jquery event: jQuery.Event can be instantiated without the 'new' keyword.

diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 33026561a72d875d6b618888aade4eb62529fd0c..74bc1df2986412f22b0a184a5347aa1810573f8a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ jQuery.event = {
                                // jQuery.Event object
                                e[expando] ? e :
                                // Object literal
-                               jQuery.extend( new jQuery.Event(type), e ) :
+                               jQuery.extend( jQuery.Event(type), e ) :
                                // Just the event type (string)
-                               new jQuery.Event(type);
+                               jQuery.Event(type);
                                
                        e.target = e.target || elem;
                        e.currentTarget = elem;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
                // store a copy of the original event object
                // and "clone" to set read-only properties
                var originalEvent = event;
-               event = new jQuery.Event( originalEvent );
+               event = jQuery.Event( originalEvent );
 
                for ( var i = this.props.length, prop; i; ){
                        prop = this.props[ --i ];
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ jQuery.event = {
 };
 
 jQuery.Event = function( src ){
+       // Allow instantiation without the 'new' keyword
+       if( !this.preventDefault )
+               return new jQuery.Event(src);
+       
        // Event object
        if( src && src.type ){
                this.originalEvent = src;

diff --git a/test/unit/event.js b/test/unit/event.js
index 296c092c4c24f43fa3ac09b475573191b4470195..fd91819356a45a8470a55a981cf6138658502d8e 100644 (file)
--- a/test/unit/event.js
+++ b/test/unit/event.js
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ test("unbind(event)", function() {
 });
 
 test("trigger(event, [data], [fn])", function() {
-       expect(67);
+       expect(69);
 
        var handler = function(event, a, b, c) {
                equals( event.type, "click", "check passed data" );
@@ -330,8 +330,13 @@ test("trigger(event, [data], [fn])", function() {
        // Triggers 8
        equals( $elem.triggerHandler("click", [1, "2", "abc"], handler2), false, "Verify handler response" );
 
+       var eventObj = jQuery.Event("noNew");
+       
+       ok( eventObj != window, "Instantiate jQuery.Event without the 'new' keyword" );
+       equals( eventObj.type, "noNew", "Verify its type" );
+       
        // Build fake click event to pass in
-       var eventObj = new jQuery.Event("click");
+       eventObj = new jQuery.Event("click");
 
        // Trigger only the handlers (no native), with external event obj
        // Triggers 5