Binding a function, with a specified context, to an element. - CORRECT
from jquery ninja book
by dandoyon
HTML
<ul id="results"></ul>
<button id="test">Click Me!</button>
CSS
#results li.pass { color: green; }
#results li.fail { color: red; }
JavaScript
function assert(value, desc) {
var li = document.createElement("li");
li.className = value ? "pass" : "fail";
li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(desc));
document.getElementById("results").appendChild(li);
}
function bind(context, name) {
return function() {
return context[name].apply(context, arguments);
};
}
var Button = {
click: function() {
this.clicked = true;
}
};
var elem = document.getElementById("test");
elem.addEventListener("click", bind(Button, "click"), false);
$(elem).trigger("click");
assert(Button.clicked, "The clicked property was set on our object");