From 3f5a3be292ad6570fed13117c49e99610f3ce717 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chad Hill <chilly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 21:35:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] expose all item elements via getElement(name) /
 hasElement(name)

---
 lib/nodepie.js | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/nodepie.js b/lib/nodepie.js
index d5ecb58..de195c8 100644
--- a/lib/nodepie.js
+++ b/lib/nodepie.js
@@ -641,6 +641,38 @@ NodePie.Item.prototype._parseAuthor = function(author){
 
 /************* ITEM LEVEL PUBLIC METHODS *************/
 
+/**
+ * NodePie.Item#getElement(elementName (String)) -> element | null
+ * 
+ * Fetches the element <elementName> from this object
+ * 
+ * Usage:
+ * 
+ *     var item = np.getItem(0);
+ *     var thumb = item.getElement('media:thumbnail');
+ *     (preview = new Image()).src = thumb.url;
+ **/
+NodePie.Item.prototype.getElement = function(elementName) {
+    return ( !this.element[elementName] ? null : this.element[elementName] );
+};
+
+/**
+ * NodePie.Item#hasElement(elementName (String)) -> true | false
+ * 
+ * Returns true if this object contains an element with name <elementName>
+ * 
+ * Usage:
+ * 
+ *     var item = np.getItem(0);
+ *     if (item.hasElement('media:thumbnail')) {
+ *         (preview = new Image()).src = thumb.url;
+ *     }
+ *
+ **/
+NodePie.Item.prototype.hasElement = function(elementName) {
+    return ( this.element[elementName] == null ? false : this.element[elementName] );
+};
+
 /**
  * NodePie.Item#getLink([rel="alternate"[, type="text/html"]]) -> String | False
  * - rel (String): link rel