Shim to revert updated jQuery Ui Widget Bridge to older behavior

jquery-ui-shim-uninitializedWidgetBridge.js

var slice = Array.prototype.slice;

var _originalBridge = $.widget.bridge;

$.widget.bridge = function (name, object) {
    var fullName = object.prototype.widgetFullName;
    $.fn[name] = function (options) {
        var isMethodCall = typeof options === "string",
            args = slice.call(arguments, 1),
            returnValue = this;

        // allow multiple hashes to be passed on init
        options = !isMethodCall && args.length ?
            $.widget.extend.apply(null, [options].concat(args)) :
            options;

        if (isMethodCall) {
            this.each(function () {
                var methodValue,
                    instance = $.data(this, fullName);
                if (!instance) {
                    return; // Revert to older functionality where methods on uninitialized widgets don't do anything
                    //                    return $.error("cannot call methods on " + name + " prior to initialization; " +
                    //                        "attempted to call method '" + options + "'");
                }
                if (!instance[options] || options.charAt(0) === "_") {
                    return $.error("no such method '" + options + "' for " + name + " widget instance");
                } else if(!$.isFunction(instance[options])) {
                    return instance[options]; // Revert to older functionality where non-functions can be returned
                }
                methodValue = instance[options].apply(instance, args);
                if (methodValue !== instance && methodValue !== undefined) {
                    returnValue = methodValue && methodValue.jquery ?
                        returnValue.pushStack(methodValue.get()) :
                        methodValue;
                    return false;
                }
            });
        } else {
            this.each(function () {
                var instance = $.data(this, fullName);
                if (instance) {
                    instance.option(options || {})._init();
                } else {
                    new object(options, this);
                }
            });
        }

        return returnValue;
    };
}