jquery plugin with multiple functions
- by tcurdt
According to the developer documentation jquery plugins are supposed to have only one namespace for all functions they make available. Which is straight forward as long as you only expose a single function per context (static/element).
(function($){
var
state_a = 0,
$.myplugin = function(in_options) {
// static
return this;
}
$.fn.myplugin = function(in_options) {
// element
return this;
}
})(jQuery);
This makes calls like this possible:
$("elem").myplugin(options);
jQuery.myplugin(options);
What's the best approach if you have more than one function and need to share state? I would like to call into my plugin like this:
$("elem").myplugin.start(options);
$("elem").myplugin.stop();
jQuery.myplugin.start(options);
jQuery.myplugin.stop();
