Moving constructor code to jQuery.prototype.init for more flexibility

diff --git a/src/jquery/jquery.js b/src/jquery/jquery.js
index c22c12c..76ef152 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jquery/jquery.js
+++ b/src/jquery/jquery.js
@@ -26,37 +26,8 @@ var jQuery = function(a,c) {
        // If the context is global, return a new object
        if ( window == this )
                return new jQuery(a,c);
-
-       // Make sure that a selection was provided
-       a = a || document;
-       
-       // HANDLE: $(function)
-       // Shortcut for document ready
-       if ( jQuery.isFunction(a) )
-               return new jQuery(document)[ jQuery.fn.ready ? "ready" : "load" ]( a );
-       
-       // Handle HTML strings
-       if ( typeof a  == "string" ) {
-               // HANDLE: $(html) -> $(array)
-               var m = /^[^<]*(<(.|\s)+>)[^>]*$/.exec(a);
-               if ( m )
-                       a = jQuery.clean( [ m[1] ] );
-               
-               // HANDLE: $(expr)
-               else
-                       return new jQuery( c ).find( a );
-       }
        
-       return this.setArray(
-               // HANDLE: $(array)
-               a.constructor == Array && a ||
-
-               // HANDLE: $(arraylike)
-               // Watch for when an array-like object is passed as the selector
-               (a.jquery || a.length && a != window && !a.nodeType && a[0] != undefined && a[0].nodeType) && jQuery.makeArray( a ) ||
-
-               // HANDLE: $(*)
-               [ a ] );
+       return this.init(a,c);
 };
 
 // Map over the $ in case of overwrite
@@ -170,6 +141,52 @@ var $ = jQuery;
 
 jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
        /**
+        * Initialize a new jQuery object
+        *
+        * @private
+        * @name init
+        * @param String|Function|Element|Array<Element>|jQuery a selector
+        * @param jQuery|Element|Array<Element> c context
+        * @cat Core
+        */
+       init: function(a,c) {
+               // Make sure that a selection was provided
+               a = a || document;
+
+               // HANDLE: $(function)
+               // Shortcut for document ready
+               if ( jQuery.isFunction(a) )
+                       return new jQuery(document)[ jQuery.fn.ready ? "ready" : "load" ]( a );
+
+               // Handle HTML strings
+               if ( typeof a  == "string" ) {
+                       // HANDLE: $(html) -> $(array)
+                       var m = /^[^<]*(<(.|\s)+>)[^>]*$/.exec(a);
+                       if ( m )
+                               a = jQuery.clean( [ m[1] ] );
+
+                       // HANDLE: $(expr)
+                       else {
+                               var r = new jQuery( c ).find( a );
+                               r.selector = a;
+                               r.context = c;
+                               return r;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               return this.setArray(
+                       // HANDLE: $(array)
+                       a.constructor == Array && a ||
+
+                       // HANDLE: $(arraylike)
+                       // Watch for when an array-like object is passed as the selector
+                       (a.jquery || a.length && a != window && !a.nodeType && a[0] != undefined && a[0].nodeType) && jQuery.makeArray( a ) ||
+
+                       // HANDLE: $(*)
+                       [ a ] );
+       },
+       
+       /**
         * The current version of jQuery.
         *
         * @private