Get options from element

getOptionsFromElement.js

function queryStringToJSON(string){

  var result = {};
  
  string.replace(/([^;&]+)[=:]+([^;&]+)/g, function(match, key, value, begin, fullstring){
  
  	result[key] = value;

  });
  
  return result;
  
}

function getOptionsFromElement(dataAtrribute, element){

  var attr, ele;
  
  if( typeof dataAtrribute == 'string' && typeof element == 'object' ){
  
  	attr = dataAtrribute;
    ele = element;
  
  } else if ( typeof dataAtrribute == 'object' ){
  
  	attr = 'data-options';
    ele = dataAtrribute;
  
  }
  
  if( ele instanceof HTMLElement ) ele = $(ele);
  
  else if( !(ele instanceof jQuery) ) return false;
  
  return queryStringToJSON(ele.attr(attr));

}