So we talked about this and it really seems like we should try to
provide a better interface (like the 'remove' event used in jQuery
UI). I'm going to come back to this issue once 1.4.1 is out so we can
discuss it more.
--John
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Justin Meyer <justinbme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> jQuery.UI and a few other plugins require a 'teardown' callback by
> hacking removeData, remove, html, empty, etc.
>
>
> In 1.4, it would be very easy to hack in teardown if cleanData was
> exposed. So something like:
>
>
> var cd = jQuery.cleanData
> jQuery.cleanData = function(elems){
> //check elems
> for(var i =0; i < elems.length; i++){
> var plugins = jQuery.data(elems[i],"plugins")|| {}
> for(cname in plugins)
> if(typeof plugins[cname].teardown ==
> "function") plugins[cname].teardown();
> }
> cd.apply(this, arguments)
> }
>
> would work.
>
> This is extremely easy way to add teardown as everything that might
> remove an element calls this method.
>
> If this is something you might accept in 1.4, please let me know and I
> will submit a patch. It's really as easy as a find-replace, but I
> want to make sure that jQuery.cleanData is an appropriate place for
> the function.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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