jquery-plugin-pattern.js

/**
 * Localise window element and a semi-colon to fix any missing
 * line endings in previous code.
 */
;(function (window, undefined) {

	/**
	 * Local scope document and $
	 */
	var document = window.document;
	var $ = window.jQuery;
	
	/**
	 * A jQuery Namespace for public interface
	 */
	$.pluginName = {};
	
	/**
	 * Public Static Settings
	 */
	$.pluginName.globalSettings = {
	
		// Settings can be anything from a string
		"setting" : "value",
		
		// To a callback
		"another" : function () {}
	
	};
	
	/**
	 * Public Init Method
	 */
	$.pluginName.init = function (el, settings) {
	
		// jQuery object reference
		var $el = $(el);
	
		// Merge settings
		settings = $.extend({}, $.pluginName.globalSettings, settings);

	};
	
	/**
	 * jQuery Selector Method
	 */
	$.fn.pluginName = function (settings) {
	
		// For each element
		return this.each(function () {
		
			// Initialise elements individually
			$.pluginName.init(this, settings);
		
		});
	
	};

}(this));