I just caught up in a confusion.
if suppose I implement addEventListener() as a global function (unlike as a method of some specific node like node.addEventListener() ) then does it act just like a usual global function or something goes under the hood while executing the code ending up being a method of some specific node

Note: DOM level 2, which defined the addEVentListener, stipulates that handler gets registered to the node. so which node is it registered to; window object is not a node

I just caught up in a confusion.
if suppose I implement addEventListener() as a global function (unlike as a method of some specific node like node.addEventListener() ) then does it act just like a usual global function or something goes under the hood while executing the code ending up being a method of some specific node

Note: DOM level 2, which defined the addEVentListener, stipulates that handler gets registered to the node. so which node is it registered to; window object is not a node

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• Yes, addEventListener is a native method that is prototyped on every EventListener-patible object, creating a global function with the same name makes no difference – adeneo Commented Apr 22, 2017 at 10:47
• @adeneo but DOM level 2, which defined the addEVentListener, stipulates that handler gets registered to the node. so which node is it registered to; window object is not a node – Jake Commented Apr 22, 2017 at 10:54
• The window object represents a window containing a DOM document, it's not a "node" per se, but the spec says that the event target that addEventListener is attached to may be an Element in a document, the Document itself, a Window, or any other object that supports events (such as XMLHttpRequest). – adeneo Commented Apr 22, 2017 at 11:00
• Oops thankx for bringing this into the light that event target can be Window, but still there remains something.. event target can be Window but what would be the currentTarget (base) on which the handler is assigned (registered) – Jake Commented Apr 22, 2017 at 11:04

1 Answer 1

It will applies to the global object window (which have the function addEventListener). Because:

var a = 5;

console.log(a);
console.log(window.a);

Thus:

addEventListener( ... );

is the exact same things if you use:

window.addEventListener( ... );