Roland Bouman's answer is the best, simple Vanilla way. I noticed some attempts at jQ plugs, but they just didn't seem "full" enough to me, so I made my own. The only setback so far has been inability to access dynamically added attrs without directly calling elm.attr('dynamicAttr')
. However, this will return all natural attributes of a jQuery element object.
Plugin uses simple jQuery style calling:
$(elm).getAttrs();
// OR
$.getAttrs(elm);
You can also add a second string param for getting just one specific attr. This isn't really needed for one element selection, as jQuery already provides $(elm).attr('name')
, however, my version of a plugin allows for multiple returns. So, for instance, a call like
$.getAttrs('*', 'class');
Will result in an array []
return of objects {}
. Each object will look like:
{ class: 'classes names', elm: $(elm), index: i } // index is $(elm).index()
Plugin
;;(function($) {
$.getAttrs || ($.extend({
getAttrs: function() {
var a = arguments,
d, b;
if (a.length)
for (x in a) switch (typeof a[x]) {
case "object":
a[x] instanceof jQuery && (b = a[x]);
break;
case "string":
b ? d || (d = a[x]) : b = $(a[x])
}
if (b instanceof jQuery) {
var e = [];
if (1 == b.length) {
for (var f = 0, g = b[0].attributes, h = g.length; f < h; f++) a = g[f], e[a.name] = a.value;
b.data("attrList", e);
d && "all" != d && (e = b.attr(d))
} else d && "all" != d ? b.each(function(a) {
a = {
elm: $(this),
index: $(this).index()
};
a[d] = $(this).attr(d);
e.push(a)
}) : b.each(function(a) {
$elmRet = [];
for (var b = 0, d = this.attributes, f = d.length; b < f; b++) a = d[b], $elmRet[a.name] = a.value;
e.push({
elm: $(this),
index: $(this).index(),
attrs: $elmRet
});
$(this).data("attrList", e)
});
return e
}
return "Error: Cannot find Selector"
}
}), $.fn.extend({
getAttrs: function() {
var a = [$(this)];
if (arguments.length)
for (x in arguments) a.push(arguments[x]);
return $.getAttrs.apply($, a)
}
}))
})(jQuery);
Complied
;;(function(c){c.getAttrs||(c.extend({getAttrs:function(){var a=arguments,d,b;if(a.length)for(x in a)switch(typeof a[x]){case "object":a[x]instanceof jQuery&&(b=a[x]);break;case "string":b?d||(d=a[x]):b=c(a[x])}if(b instanceof jQuery){if(1==b.length){for(var e=[],f=0,g=b[0].attributes,h=g.length;f<h;f++)a=g[f],e[a.name]=a.value;b.data("attrList",e);d&&"all"!=d&&(e=b.attr(d));for(x in e)e.length++}else e=[],d&&"all"!=d?b.each(function(a){a={elm:c(this),index:c(this).index()};a[d]=c(this).attr(d);e.push(a)}):b.each(function(a){$elmRet=[];for(var b=0,d=this.attributes,f=d.length;b<f;b++)a=d[b],$elmRet[a.name]=a.value;e.push({elm:c(this),index:c(this).index(),attrs:$elmRet});c(this).data("attrList",e);for(x in $elmRet)$elmRet.length++});return e}return"Error: Cannot find Selector"}}),c.fn.extend({getAttrs:function(){var a=[c(this)];if(arguments.length)for(x in arguments)a.push(arguments[x]);return c.getAttrs.apply(c,a)}}))})(jQuery);
jsFiddle
/* BEGIN PLUGIN */
;;(function($) {
$.getAttrs || ($.extend({
getAttrs: function() {
var a = arguments,
c, b;
if (a.length)
for (x in a) switch (typeof a[x]) {
case "object":
a[x] instanceof f && (b = a[x]);
break;
case "string":
b ? c || (c = a[x]) : b = $(a[x])
}
if (b instanceof f) {
if (1 == b.length) {
for (var d = [], e = 0, g = b[0].attributes, h = g.length; e < h; e++) a = g[e], d[a.name] = a.value;
b.data("attrList", d);
c && "all" != c && (d = b.attr(c));
for (x in d) d.length++
} else d = [], c && "all" != c ? b.each(function(a) {
a = {
elm: $(this),
index: $(this).index()
};
a[c] = $(this).attr(c);
d.push(a)
}) : b.each(function(a) {
$elmRet = [];
for (var b = 0, c = this.attributes, e = c.length; b < e; b++) a = c[b], $elmRet[a.name] = a.value;
d.push({
elm: $(this),
index: $(this).index(),
attrs: $elmRet
});
$(this).data("attrList", d);
for (x in $elmRet) $elmRet.length++
});
return d
}
return "Error: Cannot find Selector"
}
}), $.fn.extend({
getAttrs: function() {
var a = [$(this)];
if (arguments.length)
for (x in arguments) a.push(arguments[x]);
return $.getAttrs.apply($, a)
}
}))
})(jQuery);
/* END PLUGIN */
/*--------------------*/
$('#bob').attr('bob', 'bill');
console.log($('#bob'))
console.log(new Array(50).join(' -'));
console.log($('#bob').getAttrs('id'));
console.log(new Array(50).join(' -'));
console.log($.getAttrs('#bob'));
console.log(new Array(50).join(' -'));
console.log($.getAttrs('#bob', 'name'));
console.log(new Array(50).join(' -'));
console.log($.getAttrs('*', 'class'));
console.log(new Array(50).join(' -'));
console.log($.getAttrs('p'));
console.log(new Array(50).join(' -'));
console.log($('#bob').getAttrs('all'));
console.log($('*').getAttrs('all'));
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
All of below is just for stuff for plugin to test on. See developer console for more details.
<hr />
<div id="bob" class="wmd-button-bar"><ul id="wmd-button-row-27865269" class="wmd-button-row" style="display:none;">
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<p>Roland Bouman's answer is the best, simple Vanilla way. I noticed some attempts at jQ plugs, but they just didn't seem "full" enough to me, so I made my own. The only setback so far has been inability to access dynamically added attrs without directly calling <code>elm.attr('dynamicAttr')</code>. However, this will return all natural attributes of a jQuery element object.</p>
<p>Plugin uses simple jQuery style calling:</p>
<pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pln">$</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">elm</span><span class="pun">).</span><span class="pln">getAttrs</span><span class="pun">();</span><span class="pln">
</span><span class="com">// OR</span><span class="pln">
$</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">getAttrs</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">elm</span><span class="pun">);</span></code></pre>
<p>You can also add a second string param for getting just one specific attr. This isn't really needed for one element selection, as jQuery already provides <code>$(elm).attr('name')</code>, however, my version of a plugin allows for multiple returns. So, for instance, a call like</p>
<pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pln">$</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">getAttrs</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="str">'*'</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="str">'class'</span><span class="pun">);</span></code></pre>
<p>Will result in an array <code>[]</code> return of objects <code>{}</code>. Each object will look like:</p>
<pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted"><code><span class="pun">{</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">class</span><span class="pun">:</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="str">'classes names'</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> elm</span><span class="pun">:</span><span class="pln"> $</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">elm</span><span class="pun">),</span><span class="pln"> index</span><span class="pun">:</span><span class="pln"> i </span><span class="pun">}</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="com">// index is $(elm).index()</span></code></pre>
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