First version of a demonstration on how to create an abstract jQuery plugin. But we're not finished yet...

jquery.AbstractButton.js

;(function ( $, window, document, undefined ) {

	var pluginName = 'abstractButton';
	var defaults = {
		autoActivate : true
	};
		
			
	var out = function(){
		$(this).data('tl').reverse();
	};
	
	var hover = function(){
		$(this).data('tl').play();
	};
	
	var PluginPrototype = {
		init : function(name, el, options) {
			this.name = name;
			this.el = el;
			this.$el = $(el);
			this.options = $.extend({}, defaults, options);
			this.activate();
			this.setAnimation = options.setAnimation;
			if(this.options.autoActivate === false) {
				this.deactivate();
			}
			
		},
				
		setTimeline : function() {
			var element = this.$el;
			if(element.data('tl')) return;
			var tl = new TimelineLite({onComplete: function(){
				element.data('tl').stop();
			}});
			tl.stop();
			element.data('tl', tl);
			this.setAnimation(element, tl);
			
		},

		getTimeline : function(element) {
			return element.data('tl');
		},
		
		activate : function(context) {
			this.setTimeline();
			this.$el.on('mouseenter.buttonGrange', hover).on('mouseleave.buttonGrange, click.buttonGrange', out);
		},
		
		deactivate : function(context){
			this.$el.off('.buttonGrange');
		}
	};

		
	$.fn[pluginName] = function(options) {
		var input = arguments;
		if ( this.length ) {
			return this.each(function () {
				//plugin is not instanciated. Create it (requires an object or null as arguments)
				if (!$.data(this, pluginName)) {
					if(typeof options === 'object' || !options){
						//create an instance of our concrete plugin
						var instance = Object.create(PluginPrototype);
						instance.init(pluginName, this, options);
						$.data(this, pluginName, instance);
					} else {
						$.error( 'Plugin jQuery.' + pluginName + " has not yet been instanciated." );
					}
				} else if(typeof options === 'string') {
					//methods that begin with _ are private
					if(options[0]==='_') {
						$.error( 'Plugin jQuery.' + pluginName + ' : method ' + options + ' is private');
						return;
					}
					
					//plugin is instanciated, get it
					var controller = $.data(this, pluginName);
					if(controller[options]) {
						controller[options](Array.prototype.slice.call(input, 1));
					} else {
						$.error( 'Plugin jQuery.' + pluginName + " has no method " + options);
					}
				} else {
					$.error( 'Plugin jQuery.' + pluginName + " has already been instanciated.");
				}
				
			});
		}
	};


})( jQuery, window, document );