function naive() {
var last = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
var lastlen = last.length;
var timer = setTimeout(function check() {
// get current state of the document
var current = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
var len = current.length;
// if the length is different
// it's fairly obvious
if (len != lastlen) {
// just make sure the loop finishes early
last = [];
}
// go check every element in order
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (current[i] !== last[i]) {
callback();
last = current;
lastlen = len;
break;
}
}
// over, and over, and over again
setTimeout(check, delay);
}, delay);
}
//
// Check for mutation events support
//
var support = {};
var el = document.documentElement;
var remain = 3;
// callback for the tests
function decide() {
if (support.DOMNodeInserted) {
window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
if (support.DOMSubtreeModified) { // for FF 3+, Chrome
el.addEventListener('DOMSubtreeModified', callback, false);
} else { // for FF 2, Safari, Opera 9.6+
el.addEventListener('DOMNodeInserted', callback, false);
el.addEventListener('DOMNodeRemoved', callback, false);
}
}, false);
} else if (document.onpropertychange) { // for IE 5.5+
document.onpropertychange = callback;
} else { // fallback
naive();
}
}
// checks a particular event
function test(event) {
el.addEventListener(event, function fn() {
support[event] = true;
el.removeEventListener(event, fn, false);
if (--remain === 0) decide();
}, false);
}
// attach test events
if (window.addEventListener) {
test('DOMSubtreeModified');
test('DOMNodeInserted');
test('DOMNodeRemoved');
} else {
decide();
}
// do the dummy test
var dummy = document.createElement("div");
el.appendChild(dummy);
el.removeChild(dummy);
// expose
window.onDomChange = onDomChange;
})(window);
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