Widget Factory: Make $.widget return the constructor. Fixes #9467 - Widget factory: Return the constructor from $.widget().

Author: arschmitz

tests/unit/widget/widget_core.js

@@ -615,12 +615,13 @@ test( ".disable()", function() {
 });
 
 test( ".widget() - base", function() {
-	expect( 1 );
-	$.widget( "ui.testWidget", {
+	expect( 2 );
+	var constructor = $.widget( "ui.testWidget", {
 		_create: function() {}
 	});
 	var div = $( "<div>" ).testWidget();
 	deepEqual( div[0], div.testWidget( "widget" )[0]);
+	deepEqual( constructor, $.ui.testWidget, "$.widget returns the constructor" );
 });
 
 test( ".widget() - overriden", function() {

ui/jquery.ui.widget.js

@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ $.widget = function( name, base, prototype ) {
 	}
 
 	$.widget.bridge( name, constructor );
+
+	return constructor;
 };
 
 $.widget.extend = function( target ) {