javascript - Socket.io Client: respond to all events with one handler?

Question

Is it possible to have a socket.io client respond to all events without to have specify each event individually?

For example, something like this (which obviously doesn't work right now):

var socket = io.connect("http://myserver");

socket.on("*", function(){
  // listen to any and all events that are emitted from the
  // socket.io back-end server, and handle them here.

  // is this possible? how can i do this?
});

I want this callback function to be called when any / all events are received by the client-side socket.io code.

Is this possible? How?

Answer 1

Updated solution for socket.io-client 1.3.7

var onevent = socket.onevent;
socket.onevent = function (packet) {
    var args = packet.data || [];
    onevent.call (this, packet);    // original call
    packet.data = ["*"].concat(args);
    onevent.call(this, packet);      // additional call to catch-all
};

Use like this:

socket.on("*",function(event,data) {
    console.log(event);
    console.log(data);
});

None of the answers worked for me, though the one of Mathias Hopf and Maros Pixel came close, this is my adjusted version.

NOTE: this only catches custom events, not connect/disconnect etc