get object that contains attributes of an element

outputAttributes.js

function outputAttributes (element) {
         var pairs = {},
             attrName,
             attrValue,
             i,
             len;

         for ( i = 0, len = element.attributes.length; i < len; i++ ) {
            attrName = element.attributes[i].nodeName;
            attrValue = element.attributes[i].nodeValue;
            pairs[attrName] = attrValue;
         }

         return pairs;
      }