Binding events to the object's prototype

Binding events to the object's prototype

Hi there,

I've just discovered something quite interesting: has it occurred to anyone that it's possible to bind events to the object's prototype and that you can fire those events from an instance method with the object as a target ?... have a look at this snippet: 

  1. /* @Class */
  2. var MyClass = function () {...}

  4. /* @Members */
  5. MyClass.prototype.methodThatTriggersAnEvent = function () {

  7.       // some code here
  8.       $(this).trigger( 'myevent', [...] );

  10. }

  12. /* @Events */
  13. $(MyClass.prototype).bind({

  15.       'myevent' : function (e, params) {
  16.             console.debug(e.target); // e.target = MyClass instance
  17.       }

  19. });

  21. var myobj = new MyClass();
  22. myobj.methodThatTriggersAnEvent(); // will trigger 'myevent' with myobj as e.target
I regard this as a really interesting and useful feature. Anyway, I just wanted to share it in case someone was looking to implement some Observer patter or Event Pool system using jQuery bind/unbind/trigger methods.