- var events = elemData.events || (elemData.events = {}),
- handle = elemData.handle, eventHandle;
+ var events = elemData[ eventKey ],
+ eventHandle = elemData.handle;
+
+ if ( typeof events === "function" ) {
+ // On plain objects events is a fn that holds the the data
+ // which prevents this data from being JSON serialized
+ // the function does not need to be called, it just contains the data
+ eventHandle = events.handle;
+ events = events.events;
+
+ } else if ( !events ) {
+ if ( !elem.nodeType ) {
+ // On plain objects, create a fn that acts as the holder
+ // of the values to avoid JSON serialization of event data
+ elemData[ eventKey ] = elemData = function(){};
+ }