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    /**
     * Functionality to make the node a delegated event container
     * @module node
     * @submodule node-event-delegate
     */

    /**
     * Functionality to make the node a delegated event container
     * @method delegate
     * @param type {String} the event type to delegate
     * @param fn {Function} the function to execute
     * @param selector {String} a selector that must match the target of the event.
     * @return {Event.Handle} the detach handle
     * @for Node
     */
    Y.Node.prototype.delegate = function(type, fn, selector, context) {
        context = context || this;
        var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 4),
            a = ['delegate', fn, Y.Node.getDOMNode(this), type, selector, context];
        a = a.concat(args);
        return Y.on.apply(Y, a);
    };

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