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+/// <reference path="../jquery/jquery.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="ss-utils.d.ts" />
+
+declare var EventSource : sse.IEventSourceStatic;
+
+declare module sse {
+    interface IEventSourceStatic extends EventTarget {
+        new (url: string, eventSourceInitDict?: IEventSourceInit):IEventSourceStatic;
+        url: string;
+    }
+
+    interface IEventSourceInit {
+        withCredentials?: boolean;
+    }
+}
+
+function test_ssutils() {
+     $.ss.eventReceivers = { "document": document };
+
+    var source = new EventSource("/event-stream?channels=home,work");
+    $(source).handleServerEvents({
+        handlers: {
+            onConnect: function(connect:SSUtilsSSEConnect) {},
+            onHeartbeat: function(msg:SSUtilsSSEHeartbeat, e:MessageEvent){},
+            onJoin: function(msg:SSUtilsSSEJoin) {},
+            onLeave: function(msg:SSUtilsSSELeave) {}            
+        },
+        receivers: {
+            tv: {
+                watch: function(){}
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    $(document).bindHandlers({
+        announce: function (msg:string) {}
+    })
+    .on('customEvent', function (e, msg, msgEvent) { });
+    
+    $.ss.handlers["changeChannel"]("home");
+}
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diff --git a/ss-utils/ss-utils.d.ts b/ss-utils/ss-utils.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for ServiceStack Utils v0.0.1
+// Project: https://servicestack.net/
+// Definitions by: Demis Bellot <https://github.com/mythz/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference path="../jquery/jquery.d.ts" />
+
+interface JQuery {
+    setFieldError: (name: string, msg: string) => void;
+    serializeMap: () => { [index: string]: any };
+    applyErrors: (status: ResponseStatus, opt?: SSUtilsApplyErrorsOptions) => JQuery;
+    clearErrors: () => JQuery;
+    bindForm: (opt?: SSUtilsApplyErrorsOptions) => JQuery;
+    applyValues: (values: { [index: string]: string }) => JQuery;
+    bindHandlers: (handlers: { [index: string]: Function }) => JQuery;
+    setActiveLinks: () => JQuery;
+    handleServerEvents: (opt?: SSUtilsHandleServerEventsOptions) => void;
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsValidation {
+    overrideMessages: boolean;
+    messages: { [index: string]: string };
+    errorFilter: (errorMsg: string, errorCode: string, type: string) => void;
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsValidationOptional {
+    overrideMessages?: boolean;
+    messages?: { [index: string]: string };
+    errorFilter?: (errorMsg: string, errorCode: string, type: string) => void;
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsApplyErrorsOptions extends SSUtilsValidationOptional {
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsBindFormOptions {
+    validation?: SSUtilsValidationOptional;
+    validate?: (form: HTMLFormElement) => boolean;
+    onSubmitDisable?: string;
+    complete?: (...args: any[]) => void;
+    error?: (...args: any[]) => void;
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsHandleServerEventsOptions {
+    handlers?: { [index: string]: Function };
+    validate?: (op?: string, target?: string, msg?: string, json?: string) => boolean;
+    heartbeatUrl?: string;
+    heartbeatIntervalMs?: number;
+    unRegisterUrl?: string;
+    receivers?: { [index: string]: any };
+    success?: (selector: string, msg: string, e: any) => void;
+}
+
+interface ResponseStatus {
+    errorCode: string;
+    message: string;
+    stackTrace: string;
+    errors: ResponseError[];
+}
+interface ResponseError {
+    errorCode: string;
+    fieldName: string;
+    message: string;
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsStatic {
+    handlers: { [index: string]: Function };
+    onSubmitDisable: string;
+    validation: SSUtilsValidation;
+    clearAdjacentError: () => void;
+    todate: (s: string) => Date;
+    todfmt: (s: string) => string;
+    dfmt: (d: Date) => string;
+    dfmthm: (d: Date) => string;
+    tfmt12: (d: Date) => string;
+    splitOnFirst: (s: string) => string[];
+    splitOnLast: (s: string) => string[];
+    getSelection: () => string;
+    queryString: (url: string) => { [index: string]: string };
+    createUrl: (route: string, args?: any) => string;
+    humanize: (s: string) => string;
+
+    listenOn: string;
+    eventReceivers: any;
+    reconnectServerEvents: (opt: SSUtilsReconnectServerEventsOptions) => any;
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsReconnectServerEventsOptions {
+    url?: string;
+    onerror?: (...args: any[]) => void;
+    onmessage?: (...args: any[]) => void;
+    errorArgs: any[];
+}
+
+interface JQueryStatic {
+    ss: SSUtilsStatic;
+}
+
+interface SSUtilsSSECommand {
+    userId: string;
+    displayName: string;
+    channels: string;
+    profileUrl: string;
+}
+interface SSUtilsSSEHeartbeat extends SSUtilsSSECommand {}
+interface SSUtilsSSEJoin extends SSUtilsSSECommand {}
+interface SSUtilsSSELeave extends SSUtilsSSECommand {}
+interface SSUtilsSSEConnect extends SSUtilsSSECommand {
+    id: string;
+    unRegisterUrl: string;
+    heartbeatUrl: string;
+    heartbeatIntervalMs: number;
+    idleTimeoutMs: number;
+}