selecting root element in jquery

Question

I need to be able to select the root element from a fragment without knowing the node types, class, id or hierachy.

Answer 1

I get html fragment from ajax call, and I also need to get the root div from it. What I did was simply call $(data), and jQuery will parse the returning text as HTML and give you the root.

$.ajax path,
  type: 'GET'
  contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8'
  success: (data) ->
    $(data)