added new fire() method which fires synthetic events and custom events. Simulate() now simulates user events with event bubbling

dist/kinetic-Global-current.min.js

@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
-var Kinetic={};Kinetic.Filters={},Kinetic.Plugins={},Kinetic.Global={BUBBLE_WHITELIST:["mousedown","mousemove","mouseup","mouseover","mouseout","mouseenter","mouseleave","click","dblclick","touchstart","touchmove","touchend","tap","dbltap","dragstart","dragmove","dragend"],BUFFER_WHITELIST:["fill","stroke","textFill","textStroke"],BUFFER_BLACKLIST:["shadow"],stages:[],idCounter:0,tempNodes:{},shapes:{},warn:function(a){console&&console.warn&&console.warn("Kinetic warning: "+a)},extend:function(a,b){for(var c in b.prototype)c in a.prototype||(a.prototype[c]=b.prototype[c])},_pullNodes:function(a){var b=this.tempNodes;for(var c in b){var d=b[c];d.getStage()!==undefined&&d.getStage()._id===a._id&&(a._addId(d),a._addName(d),this._removeTempNode(d))}},_addTempNode:function(a){this.tempNodes[a._id]=a},_removeTempNode:function(a){delete this.tempNodes[a._id]}};
+var Kinetic={};Kinetic.Filters={},Kinetic.Plugins={},Kinetic.Global={BUFFER_WHITELIST:["fill","stroke","textFill","textStroke"],BUFFER_BLACKLIST:["shadow"],stages:[],idCounter:0,tempNodes:{},shapes:{},warn:function(a){console&&console.warn&&console.warn("Kinetic warning: "+a)},extend:function(a,b){for(var c in b.prototype)c in a.prototype||(a.prototype[c]=b.prototype[c])},_pullNodes:function(a){var b=this.tempNodes;for(var c in b){var d=b[c];d.getStage()!==undefined&&d.getStage()._id===a._id&&(a._addId(d),a._addName(d),this._removeTempNode(d))}},_addTempNode:function(a){this.tempNodes[a._id]=a},_removeTempNode:function(a){delete this.tempNodes[a._id]}};

dist/kinetic-current.js

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ var Kinetic = {};
 Kinetic.Filters = {};
 Kinetic.Plugins = {};
 Kinetic.Global = {
-    BUBBLE_WHITELIST: ['mousedown', 'mousemove', 'mouseup', 'mouseover', 'mouseout', 'mouseenter', 'mouseleave', 'click', 'dblclick', 'touchstart', 'touchmove', 'touchend', 'tap', 'dbltap', 'dragstart', 'dragmove', 'dragend'],
     BUFFER_WHITELIST: ['fill', 'stroke', 'textFill', 'textStroke'],
     BUFFER_BLACKLIST: ['shadow'],
     stages: [],
@@ -1680,15 +1679,25 @@ Kinetic.Node.prototype = {
         }
     },
     /**
-     * simulate event
+     * simulate event with event bubbling
      * @name simulate
      * @methodOf Kinetic.Node.prototype
      * @param {String} eventType
-     * @param {Object} event attribute
+     * @param {EventObject} evt event object
      */
     simulate: function(eventType, evt) {
         this._handleEvent(eventType, evt || {});
     },
+    /**
+     * synthetically fire an event.  The event object will not bubble up the Node tree.  You can also pass in custom properties
+     * @name fire
+     * @methodOf Kinetic.Node.prototype
+     * @param {String} eventType
+     * @param {Object} obj optional object which can be used to pass parameters
+     */
+    fire: function(eventType, obj) {
+        this._executeHandlers(eventType, obj || {});
+    },
     /**
      * get absolute transform of the node which takes into
      *  account its parent transforms
@@ -1993,14 +2002,11 @@ Kinetic.Node.prototype = {
 
         if(okayToRun) {
             if(el[eventType]) {
-                var events = el[eventType];
-                for(var i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
-                    events[i].handler.apply(this, [evt]);
-                }
+                this.fire(eventType, evt);
             }
 
             // simulate event bubbling
-            if(Kinetic.Global.BUBBLE_WHITELIST.indexOf(eventType) >= 0 && !evt.cancelBubble && this.parent) {
+            if(!evt.cancelBubble && this.parent) {
                 if(compareShape && compareShape.parent) {
                     this._handleEvent.call(this.parent, eventType, evt, compareShape.parent);
                 }
@@ -2010,6 +2016,12 @@ Kinetic.Node.prototype = {
             }
         }
     },
+    _executeHandlers: function(eventType, evt) {
+        var events = this.eventListeners[eventType];
+        for(var i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
+            events[i].handler.apply(this, [evt]);
+        }
+    },
     _shouldDraw: function(canvas) {
         return (this.isVisible() && (!canvas || canvas.name !== 'buffer' || this.getListening()));
     }