Question

I need a hasEvents() method like

var someBool = hasEvents($('#myelement')); 

that returns true if there are some bound events to any of the element’s event handlers.

Answer 1

have you taken a look at the hasEvent() plugin? the code is pretty small:

(function(A) {     A.fn.hasEvent = function(C) {        var B = this.data('events');        return( B && B[C] )     } }) (jQuery) 

for your specific purpose you could modify it slightly:

(function($) {     $.fn.hasEvents = function() {         return new Boolean(this.data('events') );     } }) (jQuery);  $('#someDiv').click(function() {     alert('new event'); });  $('#someDiv').hasEvents();      // true $('#someOtherDiv').hasEvents(); // false