function-patterns/init-time-branching.html

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			/* Title: Init-time branching
			 Description: branch code once during initlization initialization
			 */

			// BEFORE
			/* var utils = {
			 addListener: function (el, type, fn) {
			 if (typeof window.addEventListener === 'function') {
			 el.addEventListener(type, fn, false);
			 } else if (typeof document.attachEvent !== 'undefined') {
			 el.attachEvent('on' + type, fn);
			 } else {
			 el['on' + type] = fn;
			 }
			 },
			 removeListener: function (el, type, fn) {
			 }
			 }; */

			// the interface
			var utils = {
				addListener:null,
				removeListener:null
			};

			// the implementation
			if (typeof window.addEventListener === 'function') {
				utils.addListener = function (el, type, fn) {
					el.addEventListener(type, fn, false);
				};
			} else if (typeof document.attachEvent !== 'undefined') { // IE
				utils.addListener = function (el, type, fn) {
					el.attachEvent('on' + type, fn);
				};
				utils.removeListener = function (el, type, fn) {
					el.detachEvent('on' + type, fn);
				};
			} else { // older browsers
				utils.addListener = function (el, type, fn) {
					el['on' + type] = fn;
				};
				utils.removeListener = function (el, type, fn) {
					el['on' + type] = null;
				};
			}

			// reference
			// http://www.jspatterns.com/
			// http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596806767.do?sortby=publicationDate
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