Rewrite the holder to be a real object, that uses Backbone.Events to

dispatch everything.

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ define(function(require) {
     'use strict';
     var module = require('module');
     var rivets = require('rivets');
+    var Backbone = require('backbone');
     var $ = require('jquery');
 
     var rivetsBinderCall = function(binding, binderName, methodName, args) {
@@ -32,57 +33,65 @@ define(function(require) {
         }
     };
 
+    function createTriggerProxy(obj, eventName) {
+        return function() {
+            obj.trigger.apply(obj, [eventName].concat(_.toArray(arguments)));
+        };
+    }
+
+    function ErrorHandler(binding, el) {
+        var seen = {};
+        var observer = binding.observer;
+        var oldParent;
+        var parentObserver;
+        var keyPath = observer.key.path;
+        this.on('bind', function() {
+            render(el, 'bind');
+            render(el, 'validated', false);
+        });
+        this.on('focus', function() {
+            render(el, 'focus', false);
+        });
+        this.on('blur', function() {
+            seen[keyPath] = true;
+            render(el, 'blur', false);
+            if (observer.target) {
+                observer.target.validate();
+            }
+        });
+        this.on('validated', function(isValid, model, errors) {
+            var errorList = errors[keyPath];
+            if (errorList && seen[keyPath]) {
+                render(el, 'validated', errorList);
+            } else {
+                render(el, 'validated', false);
+            }
+        });
+        this.on('unbind', function() {
+            render(el, 'unbind');
+            $(el).off('.rivets-error-binder');
+        });
+        var $el = $(el);
+        $el.on('focus.rivets-error-binder', createTriggerProxy(this, 'focus'));
+        $el.on('blur.rivets-error-binder', createTriggerProxy(this, 'blur'));
+        if (observer.target) {
+            this.listenTo(observer.target, 'validated', createTriggerProxy(this, 'validated'));
+        }
+    }
+    _.extend(ErrorHandler.prototype, Backbone.Events);
+
     rivets.binders['error-*'] = {
         bind: function(el) {
-            var observer = this.observer;
-            var keyPath = observer.key.path;
-            var holder = this.validationHolder = {
-                //marker: el.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createComment(" rivets: " + this.type + " "), el),
-                observer: observer,
-                seen: {},
-                focus: function() {
-                    render(el, 'focus', false);
-                },
-                blur: function() {
-                    holder.seen[keyPath] = true;
-                    render(el, 'blur', false);
-                    if (observer.target) {
-                        observer.target.validate();
-                    }
-                },
-                validated: function(isValid, model, errors) {
-                    var errorList = errors[keyPath];
-                    if (errorList && holder.seen[keyPath]) {
-                        render(el, 'validated', errorList);
-                    } else {
-                        render(el, 'validated', false);
-                    }
-                }
-            };
-            $(el).on('focus.rivets-error-binder', holder.focus).on('blur.rivets-error-binder', holder.blur);
+            this.errorHandler = new ErrorHandler(this, el);
+            this.errorHandler.trigger('bind');
             rivetsBinderCall(this, this.args[0], 'bind', arguments);
-            render(el, 'bind');
-            render(el, 'validated', false);
         },
         unbind: function(el) {
-            var holder = this.validationHolder;
-            render(el, 'unbind');
-            $(this.validationHolder.marker).after(el).remove();
-            $(el).off('.rivets-error-binder');
-            if (holder.observer.target) {
-                holder.observer.target.off('validated', holder.validated);
-            }
-            delete this.validationHolder;
+            this.errorHandler.trigger('unbind');
+            delete this.errorHandler;
             rivetsBinderCall(this, this.args[0], 'unbind', arguments);
         },
         routine: function() {
-            var holder = this.validationHolder;
-            if (this.observer.target) {
-                this.observer.target.off('validated', holder.validated);
-            }
-            if (this.observer.target) {
-                this.observer.target.on('validated', holder.validated);
-            }
             rivetsBinderCall(this, this.args[0], 'routine', arguments);
         }
     };