polyfill.js

(function () {
	var unlistenableWindowEvents = {
		click: 1,
		dblclick: 1,
		keyup: 1,
		keypress: 1,
		keydown: 1,
		mousedown: 1,
		mouseup: 1,
		mousemove: 1,
		mouseover: 1,
		mouseenter: 1,
		mouseleave: 1,
		mouseout: 1,
		storage: 1,
		storagecommit: 1,
		textinput: 1
	};

	function indexOf(array, element) {
		var
		index = -1,
		length = array.length;

		while (++index < length) {
			if (index in array && array[index] === element) {
				return index;
			}
		}

		return -1;
	}

	var existingProto = (window.Event && window.Event.prototype) || null;
	window.Event = Window.prototype.Event = function Event(type, eventInitDict) {
		if (!type) {
			throw new Error('Not enough arguments');
		}

		// Shortcut if browser supports createEvent
		if ('createEvent' in document) {
			var event = document.createEvent('Event');
			var bubbles = eventInitDict && eventInitDict.bubbles !== undefined ? eventInitDict.bubbles : false;
			var cancelable = eventInitDict && eventInitDict.cancelable !== undefined ? eventInitDict.cancelable : false;

			event.initEvent(type, bubbles, cancelable);

			return event;
		}

		var event = document.createEventObject();

		event.type = type;
		event.bubbles = eventInitDict && eventInitDict.bubbles !== undefined ? eventInitDict.bubbles : false;
		event.cancelable = eventInitDict && eventInitDict.cancelable !== undefined ? eventInitDict.cancelable : false;

		return event;
	};
	if (existingProto) {
		Object.defineProperty(window.Event, 'prototype', {
			configurable: false,
			enumerable: false,
			writable: true,
			value: existingProto
		});
	}

	if (!('createEvent' in document)) {
		window.addEventListener = Window.prototype.addEventListener = Document.prototype.addEventListener = Element.prototype.addEventListener = function addEventListener() {
			var
			element = this,
			type = arguments[0],
			listener = arguments[1];

			if (element === window && type in unlistenableWindowEvents) {
				throw new Error('In IE8 the event: ' + type + ' is not available on the window object. Please see https://github.com/Financial-Times/polyfill-service/issues/317 for more information.');
			}

			if (!element._events) {
				element._events = {};
			}

			if (!element._events[type]) {
				element._events[type] = function (event) {
					var
					list = element._events[event.type].list,
					events = list.slice(),
					index = -1,
					length = events.length,
					eventElement;

					event.preventDefault = function preventDefault() {
						if (event.cancelable !== false) {
							event.returnValue = false;
						}
					};

					event.stopPropagation = function stopPropagation() {
						event.cancelBubble = true;
					};

					event.stopImmediatePropagation = function stopImmediatePropagation() {
						event.cancelBubble = true;
						event.cancelImmediate = true;
					};

					event.currentTarget = element;
					event.relatedTarget = event.fromElement || null;
					event.target = event.target || event.srcElement || element;
					event.timeStamp = new Date().getTime();

					if (event.clientX) {
						event.pageX = event.clientX + document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
						event.pageY = event.clientY + document.documentElement.scrollTop;
					}

					while (++index < length && !event.cancelImmediate) {
						if (index in events) {
							eventElement = events[index];

							if (indexOf(list, eventElement) !== -1 && typeof eventElement === 'function') {
								eventElement.call(element, event);
							}
						}
					}
				};

				element._events[type].list = [];

				if (element.attachEvent) {
					element.attachEvent('on' + type, element._events[type]);
				}
			}

			element._events[type].list.push(listener);
		};

		window.removeEventListener = Window.prototype.removeEventListener = Document.prototype.removeEventListener = Element.prototype.removeEventListener = function removeEventListener() {
			var
			element = this,
			type = arguments[0],
			listener = arguments[1],
			index;

			if (element._events && element._events[type] && element._events[type].list) {
				index = indexOf(element._events[type].list, listener);

				if (index !== -1) {
					element._events[type].list.splice(index, 1);

					if (!element._events[type].list.length) {
						if (element.detachEvent) {
							element.detachEvent('on' + type, element._events[type]);
						}
						delete element._events[type];
					}
				}
			}
		};

		window.dispatchEvent = Window.prototype.dispatchEvent = Document.prototype.dispatchEvent = Element.prototype.dispatchEvent = function dispatchEvent(event) {
			if (!arguments.length) {
				throw new Error('Not enough arguments');
			}

			if (!event || typeof event.type !== 'string') {
				throw new Error('DOM Events Exception 0');
			}

			var element = this, type = event.type;

			try {
				if (!event.bubbles) {
					event.cancelBubble = true;

					var cancelBubbleEvent = function (event) {
						event.cancelBubble = true;

						(element || window).detachEvent('on' + type, cancelBubbleEvent);
					};

					this.attachEvent('on' + type, cancelBubbleEvent);
				}

				this.fireEvent('on' + type, event);
			} catch (error) {
				event.target = element;

				do {
					event.currentTarget = element;

					if ('_events' in element && typeof element._events[type] === 'function') {
						element._events[type].call(element, event);
					}

					if (typeof element['on' + type] === 'function') {
						element['on' + type].call(element, event);
					}

					element = element.nodeType === 9 ? element.parentWindow : element.parentNode;
				} while (element && !event.cancelBubble);
			}

			return true;
		};

		// Add the DOMContentLoaded Event
		document.attachEvent('onreadystatechange', function() {
			if (document.readyState === 'complete') {
				document.dispatchEvent(new Event('DOMContentLoaded', {
					bubbles: true
				}));
			}
		});
	}
}());