I\'m creating a jQuery plugin that that is rather large in scope. In fact, the plugin technically consists of a few plugins that all work together.
(function($){
I know this has already been answered but I have created a plugin that does exactly what you want:
http://code.google.com/p/jquery-plugin-dev/source/browse/trunk/jquery.plugin.js
I've included a small example below, but check out this jQuery Dev Group post for a more in-depth example: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/browse_thread/thread/664cb89b43ccb92c/72cf730045d4333a?hl=en&q=structure+plugin+authoring#72cf730045d4333a
It allows you to create an object with as many methods as you want:
var _myPlugin = function() {
// return the plugin namespace
return this;
}
_myPlugin.prototype.alertHtml = function() {
// use this the same way you would with jQuery
alert($(this).html());
}
$.fn.plugin.add('myPlugin', _myPlugin);
now you can go:
$(someElement).myPlugin().alertHtml();
There are, of course, many, many other possibilities with this as explained in the dev group post.