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define a "have a listener for" concept on EventTarget
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gterzian committed Aug 10, 2018
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<p class="note no-backref">These algorithms only exist for checkbox and radio <{input}> elements and
are not to be used for anything else. [[!HTML]]

<p>An {{EventTarget}} object <var>target</var> is said to <dfn export>have a listener for</dfn>
<var>type</var> if <var>target</var>'s <a>event listener list</a> <a for=list>contains</a> an
<a>event listener</a> whose <a for="event listener">type</a> is <var>type</var>.

<p class="note no-backref">The presence, or absence, of event listeners
can not be relied on to design new APIs, see [[#observing-event-listeners]].

<dl class=domintro>
<dt><code><var>target</var> = new <a constructor for=EventTarget lt=EventTarget()>EventTarget</a>();</code>
<dd><p>Creates a new {{EventTarget}} object, which can be used by developers to <a>dispatch</a> and
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