Make sure that jQuery.data( elem ) always returns a data object, fixes #5971. Improve...

[jquery.git] / src / data.js

diff --git a/src/data.js b/src/data.js
index e3dc190..0049a9f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/data.js
+++ b/src/data.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 var expando = "jQuery" + now(), uuid = 0, windowData = {};
-var emptyObject = {};
 
 jQuery.extend({
        cache: {},
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
                var id = elem[ expando ], cache = jQuery.cache, thisCache;
 
-               // Handle the case where there's no name immediately
-               if ( !name && !id ) {
+               if ( !id && typeof name === "string" && data === undefined ) {
                        return null;
                }
 
@@ -40,17 +38,16 @@ jQuery.extend({
                if ( typeof name === "object" ) {
                        elem[ expando ] = id;
                        thisCache = cache[ id ] = jQuery.extend(true, {}, name);
-               } else if ( cache[ id ] ) {
-                       thisCache = cache[ id ];
-               } else if ( typeof data === "undefined" ) {
-                       thisCache = emptyObject;
-               } else {
-                       thisCache = cache[ id ] = {};
+
+               } else if ( !cache[ id ] ) {
+                       elem[ expando ] = id;
+                       cache[ id ] = {};
                }
 
+               thisCache = cache[ id ];
+
                // Prevent overriding the named cache with undefined values
                if ( data !== undefined ) {
-                       elem[ expando ] = id;
                        thisCache[ name ] = data;
                }