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stopBefore.js

2min screencast

Examples

stopBefore(document, 'getElementById')
stopBefore('document.getElementById') // the same as the previous
stopBefore(Element.prototype, 'removeChild')

stopAfter(Element.prototype, 'querySelectorAll')

Element.prototype.querySelectorAll.removeBreakpoint()

stopBefore.js

(function() {

	window.stopBefore = function stopBefore(object, methodName) {

		// stopBefore('Element.prototype.removeChild')
		if (typeof methodName == 'undefined' && typeof object == 'string') {
			var temp = resolvePath(object);
			object = temp.object;
			methodName = temp.methodName;
		}

		var originalMethod = object[methodName];
		object[methodName] = function patched() {
			debugger;
			var result = originalMethod.apply(this, arguments);
			return result;
		};

		object[methodName].removeBreakpoint = function() {
			object[methodName] = originalMethod;
		};

		object[methodName].__original = originalMethod;
	};


	window.stopAfter = function stopAfter(object, methodName) {

		// stopAfter('jQuery.fn.html')
		if (typeof methodName == 'undefined') {
			var temp = resolvePath(object);
			object = temp.object;
			methodName = temp.methodName;
		}

		var originalMethod = object[methodName];
		object[methodName] = function patched() {
			var result = originalMethod.apply(this, arguments);
			debugger;
			return result;
		};

		object[methodName].removeBreakpoint = function() {
			object[methodName] = originalMethod;
		};

		object[methodName].__original = originalMethod;
	};


	function resolvePath(path) {
		var object = this;
		var parts = path.split('.');
		for (var i = 0, ii = parts.length - 1; i < ii; i++) {
			object = object[parts[i]];
		}
		return {
			object: object,
			methodName: parts[ii]
		}
	}

})();