Anchor-include Pattern

anchorinclude.js

/*
  * anchor-include pattern for already-functional links that work as a client-side include
  * Copyright 2011, Scott Jehl, scottjehl.com
  * Dual licensed under the MIT
  * Idea from Scott Gonzalez
  * to use, place attributes on an already-functional anchor pointing to content
    * that should either replace, or insert before or after that anchor
    * after the page has loaded
    * Replace:	<a href="..." data-replace="articles/latest/fragment">Latest Articles</a>
    * Before:	<a href="..." data-before="articles/latest/fragment">Latest Articles</a>
    * After:	<a href="..." data-after="articles/latest/fragment">Latest Articles</a>
    * On domready, you can use it like this: 
         $("[data-append],[data-replace],[data-after],[data-before]").ajaxInclude();
*/
(function( $ ){
	$.fn.ajaxInclude = function( e ) {
		return this.each(function(){
			var el			= $( this ),
				target		= el.data( "target" ),
				targetEl	= target && $( target ) || el,
				methods		= [ "append", "replace", "before", "after" ],
				method,
				url;

			for( var ml = methods.length, i=0; i < ml; i++ ){
				if( el.is( "[data-" + methods[ i ] + "]" ) ){
					method	= methods[ i ];
					url		= el.data( method );
				}
			}

			if( method === "replace" ){
				method += "With";
			}

			if( url && method ){
				$.get( url, function( data ) {
					targetEl[ method ]( data );
					el.trigger( "ajaxInclude", [targetEl, data] );
				});
			}
		});
	};
})( jQuery );