Merging in jQuery.proxy() branch.
[jquery.git] / src / core.js
index 8bd8044..975d23c 100644 (file)
@@ -619,6 +619,37 @@ jQuery.extend({
                return ret.concat.apply( [], ret );
        },
 
+       // A global GUID counter for objects
+       guid: 1,
+
+       proxy: function( fn, proxy, thisObject ) {
+               if ( arguments.length === 2 ) {
+                       if ( typeof proxy === "string" ) {
+                               thisObject = fn;
+                               fn = thisObject[ proxy ];
+                               proxy = undefined;
+
+                       } else if ( proxy && !jQuery.isFunction( proxy ) ) {
+                               thisObject = proxy;
+                               proxy = undefined;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if ( !proxy && fn ) {
+                       proxy = function() {
+                               return fn.apply( thisObject || this, arguments );
+                       };
+               }
+
+               // Set the guid of unique handler to the same of original handler, so it can be removed
+               if ( fn ) {
+                       proxy.guid = fn.guid = fn.guid || proxy.guid || jQuery.guid++;
+               }
+
+               // So proxy can be declared as an argument
+               return proxy;
+       },
+
        // Use of jQuery.browser is frowned upon.
        // More details: http://docs.jquery.com/Utilities/jQuery.browser
        uaMatch: function( ua ) {