Is there a jQuery Equivalent of YUI 2 Custom Event Publish/Subscribe Event Model?
- by Abe
Hello!
I learned how to develop in Javascript using the YUI 2 library and was wondering if there is a jQuery equivalent of Custom Events (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/event/#customevent)
Specifically, I want to be able to define custom events without having to attach the listeners initially.
In YUI, I would create a page class and declare different custom events that can be subscribed to. Below is some example code to demonstrate what I want to do, but with jQuery
function ListPage() {
var me = this;
this.initEvent = new YAHOO.util.CustomEvent("initEvent");
this.init = function() {
// initialize events, DOM, etc
this.initEvent.fire(me);
}
}
In application Javascript, I would then like to subscribe to the initEvent.
var page = new ListPage();
page.initEvent.subscribe(
function (type, args) {
// do stuff here
}
);
page.init();
Are there any tutorials/examples of something this in jQuery?
I understand I can do something similar using bind() and trigger(), but the impression I get is I have to pass in the event handler when I call bind().
Is it possible in jQuery to create the custom event, but pass in the event handler later?
I hope my question makes sense. thanks!
