jQuery: global exception handler [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can use window.onerror : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.onerror

window.onerror = function errorHandler(msg, url, line) {

  console.log(arguments);

  // Just let default handler run.
  return false;
}

Answer 2

I guess this can be achieved using concepts from the Aspect-oriented programming.

We can simply create a wrapper of jQuery.event.dispatch which will handle the errors:

(function () {
    var temp = jQuery.event.handle;
    jQuery.event.handle = function () {
       try {
          temp.apply(this, arguments);
       } catch (e) {
          console.log('Error while dispatching the event.');
       }
    }
}());
$(document).click(function () {
    throw 'Some error...';
});

Using this approach you must be very careful because of changes in the internal interface

• Note the example above works for jQuery v1.6.3, in jQuery 1.7.1 jQuery.event.dispatch instead of jQuery.event.handle.