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var _reach = _reach || [];
_reach.push({
  container: 'corp_stream',
  domain: 'http://socialcast.com/',
  token: '12345'
});

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(function(){
  
  // Private (not accessible in global scope)
  function UtilityFunction(){}
  function ThirdPartyAPI(){}
  
  // Export a single global access point the ThirdPartyAPI
  window.thirdPartyAPI = window.thirdPartyAPI || new ThirdPartyAPI();

})();

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(function(){
  var e = document.createElement('script'); e.type='text/javascript'; e.async = true;
  e.src = document.location.protocol + '//yourdomain.com/packaged_third_party_javascript.js';
  var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(e, s);
})();

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// Instantiate a Component
var newComponent = new Component({
  
  // Init creates domElement and associatedElements properties
  
  // Override removeElement method
  removeElement: function(){
    
    this.domElement.remove();
    

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// --------------------------------------------------------
// Excerpt from jQuery's cleanData() (MIT Licence)
// Embrace circular references in event bindings, but clean up.
if ( data && data.events ) {
  for ( var type in data.events ) {
    if ( special[ type ] ) {
      jQuery.event.remove( elem, type );
    } else {
      jQuery.removeEvent( elem, type, data.handle );
    }

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// MS example of a memory leak "caused by closure"

hookup(document.getElementById('menu'));

function hookup(element) {
  // Reference to #menu element available within 
  // mouse scope via closure
  function mouse (){}
  
  // mouse attached to #menu element via event.

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// Instantiate a Component (overriding removeElement method)
var newComponent = new Component({
  removeElement: function(){
    
    this.domElement.remove();

    this.trigger('removeElement');
    
  }
});

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// Remove the message from the Cache
// Must explicitly null out this reference for IE GC
messagesCache[messageID] = null;
delete messagesCache[messageID];