String: "A string of characters.",
Number: "A numeric valid.",
Element: "The Javascript object representation of a DOM Element.",
- Hash: "A Javascript object that contains key/value pairs in the form of properties and values.",
+ Map: "A Javascript object that contains key/value pairs in the form of properties and values.",
"Array<Element>": "An Array of DOM Elements.",
"Array<String>": "An Array of strings.",
Function: "A reference to a Javascript function.",
* @name loadIfModified
* @type jQuery
* @param String url The URL of the HTML file to load.
- * @param Hash params (optional) A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
+ * @param Map params (optional) Key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback (optional) A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded (parameters: responseText, status and response itself).
* @cat AJAX
*/
* @name $.get
* @type XMLHttpRequest
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
- * @param Hash params (optional) A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
+ * @param Map params (optional) Key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback (optional) A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
* @name $.getIfModified
* @type XMLHttpRequest
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
- * @param Hash params (optional) A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
+ * @param Map params (optional) Key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback (optional) A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
* @name $.getJSON
* @type XMLHttpRequest
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
- * @param Hash params (optional) A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
+ * @param Map params (optional) Key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
* @name $.post
* @type XMLHttpRequest
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
- * @param Hash params (optional) A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
+ * @param Map params (optional) Key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback (optional) A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
* global: false,
* type: "POST"
* } );
+ * $.ajax({ data: myData });
* @desc Sets the defaults for AJAX requests to the url "/xmlhttp/",
- * disables global handlers and uses POST instead of GET
+ * disables global handlers and uses POST instead of GET. The following
+ * AJAX requests then sends some data without having to set anything else.
*
* @name $.ajaxSetup
* @type undefined
- * @param Object settings Key/value pairs for ajax options
+ * @param Map settings Key/value pairs to use for all AJAX requests
* @cat AJAX
*/
ajaxSetup: function(settings) {
*
* @name $.ajax
* @type XMLHttpRequest
- * @param Hash prop A set of properties to initialize the request with.
+ * @param Map properties Key/value pairs to initialize the request with.
* @cat AJAX
+ * @see ajaxSetup(Map)
*/
ajax: function( s ) {
// TODO introduce global settings, allowing the client to modify them for all requests, not only timeout
* @example $("img").each(function(i){
* this.src = "test" + i + ".jpg";
* });
- * @before <img/> <img/>
- * @result <img src="test0.jpg"/> <img src="test1.jpg"/>
+ * @before <img/><img/>
+ * @result <img src="test0.jpg"/><img src="test1.jpg"/>
* @desc Iterates over two images and sets their src property
*
* @name each
*/
/**
- * Set a hash of key/value object properties to all matched elements.
+ * Set a key/value object as properties to all matched elements.
+ *
* This serves as the best way to set a large number of properties
* on all matched elements.
*
*
* @name attr
* @type jQuery
- * @param Hash prop A set of key/value pairs to set as object properties.
+ * @param Map properties Key/value pairs to set as object properties.
* @cat DOM
*/
* Set a single property to a value, on all matched elements.
*
* Note that you can't set the name property of input elements in IE.
- * Use $(html) or $().append(html) or $().html(html) to create elements
+ * Use $(html) or .append(html) or .html(html) to create elements
* on the fly including the name property.
*
* @example $("img").attr("src","test.jpg");
*/
/**
- * Set a hash of key/value style properties to all matched elements.
+ * Set a key/value object as style properties to all matched elements.
+ *
* This serves as the best way to set a large number of style properties
* on all matched elements.
*
*
* @name css
* @type jQuery
- * @param Hash prop A set of key/value pairs to set as style properties.
+ * @param Map properties Key/value pairs to set as style properties.
* @cat CSS
*/