Namespace everything under Rivets and rewrite the registerBinding function as a new class.

 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.3.1
 (function() {
-  var attributeBinding, bidirectionals, bindings, getInputValue, registerBinding, rivets, stateBinding,
+  var Rivets,
+    __bind = function(fn, me){ return function(){ return fn.apply(me, arguments); }; },
     __indexOf = [].indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (i in this && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; };
 
-  registerBinding = function(el, adapter, type, context, keypath) {
-    var bind;
-    bind = bindings[type] || attributeBinding(type);
-    bind(el, adapter.read(context, keypath));
-    adapter.subscribe(context, keypath, function(value) {
-      return bind(el, value);
-    });
-    if (__indexOf.call(bidirectionals, type) >= 0) {
-      return el.addEventListener('change', function() {
-        return adapter.publish(context, keypath, getInputValue(this));
-      });
-    }
+  Rivets = {
+    Helpers: {}
   };
 
-  getInputValue = function(el) {
+  Rivets.Binding = (function() {
+
+    Binding.name = 'Binding';
+
+    function Binding(el, adapter, type, context, keypath) {
+      this.el = el;
+      this.adapter = adapter;
+      this.type = type;
+      this.context = context;
+      this.keypath = keypath;
+      this.bind = __bind(this.bind, this);
+
+      this.set = __bind(this.set, this);
+
+      this.routine = Rivets.bindings[this.type] || Rivets.Helpers.attributeBinding(this.type);
+    }
+
+    Binding.prototype.set = function(value) {
+      if (value == null) {
+        value = null;
+      }
+      return this.routine(this.el, value || this.adapter.read(this.context, this.keypath));
+    };
+
+    Binding.prototype.bind = function() {
+      var _ref,
+        _this = this;
+      this.adapter.subscribe(this.context, this.keypath, function(value) {
+        return _this.set(value);
+      });
+      if (_ref = this.type, __indexOf.call(Rivets.bidirectionals, _ref) >= 0) {
+        return this.el.addEventListener('change', function(el) {
+          return _this.adapter.publish(_this.context, _this.keypath, Rivets.Helpers.getInputValue(el));
+        });
+      }
+    };
+
+    return Binding;
+
+  })();
+
+  Rivets.Helpers.getInputValue = function(el) {
     switch (el.type) {
       case 'text':
       case 'textarea':
@@ -30,7 +62,7 @@
     }
   };
 
-  attributeBinding = function(attr) {
+  Rivets.Helpers.attributeBinding = function(attr) {
     return function(el, value) {
       if (value) {
         return el.setAttribute(attr, value);
@@ -40,22 +72,24 @@
     };
   };
 
-  stateBinding = function(attr, inverse) {
+  Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding = function(attr, inverse) {
     if (inverse == null) {
       inverse = false;
     }
     return function(el, value) {
-      return attributeBinding(attr)(el, inverse === !value ? attr : false);
+      var binding;
+      binding = Rivets.Helpers.attributeBinding(attr);
+      return binding(el, inverse === !value ? attr : false);
     };
   };
 
-  bindings = {
-    checked: stateBinding('checked'),
-    selected: stateBinding('selected'),
-    disabled: stateBinding('disabled'),
-    unchecked: stateBinding('checked', true),
-    unselected: stateBinding('selected', true),
-    enabled: stateBinding('disabled', true),
+  Rivets.bindings = {
+    checked: Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding('checked'),
+    selected: Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding('selected'),
+    disabled: Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding('disabled'),
+    unchecked: Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding('checked', true),
+    unselected: Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding('selected', true),
+    enabled: Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding('disabled', true),
     text: function(el, value) {
       return el.innerText = value || '';
     },
@@ -73,14 +107,14 @@
     }
   };
 
-  bidirectionals = ['value', 'checked', 'unchecked', 'selected', 'unselected'];
+  Rivets.bidirectionals = ['value', 'checked', 'unchecked', 'selected', 'unselected'];
 
-  rivets = {
+  Rivets["interface"] = {
     register: function(routine, routineFunction) {
-      return bindings[routine] = routineFunction;
+      return Rivets.bindings[routine] = routineFunction;
     },
     bind: function(el, adapter, contexts) {
-      var attribute, context, keypath, node, path, type, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
+      var attribute, binding, context, keypath, node, path, type, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
       if (contexts == null) {
         contexts = {};
       }
@@ -99,7 +133,8 @@
               path = attribute.value.split('.');
               context = path.shift();
               keypath = path.join('.');
-              _results1.push(registerBinding(node, adapter, type, contexts[context], keypath));
+              binding = new Rivets.Binding(node, adapter, type, contexts[context], keypath);
+              _results1.push(binding.bind());
             } else {
               _results1.push(void 0);
             }
@@ -112,9 +147,9 @@
   };
 
   if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module !== null) {
-    module.exports = rivets;
+    module.exports = Rivets["interface"];
   } else {
-    this.rivets = rivets;
+    this.rivets = Rivets["interface"];
   }
 
