From ee88a562433e75a0dd500ed7c71376d279eaacdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Scott=20Gonz=C3=A1lez?= <scott.gonzalez@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:37:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Widget: Added ability to use $.widget() to create extensions.
 Fixes #6937 - Widget: Allow redefining a widget to create extensions.

---
 tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 ui/jquery.ui.widget.js           |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js b/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js
index 6f4930621..186c407ed 100644
--- a/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js
@@ -821,4 +821,25 @@ test( "auto-destroy - .detach()", function() {
 	$( "#widget" ).testWidget().detach();
 });
 
+test( "redefine", function() {
+	expect( 4 );
+	$.widget( "ui.testWidget", {
+		method: function( str ) {
+			strictEqual( this, instance, "original invoked with correct this" );
+			equal( str, "bar", "original invoked with correct parameter" );
+		}
+	});
+	var ctor = $.ui.testWidget;
+	$.widget( "ui.testWidget", $.ui.testWidget, {
+		method: function( str ) {
+			equal( str, "foo", "new invoked with correct parameter" );
+			this._super( "method", "bar" );
+		}
+	});
+
+	var instance = new $.ui.testWidget();
+	instance.method( "foo" );
+	equal( $.ui.testWidget, ctor, "constructor did not change" );
+});
+
 }( jQuery ) );
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
index 1ec934469..6b84f7a9c 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $.widget = function( name, base, prototype ) {
 	};
 
 	$[ namespace ] = $[ namespace ] || {};
-	$[ namespace ][ name ] = function( options, element ) {
+	$[ namespace ][ name ] = $[ namespace ][ name ] || function( options, element ) {
 		// allow instantiation without "new" keyword
 		if ( !this._createWidget ) {
 			return new $[ namespace ][ name ]( options, element );
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