Form Load Object or First Array Element

[devnull]

I have a problem with a data source that I cannot control, sometimes it returns and object or sometimes it returns a single element array:

Code:

{ name:'xxx' }

Code:

[{ name:'xxx' }]

Is it possible to extend the form function so that if it is n array it will load the first element if not load the object:

Code:

if(!Array.isArray(data)) return data[0]; else return data;

[stworthy]

Please extend a new method to achieve this functionality.

Code:

$.extend($.fn.form.methods, {
	load2: function(jq, data){
		return jq.each(function(){
			var target = this;
			var opts = $(target).data('form').options;
			if (typeof data == 'string'){
				var param = {};
				if (opts.onBeforeLoad.call(target, param) == false) return;
				
				$.ajax({
					url: data,
					data: param,
					dataType: 'json',
					success: function(data){
						_load(data);
					},
					error: function(){
						opts.onLoadError.apply(target, arguments);
					}
				});
			} else {
				_load(data);
			}
			function _load(data){
				if ($.isArray(data)){
					data = data[0];
				}
				$(target).form('load', data);
			}
		})
	}
})

Usage example:

Code:

$('#ff').form('load2', 'get_data.php');
$('#ff').form('load2', [{name: 'xxx}]);
$('#ff').form('load2', {name: 'xxx'});