Implementation of custom, async confirmation dialog with Rails UJS

jquery.rails.async-confirm-dialog.js

;(function($, document) {

  $(document).delegate('a[data-confirm]', 'confirm', function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var $link = $(this);

    // Placeholder for custom confirmation popup, etc
    my_custom_dialog_widget.confirm({
      message: $link.attr('data-confirm'),
      title: "Are you sure?",
      onConfirm: function() {
        // confirmation accepted
        $link.trigger('confirm:complete', true);
      },
      onCancel: function() {
        // confirmation rejected
        $link.trigger('confirm:complete', false);
      }
    });

    return false;
  });

  $(document).delegate('a[data-confirm]', 'confirm:complete', function(event, answer) {
    if (answer) {
      var $link = $(this);
      if ( $link.data('remote') ) {
        $.rails.handleRemote($link);
      } else {
        $.rails.handleMethod($link);
      }
    }
  });

})(jQuery, document);