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static Class Event

The event utility provides functions to add and remove event listeners, event cleansing. It also tries to automatically remove listeners it registers during the unload event.

Properties

DOMReady - static boolean

True when the document is initially usable

lastError - static Error

addListener/removeListener can throw errors in unexpected scenarios. These errors are suppressed, the method returns false, and this property is set

POLL_INTERVAL - static final int

The poll interval in milliseconds

POLL_RETRYS - static final int

The number of times we should look for elements that are not in the DOM at the time the event is requested after the document has been loaded. The default is 2000@amp;20 ms, so it will poll for 40 seconds or until all outstanding handlers are bound (whichever comes first).

Methods

attach

static Boolean attach ( type , fn , el , obj , args )
Appends an event handler
Parameters:
type <String> The type of event to append
fn <Function> The method the event invokes
el <String|HTMLElement|Array|NodeList> An id, an element reference, or a collection of ids and/or elements to assign the listener to.
obj <Object> An arbitrary object that will be passed as a parameter to the handler
args <Boolean|object> 0..n arguments to pass to the callback
Returns: Boolean
True if the action was successful or defered, false if one or more of the elements could not have the listener attached, or if the operation throws an exception.

detach

static boolean detach ( el , type , fn )
Removes an event listener. Supports the signature the event was bound with, but the preferred way to remove listeners is using the handle that is returned when using Y.on
Parameters:
el <String|HTMLElement|Array|NodeList> An id, an element reference, or a collection of ids and/or elements to remove the listener from.
type <String> the type of event to remove.
fn <Function> the method the event invokes. If fn is undefined, then all event handlers for the type of event are * removed.
Returns: boolean
true if the unbind was successful, false * otherwise.

generateId

static string generateId ( el )
Generates an unique ID for the element if it does not already have one.
Parameters:
el <object> the element to create the id for
Returns: string
the resulting id of the element

getEvent

static Event getEvent ( e , el )
Finds the event in the window object, the caller's arguments, or in the arguments of another method in the callstack. This is executed automatically for events registered through the event manager, so the implementer should not normally need to execute this function at all.
Parameters:
e <Event> the event parameter from the handler
el <HTMLElement> the element the listener was attached to
Returns: Event
the event

getListeners

static Y.Custom.Event getListeners ( el , type )
Returns all listeners attached to the given element via addListener. Optionally, you can specify a specific type of event to return.
Parameters:
el <HTMLElement|string> the element or element id to inspect
type <string> optional type of listener to return. If left out, all listeners will be returned
Returns: Y.Custom.Event
the custom event wrapper for the DOM event(s)

onAvailable

static void onAvailable ( id , fn , p_obj , p_override , checkContent )
Executes the supplied callback when the item with the supplied id is found. This is meant to be used to execute behavior as soon as possible as the page loads. If you use this after the initial page load it will poll for a fixed time for the element. The number of times it will poll and the frequency are configurable. By default it will poll for 10 seconds.

The callback is executed with a single parameter: the custom object parameter, if provided.

Parameters:
id <string||string[]> the id of the element, or an array of ids to look for.
fn <function> what to execute when the element is found.
p_obj <object> an optional object to be passed back as a parameter to fn.
p_override <boolean|object> If set to true, fn will execute in the context of p_obj, if set to an object it will execute in the context of that object
checkContent <boolean> check child node readiness (onContentReady)
Returns: void
Deprecated Use Y.on("available")

onContentReady

static void onContentReady ( id , fn , p_obj , p_override )
Works the same way as onAvailable, but additionally checks the state of sibling elements to determine if the content of the available element is safe to modify.

The callback is executed with a single parameter: the custom object parameter, if provided.

Parameters:
id <string> the id of the element to look for.
fn <function> what to execute when the element is ready.
p_obj <object> an optional object to be passed back as a parameter to fn.
p_override <boolean|object> If set to true, fn will execute in the context of p_obj. If an object, fn will exectute in the context of that object
Returns: void
Deprecated Use Y.on("contentready")

purgeElement

static void purgeElement ( el , recurse , type )
Removes all listeners attached to the given element via addListener. Optionally, the node's children can also be purged. Optionally, you can specify a specific type of event to remove.
Parameters:
el <HTMLElement> the element to purge
recurse <boolean> recursively purge this element's children as well. Use with caution.
type <string> optional type of listener to purge. If left out, all listeners will be removed
Returns: void


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