Using the example data that started the post...
// create a DIV with text, and append to #cardholder...
var businessCard = jQuery('<div class="bcard">Business Card</
div>').appendTo('#cardholder').get(0);
// store data against the DIV element created above...
jQuery.data( businessCard //element
, 'businessCards' //arbitrary (non-conflicting) name
, { 'name' : 'some name'
, 'address' : 'some address'
, 'phoneno' : 'some phoneno'
, 'email' : 'some email'
}
);
To retrieve the data (for the element stored in businessCard) at any
time...
var bci = jQuery.data(businessCard, 'businessCards');
// add another card (not storing the element in a variable this
time)...
jQuery.data( jQuery('<div class="bcard">Business Card 2</
div>').appendTo('#cardholder').get(0)
, 'businessCards' //same name!
, { 'name' : 'some other name'
, 'address' : 'some other address'
, 'phoneno' : 'some other phoneno'
, 'email' : 'some other email'
}
);
To retrieve all card info below #cardholder...
var bcards = [];
jQuery('#cardholder .bcard').each(function()
{ bcards.push(jQuery.data(this, 'businessCards')); });
(or variations thereof)
On Nov 4, 9:35 pm, "Oliver Boermans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Mike,
> can the metadata plugin be used to store variables determined on load
> for later use?
> So when the variables are subsequently required the code to retrieve
> them is simple and quick.
>
> Cheers
> Ollie
>
> On 05/11/2007, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > Is there a relatively simple plugin that takes advantage of jQuerys
> > > "expando management" that anyone can recommend as an example?
>
> > > The most promising information I have discovered is in the release
> > > notes of jQuery 1.2 where John mentions jQuery.data() : <http://
> > > docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.2/Internals#Expando_Management>
>
> >http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/plugins/metadata/jquery.meta...
