Attaching jQuery event handlers so that they are triggered first

Question

Is there a way to attach a jQuery event handler such that the handler is triggered before any previously-attached event handlers? I came across this article, but the code d

Answer 1

My best attempt.
I had code that was structured as follows:

var $body = jQuery('body');
$body.on({
    'click': function(event){
    }
});

To then ensure that the callback was the first one called, I used this function:

/**
 * promoteLastEvent
 * 
 * @access  public
 * @param   jQuery $element
 * @param   String eventName
 * @return  void
 */
function promoteLastEvent($element, eventName) {
    var events = jQuery._data($element.get(0), 'events'),
        eventNameEvents = events[eventName],
        lastEvent = eventNameEvents.pop();
    eventNameEvents.splice(1, 0, lastEvent);
};

This is called as follows:

promoteLastEvent($body, 'click');

It works quite well for me, given my limited use of $.fn.on.