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The structure of Drupal.behaviors is rather similar in Drupal 7 and Drupal 8. Where do attach() and detach() come from? Thid code is from drupal.js , still wondering where attach method in this.attach is defined?

Drupal.attachBehaviors = function (context, settings) {
  context = context || document;
  settings = settings || Drupal.settings;
  // Execute all of them.
  $.each(Drupal.behaviors, function () {
    if ($.isFunction(this.attach)) {
      this.attach(context, settings);
    }
  });
};

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The attach() and detach() methods are part of the Behaviors interface defined by Drupal:

Any object defined as a property of Drupal.behaviors will get its attach() method called when the DOM has loaded both initially and after any AJAX calls.

https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/javascript-api/javascript-api-overview

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  • Thanx. I see that I didnt have good understanding of JS and declaring methods, I was thinking this was some already declared method like api.jquery.com/append that I can use on elements, objects. I dig a bit deeper and saw what is what.
    – Blissful
    Jan 25, 2019 at 11:58

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