I've a small jQuery plugin that I use for form AJAX validation. There is a callback that alerts the calling script of every "stage" in the validation/submission process.
Some snippets:
(function ($) {
$.fn.formHelper = function (options) {
// settings options etc
var stage = { Start: 1, ErrorReceived: 2, AllErrorsReceived: 3, NoErrors: 4 };
// rest of the plugin
};
})(jQuery);
$("#some_button").formHelper({
StageCallback: someCallbackHandler;
});
function someCallbackHandler(stage) {
switch(stage) {
case 1: alert("Starting validation"); break;
case 2: alert("Error received"); break;
case 3: alert("All errors received"); break;
case 4: alert("No errors"); break;
}
}
Question: How can I expose the stage variable of my plugin so I can use it similar like this (which is easier to read than using numbers)?
function someCallbackHandler(stage) {
if (stage == $.formHelper.stage.Start)
alert("Starting validation");
}
I suppose the "$.formHelper.stage.Start" notation isn't exact, but I hope I made my point with it.