jQuery.linqSelect and jQuery.datas()

We all know that jQuery has "data" method, but when dealing with more than one DOM element, I'd like to have method called "datas", which would return an array of all "data" calls for each element in jQuery selection.


After some coding, here is a solution I've finally came up with:

$.fn.linqSelect = function(n, fn) {
    var vs = [], f, t, i, v, r, a = $.isArray(n);
    $(this).each(function() {
        if (f = (t = $(this))[fn]) {
            if (a && (r = { })) for (i in n) r[v = n[i]] = f.apply(t, [v]);
            else r = n!=null ? f.apply(t, [n]) : f.apply(t);
            vs.push(r);
        }
    });
    return vs;
};

Possible usages:

$("a").linqSelect('href','attr');

Will return an array of all A's href attributes

$("input:radio[data-name][data-value]").linqSelect(['name','value'] ,'data');

Will return an array of objects {name:...,value:...} filled with corresponding data


Also one shortcut function :

$.fn.linqSelectData = function(n) {
    return this.linqSelect(n, 'data');
};

Usage:

$("input:radio[data-name][data-value]").linqSelectData(["id", "value", "sid"]);

That idea mainly shows the direction of how to implement other linq-like functions