(function ($) { var a = "metadata"; $.extend({ metadata: { defaults: { type: "class", name: a, cre: /({.*})/, single: a }, setType: function (b, a) { this.defaults.type = b; this.defaults.name = a }, "get": function (elem, opts) { var settings = $.extend({}, this.defaults, opts); if (!settings.single.length) settings.single = a; var data = $.data(elem, settings.single); if (data) return data; data = "{}"; if (settings.type == "class") { var m = settings.cre.exec(elem.className); if (m) data = m[1] } else if (settings.type == "elem") { if (!elem.getElementsByTagName) return undefined; var e = elem.getElementsByTagName(settings.name); if (e.length) data = $.trim(e[0].innerHTML) } else if (elem.getAttribute != undefined) { var attr = elem.getAttribute(settings.name); if (attr) data = attr } if (data.indexOf("{") < 0) data = "{" + data + "}"; data = eval("(" + data + ")"); $.data(elem, settings.single, data); return data } } }); $.fn.metadata = function (a) { return $.metadata.get(this[0], a) } })(jQuery);