Widget: Bridge falls back to name if there is no widgetFullName, and always stores instances in data. Fixed #8775 - Widget: Bridge fails if widgetFullName is not supplied.

(cherry picked from commit 75bd22e)

Author: Avinash-Bhat

tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module( "widget factory", {
 	teardown: function() {
 		if ( $.ui ) {
 			delete $.ui.testWidget;
+			delete $.fn.testWidget;
 		}
 	}
 });
@@ -1305,4 +1306,56 @@ asyncTest( "_delay", function() {
 	$( "#widget" ).testWidget();
 });
 
+test( "$.widget.bridge()", function() {
+	expect( 9 );
+
+	var instance, ret,
+		elem = $( "<div>" );
+
+	function TestWidget( options, element ) {
+		deepEqual( options, { foo: "bar" }, "options passed" );
+		strictEqual( element, elem[ 0 ], "element passed" );
+	}
+
+	$.extend( TestWidget.prototype, {
+		method: function( param ) {
+			ok( true, "method called via .pluginName(methodName)" );
+			equal( param, "value1",
+				"parameter passed via .pluginName(methodName, param)" );
+		},
+		getter: function() {
+			return "qux";
+		}
+	});
+
+	$.widget.bridge( "testWidget", TestWidget );
+
+	ok( $.isFunction( $.fn.testWidget ), "jQuery plugin was created" );
+
+	strictEqual( elem.testWidget({ foo: "bar" }), elem, "plugin returns original jQuery object" );
+	instance = elem.data( "testWidget" );
+	equal( typeof instance, "object", "instance stored in .data(pluginName)" );
+
+	ret = elem.testWidget( "method", "value1" );
+	equal( ret, elem, "jQuery object returned from method call" );
+
+	ret = elem.testWidget( "getter" );
+	equal( ret, "qux", "getter returns value" );
+});
+
+test( "$.widget.bridge() - widgetFullName", function() {
+	expect( 1 );
+
+	var instance,
+		elem = $( "<div>" );
+
+	function TestWidget() {}
+	TestWidget.prototype.widgetFullName = "custom-widget";
+	$.widget.bridge( "testWidget", TestWidget );
+
+	elem.testWidget();
+	instance = elem.data( "custom-widget" );
+	equal( typeof instance, "object", "instance stored in .data(widgetFullName)" );
+});
+
 }( jQuery ) );

ui/jquery.ui.widget.js

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ $.widget.extend = function( target ) {
 };
 
 $.widget.bridge = function( name, object ) {
-	var fullName = object.prototype.widgetFullName;
+	var fullName = object.prototype.widgetFullName || name;
 	$.fn[ name ] = function( options ) {
 		var isMethodCall = typeof options === "string",
 			args = slice.call( arguments, 1 ),
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ $.widget.bridge = function( name, object ) {
 				if ( instance ) {
 					instance.option( options || {} )._init();
 				} else {
-					new object( options, this );
+					$.data( this, fullName, new object( options, this ) );
 				}
 			});
 		}