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+/**
+ * @class jQuery.plugin.getAttrs
+ */
+( function ( $ ) {
+ function serializeControls( controls ) {
+ var i,
+ data = {},
+ len = controls.length;
+
+ for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
+ data[ controls[ i ].name ] = controls[ i ].value;
+ }
+
+ return data;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get the attributes of an element directy as a plain object.
+ *
+ * If there is more than one element in the collection, similar to most other jQuery getter methods,
+ * this will use the first element in the collection.
+ *
+ * @return {Object}
+ */
+ $.fn.getAttrs = function () {
+ return serializeControls( this[ 0 ].attributes );
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * Get form data as a plain object mapping form control names to their values.
+ *
+ * @return {Object}
+ */
+ $.fn.serializeObject = function () {
+ return serializeControls( this.serializeArray() );
+ };
+}( jQuery ) );