using entwine to create plugins with options

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Venkat

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Jan 20, 2010, 1:01:39 PM1/20/10

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I have been using your advice at
http://wiki.github.com/hafriedlander/jquery.entwine/using-entwine-to-create-plugins
to create plugins.

What would be the best way to pass the configuration object from the
jquery plugin function call to the entwined object?

Thanks!

hamish

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Feb 28, 2010, 4:54:15 PM2/28/10

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On Jan 21, 7:01 am, Venkat <vendi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been using your advice athttp://wiki.github.com/hafriedlander/jquery.entwine/using-entwine-to-...

> to create plugins.
>
> What would be the best way to pass the configuration object from the
> jquery plugin function call to the entwined object?
>
> Thanks!

Easiest is to use Entwine's properties system:

$('.myPlugin').entwine({
Color: 'black',
TabSelector: '> div.tabs'
});

$.fn.myPlugin = function(options) {
$(this).addClass('myPlugin').entwineData(options || {});
});

There are extensions to this pattern, mostly involving overriding the
property getters, that let you also get options from the element's
attributes, or have a 'default' option set on a parent element.