Understanding Advanced JavaScript Dean Edwards

Question

I need help understanding this part of the code. What is the point handler.guid? Why is there a need for a hash table?

What's the point:

if ( element["on" + type])
  {
  handlers[0] = element["on" + type];
  }

What does "this" mean in handleEventan addEvent element or function?

function addEvent(element, type, handler) 
  {
  // assign each event handler a unique ID
  if (!handler.$$guid) handler.$$guid = addEvent.guid++;

  // create a hash table of event types for the element
  if (!element.events) element.events = {};

  // create a hash table of event handlers for each element/event pair
  var handlers = element.events[type];

  if (!handlers) 
    {
    handlers = element.events[type] = {};
    // store the existing event handler (if there is one)
    if (element["on" + type]) 
      {
      handlers[0] = element["on" + type];
      }
    }

  // store the event handler in the hash table
  handlers[handler.$$guid] = handler;

  // assign a global event handler to do all the work
  element["on" + type] = handleEvent;
  }

// a counter used to create unique IDs
addEvent.guid = 1;


function removeEvent(element, type, handler) 
  {
  // delete the event handler from the hash table
  if (element.events && element.events[type]) 
    {
    delete element.events[type][handler.$$guid];
    }
  }


function handleEvent(event) 
  {
  // grab the event object (IE uses a global event object)
  event = event || window.event;

  // get a reference to the hash table of event handlers
  var handlers = this.events[event.type];

  // execute each event handler
  for (var i in handlers) 
    {
    this.$$handleEvent = handlers[i];
    this.$$handleEvent(event);
    }
  }

Answer 1

guidused to provide each event with a unique index, and a hash table is used to implement a dynamic distribution table. this.$$handleEventrefers to an item in the handler mapping table.

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