jQuery template plugin (using Mustache and data-template elements for templates)

jquery-tpl.js

/*
 * Sample:
 *      HTML:
 *          <div data-template="greeting">hi, {{name}}</div>
 *          
 *      JavaScript:
 *          $("div").tpl("greeting", {'name':'Paul'});
 */
$.fn.tpl = function(name, vars, partials){
    return $(this).tplParse($('*[data-template="' + name + '"]:first').html(), vars, partials);
}


/*
 * Sample:
 *      JavaScript:
 *          $("div").tplParse("hi, {{name}}", {'name':'Paul'});
 */
$.fn.tplParse = function(template, vars, partials){
    var _tpl = Mustache.to_html(template, vars, partials);
    return this.not('*[data-template]').each(function(){
        $(this).html(_tpl);
    });
}