New jquery.getAttrs module

- A cross-browser compatible way of getting a direct key/value object of attributes
- Will help making comparisons such as in r92113 easier and work cross-browser

resources/Resources.php

@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ return array(
 	'jquery.form' => array(
 		'scripts' => 'resources/jquery/jquery.form.js',
 	),
+	'jquery.getAttrs' => array(
+		'scripts' => 'resources/jquery/jquery.getAttrs.js',
+	),
 	'jquery.highlightText' => array(
 		'scripts' => 'resources/jquery/jquery.highlightText.js',
 	),

resources/jquery/jquery.getAttrs.js

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Utility to get all attributes of an element directy as an object.
+ *
+ * @author Timo Tijhof, 2011
+ */
+jQuery.fn.getAttrs = function( all ) {
+	var	map = this[0].attributes,
+		attrs = {},
+		len = map.length,
+		i, v;
+
+	for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
+		// IE6 includes *all* allowed attributes for thew element (including those
+		// not set). Those have values like undefined, null, 0, false, "" or "inherit".
+		// However there may be genuine attributes set to that. If you need them,
+		// set all to true. They are excluded by default.
+		v = map[i].nodeValue;
+		if ( all || ( v && v !== 'inherit' ) ) {
+			attrs[ map[i].nodeName ] = v;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return attrs;
+};

tests/qunit/index.html

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 	<script src="../../resources/jquery/jquery.byteLength.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../resources/jquery/jquery.byteLimit.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../resources/jquery/jquery.colorUtil.js"></script>
+	<script src="../../resources/jquery/jquery.getAttrs.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../resources/jquery/jquery.localize.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../resources/jquery/jquery.tabIndex.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../resources/jquery/jquery.tablesorter.js"></script>
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 	<script src="suites/resources/jquery/jquery.byteLength.js"></script>
 	<script src="suites/resources/jquery/jquery.byteLimit.js"></script>
 	<script src="suites/resources/jquery/jquery.colorUtil.js"></script>
+	<script src="suites/resources/jquery/jquery.getAttrs.js"></script>
 	<script src="suites/resources/jquery/jquery.localize.js"></script>
 	<script src="suites/resources/jquery/jquery.tabIndex.js"></script>
 	<script src="suites/resources/jquery/jquery.tablesorter.test.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>

tests/qunit/suites/resources/jquery/jquery.getAttrs.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module( 'jquery.getAttrs.js' );
+
+test( '-- Initial check', function() {
+	expect(1);
+	ok( $.fn.getAttrs, 'jQuery.fn.getAttrs defined' );
+} );
+
+test( 'Check', function() {
+	expect(1);
+	var	attrs = {
+			foo: 'bar',
+			'class': 'lorem'
+		},
+		$el = $( '<div>', attrs );
+
+	deepEqual( $el.getAttrs(), attrs, 'getAttrs() return object should match the attributes set, no more, no less' );
+} );