Question

I would like to know how I can tell in my plugin whether the user passed a document fragment or DOM string – or if they passed an actual object. If they are passing in a DOM string or document fragment I need to .appendTo('body')

$('p.my_plugin').myPlugin();
// or
$(object).myPlugin();
// vs
$('<p>My string</p>').myPlugin();

The basic plugin shell

(function($){
    var methods = {
        init : function(options) {
            return this.each(function() {
                console.log(this);
                ....

Answer 1

I haven’t tested this too much, and I’m not sure if it’s valid, but this.is('*') seems to work.

$('p.my_plugin').is('*');  // true

$(object).is('*'); // false

$('<p>My string</p>').is('*'); // true