example-xui-find.js

find: function(q, context) {
    var ele = [], list, i, j, x;
    this.cache = context;

    // this doesn't feel quite right, we should be able to do [#foo,bar].querySelectorAll (or something) - TODO add loop
    if (context == undefined && this.length == 1) {
      return xui(q, this[0]); // results = [].slice.call(this)
    } else if (context == undefined && this.length > 1) {
      // do some sort of loop - maybe this:
      /*
      this.each(function () {
        ele = [].slice.call(this, xui(q, this));
      });
      ele = this.reduce(ele);
      */
    } else {
      context = document;
    }

    // fast matching for pure ID selectors
    if (typeof q == string && idExpr.test(q)) {
        ele = [context.getElementById(q.substr(1))];
    } else if (typeof q == string) {
        // one selector
        ele = [].slice.call(context.querySelectorAll(q));
    } else {
        // an element was passed in
        ele = [q];
    }

    // disabling the append style, could be a plugin: 
    // xui.fn.add = function (q) { this.elements = this.elements.concat(this.reduce(xui(q).elements)); return this; }
    this.length = 0;
    [].push.apply(this, ele); // gotta love apply - works like a fucking charm!
    
    return this;
},