The default way we use addEventListener is in conjunction with a callback function:

document.querySelector('.alert-me')
    .addEventListener('click', () => alert('This is an alert !!!');

However, it seems we can also pass it objects, as long as they have defined the handleEvent() method:

class MyHandlerObj { 
    constructor() { 
        this.alerts = 0; 
    } 

    // we need to have this method as it is
    // defined in the `EventListener` interface
    handleEvent() { 
        this.alerts++; 
        alert('Alerts triggered ' + alerts); 
    }
} 

document.querySelector('.alert-me')
    .addEventListener('click', new MyHandlerObj());

And, based on this, we can build a parent like :

class MyComponent { 
    constructor (el) { 
        this.el = el
        this.el.addEventListener('click', this) 
    } 

    handleEvent (event) { 
        console.log('my component element was clicked') 
    } 

    destroy () { 
        this.el.removeEventListener('click', this) 
    } 
} 

const component = new MyComponent(document.querySelector('button') );

Coll stuff! Kudos to Stefan Judis for writing about this one .

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