Pass javascript function as data-* attribute and execute
We know such syntaxes as below, when defining a value for onClick attribute:
<button type="submit" onclick="alert('hi');"></button>
<button type="submit" onclick="doWork"></button> <!-- This one doesn't work -->
<button type="submit" onclick="doWork()"></button>
<button type="submit" onclick="doWork('Mike', 2)"></button>
What I'm interested in is to define a custom data-attribute and execute the value as follows:
<button type="submit" data-callback="alert('hi');" class="marker"></button>
<button type="submit" data-callback="doWork" class="marker"></button>
<button type="submit" data-callback="doWork()" class="marker"></button>
<button type="submit" data-callback="doWork('Mike', 2)" class="marker"></button>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery("body").on("click","button.marker", function(e) {
var callback = jQuery(e.currentTarget).data("callback");
// Now I need to execute the callback no matter of the format
// 1. Execute as function's body
// 2. Or by function 'name'
// 3. Or by function 'name' with 0 parameters
// 4. Or by function 'name' with n parameters
})
function doWork(name, nr){
var personName = name || "Unnamed";
var personNr = nr || 0;
alert("Name is: " + personName + " Nr: " + personNr);
}
</script>
I've pasted the sample to jsBin
How to accomplish same behaviour using custom data-attributes?
Answer
One way is to use eval()
jQuery(".container").on("click", "button.marker", function (e) {
var callback = jQuery(e.currentTarget).data("callback");
var x = eval(callback)
if (typeof x == 'function') {
x()
}
});
Demo: Fiddle
Note: Make sure it is safe in your environment, ie there is no possibility of script injection because of bad input from users