jQuery CORD plugin boilerplate

jquery.cord.plugin-boilerplate.js

/*!
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Sebastien P.
 * http://twitter.com/_sebastienp
 * Licensed under the MIT license
 */

;!function (PLUGIN_NAME, WINDOW, DOCUMENT, TRUE, FALSE, NULL, UNDEFINED, $, PLUGIN_DEFAULTS) {

    // Zepto is not currently fully supported because of a weird implementation of '$.fn.data'
    // which causes '$(element).data("namespace", {}).data("namespace")' to return '[object Object]'

    if ($ = WINDOW.Zepto || WINDOW.jQuery)

        $.extend(

            $.fn[PLUGIN_NAME] = function (method, options, value, _methods, _i, _that, _data) {

                /*** Private methods ***/

                    function privateMethod () {

                        // ...

                    }

                /*** Public methods ***/

                    method = (_methods = {

                        // $(element).myPlugin(["create",][options]) -> chainable jQuery object

                        create: function (settings) {

                            // 'this' refers to $(element) ...

                        },

                        // $(element).myPlugin("option") -> object
                        // $(element).myPlugin("option", options) -> chainable jQuery object
                        // $(element).myPlugin("option", "optionName") -> value
                        // $(element).myPlugin("option", "optionName", value) - > chainable jQuery object

                        option: function (settings) {

                            // 'this' refers to $(element) ...

                        },

                        // $(element).myPlugin("refresh") -> chainable jQuery object

                        refresh: function (settings) {

                            // 'this' refers to $(element) ...

                        },

                        // $(element).myPlugin("destroy") -> chainable jQuery object

                        destroy: function (settings) {

                            // 'this' refers to $(element) ...

                        }

                    })[method] || (options = options || method, _methods.create);

                /*** Methods logic ***/

                for (_i = 0; (_that = this.eq(_i++))[0];)

                    if (!(_data = _that.data(PLUGIN_NAME)) == (method == _methods.create)) {

                        if (method == _methods.option) {

                            if (!(1 in arguments)) return _data;

                            if (typeof options == "string") {

                                if (!(2 in arguments)) return _data[options];

                                _data[options] = value

                            }

                        }

                        method.call(_that, method != _methods.destroy ? $.extend(

                            //TRUE, // Uncomment if needed but deep copy is not currently a part of Zepto's API

                            _data || _that.data(PLUGIN_NAME, _data = {}) && _data, $.fn[PLUGIN_NAME].defaults,

                            ($.isPlainObject || $.isObject || function (object) {

                                return /ct]$/.test({}.toString.call(object))

                            })(options) && options

                        ) : _that.data(PLUGIN_NAME, "") && _data)

                    }

                return this

            }, {

                /*** Public properties ***/

                defaults: $.extend({}, PLUGIN_DEFAULTS = {

                    // key: value ...

                }),

                version: "1.0.0"

            }

        )

}("myPlugin", window, document, !0, !1, null);