 }).call(this);

@@ -3,53 +3,60 @@
 #     author : Michael Richards
 #     license : MIT
 
-# Registers a specific binding routine between a model object and a DOM element.
-# All information for that routine is passed in when calling this function; the
-# specific element to bind to, an adapter interface for the model object, the
-# type of binding, the context object and the keypath at which to subscribe to
-# on the model object.
-registerBinding = (el, adapter, type, context, keypath) ->
-  bind = bindings[type] || attributeBinding type
-  bind el, adapter.read context, keypath
+Rivets =
+  Helpers: {}
 
-  adapter.subscribe context, keypath, (value) ->
-    bind el, value
+class Rivets.Binding
+  constructor: (@el, @adapter, @type, @context, @keypath) ->
+    @routine = Rivets.bindings[@type] || Rivets.Helpers.attributeBinding @type
 
-  if type in bidirectionals
-    el.addEventListener 'change', ->
-      adapter.publish context, keypath, getInputValue this
+  # Sets a value for this binding. Basically just runs the routine on the
+  # element with a suplied value.
+  set: (value = null) =>
+    @routine @el, value || @adapter.read @context, @keypath
+
+  # Subscribes to the context object for changes on the specific keypath.
+  # Conditionally also does the inverse and listens to the element for changes
+  # to propogate back to the context object.
+  bind: =>
+    @adapter.subscribe @context, @keypath, (value) => @set value
+
+    if @type in Rivets.bidirectionals
+      @el.addEventListener 'change', (el) =>
+        @adapter.publish @context, @keypath, Rivets.Helpers.getInputValue el
 
 # Returns the current input value for the specified element.
-getInputValue = (el) ->
+Rivets.Helpers.getInputValue = (el) ->
   switch el.type
     when 'text', 'textarea', 'password', 'select-one' then el.value
     when 'checkbox', 'radio' then el.checked
 
 # Returns an attribute binding routine for the specified attribute. This is what
 # `registerBinding` falls back to when there is no routine for the binding type.
-attributeBinding = (attr) -> (el, value) ->
+Rivets.Helpers.attributeBinding = (attr) -> (el, value) ->
   if value then el.setAttribute attr, value else el.removeAttribute attr
 
 # Returns a state binding routine for the specified attribute. Can optionally be
 # negatively evaluated. This is used to build a lot of the core state binding
 # routines.
-stateBinding = (attr, inverse = false) -> (el, value) ->
-  attributeBinding(attr) el, if inverse is !value then attr else false
+Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding = (attr, inverse = false) -> (el, value) ->
+  binding = Rivets.Helpers.attributeBinding(attr)
+  binding el, if inverse is !value then attr else false
 
 # Core binding routines.
-bindings =
+Rivets.bindings =
   checked:
-    stateBinding 'checked'
+    Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding 'checked'
   selected:
-    stateBinding 'selected'
+    Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding 'selected'
   disabled:
-    stateBinding 'disabled'
+    Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding 'disabled'
   unchecked:
-    stateBinding 'checked', true
+    Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding 'checked', true
   unselected:
-    stateBinding 'selected', true
+    Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding 'selected', true
   enabled:
-    stateBinding 'disabled', true
+    Rivets.Helpers.stateBinding 'disabled', true
   text: (el, value) ->
     el.innerText = value or ''
   html: (el, value) ->
@@ -63,13 +70,13 @@ bindings =
 
 # Bindings that should also be observed for changes on the DOM element in order
 # to propogate those changes back to the model object.
-bidirectionals = ['value', 'checked', 'unchecked', 'selected', 'unselected']
+Rivets.bidirectionals = ['value', 'checked', 'unchecked', 'selected', 'unselected']
 
 # The rivets module exposes `register` and `bind` functions to register new
 # binding routines and bind contexts to DOM elements.
-rivets =
+Rivets.interface =
   register: (routine, routineFunction) ->
-    bindings[routine] = routineFunction
+    Rivets.bindings[routine] = routineFunction
 
   bind: (el, adapter, contexts = {}) ->
     for node in el.getElementsByTagName '*'
@@ -79,10 +86,12 @@ rivets =
           path = attribute.value.split '.'
           context = path.shift()
           keypath = path.join '.'
-          registerBinding node, adapter, type, contexts[context], keypath
+
+          binding = new Rivets.Binding node, adapter, type, contexts[context], keypath
+          binding.bind()
 
 # Exports rivets for both CommonJS and the browser.
 if module?
-  module.exports = rivets
+  module.exports = Rivets.interface
 else
-  @rivets = rivets
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+  @rivets = Rivets.interface
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