how to make javascript class derived from jquery object?

Question

I want to make a constructor whose instances are jquery objects, so that

var obj = new MyConstructor();
$("body").append(obj); // append instance to html body

how do implement such a constructor ?

What does MyConstructor do?

Jason McCreary
– Jason McCreary

2011-04-21 02:05:20 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 2:05 — Jason McCreary
– Jason McCreary, Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 2:05
Should it return an element or a string?

alex
– alex

2011-04-21 02:06:24 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 2:06 — alex
– alex, Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 2:06
@Jason: I think the OP is asking that same question.

Matt Ball
– Matt Ball

2011-04-21 02:11:21 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 2:11 — Matt Ball
– Matt Ball, Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 2:11

Matt Ball · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-21 02:10:07Z

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A jQuery object is just a DOM element which has been augmented (by jQuery). What is insufficient about this? Unless you have some other use case in mind, you don't need to do anything fancy with a constructor.

var $obj = $('<div>Foo bar baz</div>');
$('body').append($obj);

// really, all you need is this:
$('body').append('<div>Foo bar baz</div>');

edited Apr 21, 2011 at 2:10

answered Apr 21, 2011 at 2:07

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Matt Ball Over a year ago

Gah, thanks for the edit... I should not be writing code this tired.

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