advanced jquery plugin pattern

jquery.fn.advancedPlugin.js

(function($){


    var settings, defaults = {
        prop1 : 'value1',
        prop2 : 'value2'
    };


    var methods = {

        // lifecycle

        create: function(options) {

            var that = this;

            // apply options to default to create settings
            settings = (options) ? $.extend({},defaults,options) : defaults;

            // bind events (or delegate)
            $(window).bind("advancedPlugin.myEvent", function() {
                $(that).advancedPlugin("method1");
            });

            console.log("created!");

            // initialise plugin
            return this.each(function(index, element){
                var $this = $(this), data = $this.data("advancedPlugin");
                // data binding on each item
                if (!data) $(this).data("advancedPlugin",{count:0});
                // other inits to follow
            });

        },

        destroy: function() {
            // unbind events
            $(window).unbind(".advancedPlugin");
            // unbind data
            $(this).removeData("advancedPlugin");
            // undo any inits if required
            console.log("destoyed!");
        },

        // methods

        method1: function() {
            console.log("method1!");
            return $(this).each(function(index, element){
                console.log($(this).data("advancedPlugin"));
                var data = $(this).data("advancedPlugin");
                data.count++;
                $(this).data("advancedPlugin",data);
            });
        },

        method2: function() {
            var nochain = null;
            $(window).trigger("advancedPlugin.myEvent");
            console.log("method2!"  );
            return nochain;
        }

    };


    $.fn.advancedPlugin = function(method) {

        if ( methods[method] ) {
            return methods[ method ].apply( this, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 ));
        }

        if ( typeof method === "object" || ! method ) {
            return methods.create.apply( this, arguments );
        }

        $.error("Method " +  method + " does not exist on jQuery.advancedPlugin");

    };


})(jQuery);