Object.Event = {
    extend: function(object){
        object._objectEventSetup = function(event_name){
            this._observers = this._observers || {};
            this._observers[event_name] = this._observers[event_name] || [];
        };
        object.observe = function(event_name,observer){
            if(typeof(event_name) == 'string' && typeof(observer) != 'undefined'){
                this._objectEventSetup(event_name);
                if(!this._observers[event_name].include(observer))
                    this._observers[event_name].push(observer);
            }else
                for(var e in event_name)
                    this.observe(e,event_name[e]);
        };
        object.stopObserving = function(event_name,observer){
            this._objectEventSetup(event_name);
            if(event_name && observer)
                this._observers[event_name] = this._observers[event_name].without(observer);
            else if(event_name)
                this._observers[event_name] = [];
            else
                this._observers = {};
        };
        object.observeOnce = function(event_name,outer_observer){
            var inner_observer = function(){
                outer_observer.apply(this,arguments);
                this.stopObserving(event_name,inner_observer);
            }.bind(this);
            this._objectEventSetup(event_name);
            this._observers[event_name].push(inner_observer);
        };
        object.notify = function(event_name){
            this._objectEventSetup(event_name);
            var collected_return_values = [];
            var args = $A(arguments).slice(1);
            try{
                for(var i = 0; i < this._observers[event_name].length; ++i)
                    collected_return_values.push(this._observers[event_name][i].apply(this,args) || null);
            }catch(e){
                if(e == $break)
                    return false;
                else
                 return false;  //  throw e;
            }
            return collected_return_values;
        };
        if(object.prototype){
            object.prototype._objectEventSetup = object._objectEventSetup;
            object.prototype.observe = object.observe;
            object.prototype.stopObserving = object.stopObserving;
            object.prototype.observeOnce = object.observeOnce;
            object.prototype.notify = function(event_name){
                if(object.notify){
                    var args = $A(arguments).slice(1);
                    args.unshift(this);
                    args.unshift(event_name);
                    object.notify.apply(object,args);
                }
                this._objectEventSetup(event_name);
                var args = $A(arguments).slice(1);
                var collected_return_values = [];
                try{
                    if(this.options && this.options[event_name] && typeof(this.options[event_name]) == 'function')
                        collected_return_values.push(this.options[event_name].apply(this,args) || null);
                    var callbacks_copy = this._observers[event_name]; // since original array will be modified after observeOnce calls
                    for(var i = 0; i < callbacks_copy.length; ++i)
                        collected_return_values.push(callbacks_copy[i].apply(this,args) || null);
                }catch(e){
                    if(e == $break)
                        return false;
                    else
                        return false; //throw e;
                }
                return collected_return_values;
            };
        }
    }
};