Extending the plugin

[keebeegee]

Hi dabeng,
I'd like to add new factory functions without doing a fork. (Will be more than happy to share them with the community).
Found this approach:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2050985/best-way-to-extend-a-jquery-plugin/4414356#4414356

(function($) {
/**
 *  Namespace: the namespace the plugin is located under
 *  pluginName: the name of the plugin
 */
    var extensionMethods = {
        /*
         * retrieve the id of the element
         * this is some context within the existing plugin
         */
        showId: function(){
            return this.element[0].id;
        }
    };

    $.extend(true, $[ Namespace ][ pluginName ].prototype, extensionMethods);


})(jQuery);

To make it work I would need to provide the 'namespace' and 'pluginName'. Looks to me that these concepts are used ambiguously in literature. Tried several combinations to get the extension pattern to work, without success.

Any thoughts on this?

kbg

[keebeegee]

Never mind! A simply

(function($) {

        $.extend($.fn.orgchart, {
            getHierarchyCust1: function(){
                console.log('found custom method getHierarchyCust');
            }
        });


})(jQuery);

does it for me at this point
tx ./kbg