Javascript : jQuery plugin boilerplate

jquery.boilerplate.js

// remember to replace all occurences of: 
// boilerplate
// with your plugin namespace 

(function ($) {

    var settings = {
        'setting': 'value'
    };

    var methods = {
        init: function (options) {
            if (options) { 
                $.extend(settings, options);
            }
            return this;
        },
        reposition: function () { },
        show: function () { },
        hide: function () { }
    };

    $.fn.boilerplate = function (method) {
        if (methods[method]) {
            return methods[method].apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
        } else if (typeof method === 'object' || !method) {
            return methods.init.apply(this, arguments);
        } else {
            $.error('Method ' + method + ' does not exist on jQuery.boilerplate');
        }
    };

}(jQuery));