// Bind a function’s scope at definition instead of execution.  Useful

// for controlling the 'this' pointer in callbacks.

Function.prototype.bind = function(obj) {

    var method = this,

    temp = function() {

        return method.apply(obj, arguments);

    };

    return temp;

}

function createDelegate(object, method) {

    var shim = function()

        {

            method.apply(object, arguments);

        }

    return shim;

}