It was unintentional - way back in the day - but we've come to embrace it. Expect those aforementioned methods (bind/unbind and data) to continue to work on plain JavaScript object.
--John On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Mr Speaker <mrspea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I little while ago I had a situation where I thought it would be > useful to bind jQuery events to custom JavaScript objects. I didn't > think it should work, as I thought you could only select DOM nodes. > But as you probably know - that's not true. You can select objects too > (boring details here... > http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/10/28/using-jquery-on-javascript-objects/). > > The bit of jQuery code that let's you do this seems to be in the init > function where objects fall through to the final path of selector > code: return this.setArray(jQuery.isArray( selector ) ? selector : > jQuery.makeArray(selector)); > > So it puts the object in an array and you can call some jQuery > functions on it: like bind and data and even include the selections in > plugin code. The data stores in the cache object and so seems like a > good way to store arbitrary data if you don't want to store it in the > object itself (for example 3rd party map applications give you > JavaScript objects for markers, but you can't rely on the map provider > not to change names and you overwrite properties etc) > > My question is: is this functionality intentional, and can I rely on > it - or is it just "accidental" that objects get caught this way? > > Thanks! > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jQuery Development" group. > To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en.
