Track whether object changed

Question

// A simple Javascript Object / String
var object = \"hello\";

// Imagine a button in the DOM, and if it\'s clicked the object value will change
document.getElement         


        

Answer 1

Well you can make it an actual oject with get and set methods:

// A simple Javascript Object 
var object = new (function(){
    this.text = 'hello';

    this.setText = function(msg){
         this.text = msg
         //on change event
    }
})();

// Imagine a button in the DOM, and if it's clicked the object value will change
document.getElementById("button").onclick = function(){
   object.setText('New Text');
}

Here is a demo fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/maniator/BSYpz/