From f9851e9f1e94ca095f2ad3610e9e9f2b20d72fdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Higgins <dante@adcsugr.local>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:02:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adding in hitch() plugin

---
 hitch.js | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 hitch.js

diff --git a/hitch.js b/hitch.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a5f034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hitch.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+	jQuery.hitch() -  Advanced scope manipulation for jQuery 
+	version: 0.1, Peter Higgins (dante at dojotoolkit.org)
+
+	(c) 2004-2010 The Dojo Foundation - adapted from `dojo.hitch`
+	Either AFL/New BSD license, see: http://dojotoolkit.org/license 
+
+	usage 1:
+	
+		var obj = {
+			attr: "blah",
+			func: function(){
+				console.log(this.attr);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// most useful example out of context, with setTimeout/Interval:
+		setInterval($.hitch(obj, "func"), 2100) // call obj.func() in scope of obj
+		setTimeout($.hitch(obj, function(){
+			this.attr = "blargh";
+			this.func();
+		}), 2100);
+	
+	usage 2:
+		
+		// pseudo-class
+		var Thinger = function(){
+			this.foo = "bar";
+			this.bar = function(event){
+				// super generic function to reuse lots
+				this.foo = $(event.target).attr("id");
+			}
+		}
+		
+		var mine = new Thinger();
+		var yours = new Thinger();
+		
+		$(".foo").click($.hitch(mine, "bar"));
+		$(mine).bind("bar", $.hitch(yours, "bar"));
+		
+*/
+;(function($){
+
+	$.hitch = function(scope, method){
+		// summary: Create a function that will only ever execute in a given scope
+		if(!method){ method = scope; scope = null; }
+		if(typeof method == "string"){
+			scope = scope || window;
+			if(!scope[method]){ throw(['method not found']); }
+			return function(){ return scope[method].apply(scope, arguments || []); };
+		}
+		return !scope ? method : function(){ return method.apply(scope, arguments || []); };
+	}
+
+})(jQuery);
+