+function dataAttr( elem, key, data ) {
+ // If nothing was found internally, try to fetch any
+ // data from the HTML5 data-* attribute
+ if ( data === undefined && elem.nodeType === 1 ) {
+ data = elem.getAttribute( "data-" + key );
+
+ if ( typeof data === "string" ) {
+ try {
+ data = data === "true" ? true :
+ data === "false" ? false :
+ data === "null" ? null :
+ !jQuery.isNaN( data ) ? parseFloat( data ) :
+ rbrace.test( data ) ? jQuery.parseJSON( data ) :
+ data;
+ } catch( e ) {}
+
+ // Make sure we set the data so it isn't changed later
+ jQuery.data( elem, key, data );
+
+ } else {
+ data = undefined;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return data;
+}
+