From: Robert Katic <robert.katic@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:14:59 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Made jQuery.type more consistent with host objects.
X-Git-Url: http://git.asbjorn.it/?p=jquery.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=484cc6e22000aaa6cefab5752b165f6ebd62ffe1

Made jQuery.type more consistent with host objects.
---

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 23d40bd..158f479 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ var jQuery = function( selector, context ) {
 	push = Array.prototype.push,
 	slice = Array.prototype.slice,
 	trim = String.prototype.trim,
-	indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf;
+	indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf,
+	
+	// [[Class]] -> type pairs
+	class2type = {};
 
 jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 	init: function( selector, context ) {
@@ -487,7 +490,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	type: function( obj ) {
 		return obj == null ?
 			String( obj ) :
-			toString.call(obj).slice(8, -1).toLowerCase();
+			class2type[ toString.call(obj) ] || "object";
 	},
 
 	isPlainObject: function( obj ) {
@@ -799,6 +802,11 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	browser: {}
 });
 
+// Populate the class2type map
+jQuery.each("Boolean Number String Function Array Date RegExp Object".split(" "), function(i, name) {
+	class2type[ "[object " + name + "]" ] = name.toLowerCase();
+});
+
 browserMatch = jQuery.uaMatch( userAgent );
 if ( browserMatch.browser ) {
 	jQuery.browser[ browserMatch.browser ] = true;
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index d83f667..85b8da6 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ test("trim", function() {
 });
 
 test("type", function() {
-	expect(18);
+	expect(22);
 
 	equals( jQuery.type(null), "null", "null" );
 	equals( jQuery.type(undefined), "undefined", "undefined" );
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ test("type", function() {
 	equals( jQuery.type(new Date()), "date", "Date" );
 	equals( jQuery.type(new Function("return;")), "function", "Function" );
 	equals( jQuery.type(function(){}), "function", "Function" );
+	equals( jQuery.type(window), "object", "Window" );
+	equals( jQuery.type(document.body), "object", "Element" );
+	equals( jQuery.type(document.createTextNode("foo")), "object", "TextNode" );
+	equals( jQuery.type(document.getElementsByTagName("*")), "object", "NodeList" );
 });
 
 test("isPlainObject", function() {