event-stuffs.js

function MessageController() {
  pubsubthingy.on('MagicStoreThingy', 'delete messages', this.ondelete.bind(this));
}

MessageController.prototype = {
  ondelete: function(messages) {
    // how do we ask the view for the messages?
    var op = mailapi.deleteMessages(messages);
    

  }
};

// toolbar

function MessageListCard() {
  this.list = new List(....);

  
  this.magicdeletebutton.onclick = function() {
    pubsubthingy.emit('delete messages', this.list.getMessages());
  }.bind(this)
}

// view
function List() {  
}

List.prototype = {
  getCheckedMessages: function() {
    // who call this?
  }
}