Location Hash Changed Event Creator

lhc.js

/*
Copyright (c) 2010, Piotr Banasik <piotr.banasik@gmail.com>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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*/
LocationHashChangedEventCreator = Class.create({
  initialize: function() {
    this.timer = new PeriodicalExecuter(this.check_for_changes.bind(this), 0.1);
    this.last_value = window.location.hash
  },
  check_for_changes: function() {
    if(window.location.hash != this.last_value) {
      document.fire("location:hash:changed")
      this.last_value = window.location.hash
    }
  }
})