Is it possible to call a class method with addEventListener?

Question

Just something I've been wondering. In the second parameter in the .addEventListener method, can you call a "(custom) class method" instead of a function?

i.e Would something like the following work?

var object = new ClassName();
document.getElementById('x').addEventListener('click', object.method, false);

Answer 1

No, what you've written wouldn't work, in that method would be invoked without object as its context. Inside method, this would be set to the DOM element which initiated the event.

If you want to invoke the method and retain the context, close over the object variable with a function:

var object = new ClassName();
document.getElementById('x').addEventListener('click', function () {
  object.method()
}, false);