How to use

HTML

<form id="form" action="" method="post">
    <div><input name="radio" type="radio" value="radio1" /> radio1</div>
    <div><input name="radio" type="radio" value="radio2" /> radio2</div>
    <div><input name="checkbox" type="checkbox" value="checkbox1" /> checkbox1</div>
    <div><input name="checkbox" type="checkbox" value="checkbox2" /> checkbox2</div>
    <textarea name="textarea">textarea</textarea>
    <textarea name="textarea2">textarea2</textarea>
</form>

JavaScript (simple bindings)

var o = {
    radio: 'radio1',
    checkbox: ['checkbox1', 'checkbox2'],
    textarea: null
};

//bind and assign the data to the fields
$('form').bindObject(o);

//bind and do not assign the data to the fields, use textarea2 instead of textarea
$('form').bindObject(o, {
    mapping: {
        textarea: '[name=textarea2]' //any selector would be accepted
    },
    assign: false
});

//unbind
$('form').unbindObject(o);

//assign the data to the fields without any binding
$('form').assignObject(o);

//still accept mapping options for custom selectors
//any other options will be ignored
$('form').assignObject(o, {
    mapping: {
        textarea: '[name=textarea2]' //any selector would be accepted
    }
});

JavaScript (events)

var o = {
    radio: 'radio1',
    checkbox: ['checkbox1', 'checkbox2'],
    textarea: null
};

//bind with a global change event and a specific change event for the radio property
$('form').bindObject(o, {
    onChange: function(event, obj, key, oldValue, el) {
        console.log(arguments);
    },
    onChangeradio: function(event, obj, key, oldValue, el) {
        console.log(arguments);
    }
});

History

0.2 (2010-10-09)

• Renamed Element:bind, unbind and assign to bindObject, unbindObject and assignObject
• Fixed the assign:false issue, now retrieve the values from the fields element

0.1 (2010-10-07)

• Experimental release !
• First release

Notes

• Still require more testing.

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