implementations.js

/* 1 */
var item = document.getElementById("hi");
console.log(item);

item.data = {getType: function(){return this.TYPE},TYPE:"winner"};

var out = item.data.getType();
console.log("out", out);

var two = document.getElementById("hi")
console.log("should say 'winner': ", two.data.getType());



/* 2 */
window.$ = {
    data: function(obj, key, val) {
        if(!obj) {
            return this._data;
        } else if(!key) {
            if(!(obj in this._data)) {
                return {};
            }
            return this._data[obj];
        } else if(arguments.length < 3) {
            if(!(obj in this._data)) {
                return undefined;
            }
            return this._data[obj][key];
        } else {
            if(!(obj in this._data)) {
                this._data[obj] = {};
            }
            this._data[obj][key] = val;
        }
    },
    _data: {}
};

$.data(document.body); // Returns {} because no data has been set for this object
$.data(document.body, 'lastUpdate', new Date());//Sets 'lastUpdate' of obj to current time
$.data(document.body, 'lastUpdate'); // Gets previously set time
$.data(document.body); // Gets object of all data, including 'lastUpdate' time
$.data(document.body, 'nonexistant'); // Returns undefined because property was never set
$.data(); // Returns all metadata




/* 3*/
/** A storage solution aimed at replacing jQuerys data function.
 * Implementation Note: Elements are stored in a (WeakMap)[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/WeakMap].
 * This makes sure the data is garbage collected when the node is removed.
 */
window.dataStorage = {
    _storage: new WeakMap(),
    put: function (element, key, obj) {
        if (!this._storage.has(element)) {
            this._storage.set(element, new Map());
        }
        this._storage.get(element).set(key, obj);
    },
    get: function (element, key) {
        return this._storage.get(element).get(key);
    },
    has: function (element, key) {
        return this._storage.has(element) && this._storage.get(element).has(key);
    },
    remove: function (element, key) {
        var ret = this._storage.get(element).delete(key);
        if (!this._storage.get(element).size === 0) {
            this._storage.delete(element);
        }
        return ret;
    }
}

var myElement = document.getElementById("myId");
dataStorage.put(myElement, "myKey", "myValue");