A re-usable javascript component that depends on jQuery may need to repackage jQuery in a custom namespace to avoid overriding other versions of jQuery loaded onto a third party host page. Fortunately the jQuery project makes it easy to move the core API to a namespace. Just download the uncompressed developer version of jQuery, and replace the following block of code at the top of the file:
if ( typeof module === "object" && typeof module.exports === "object" ) {
// For CommonJS and CommonJS-like environments where a proper `window`
// is present, execute the factory and get jQuery.
// For environments that do not have a `window` with a `document`
// (such as Node.js), expose a factory as module.exports.
// This accentuates the need for the creation of a real `window`.
// e.g. var jQuery = require("jquery")(window);
// See ticket #14549 for more info.
module.exports = global.document ?
factory( global, true ) :
function( w ) {
if ( !w.document ) {
throw new Error( "jQuery requires a window with a document" );
}
return factory( w );
};
} else {
factory( global );
}
with something like this:
global.myNameSpace = global.myNameSpace || (global.myNameSpace = {});
global.myNameSpace.jQuery = factory( global, true );