Maybe this is inappropriate jquery usage... but I'm developing a module based application where each "module" is contained in a div and it would be nice to declare methods for each module and be able to call them without instantiating a class instance or using extra objects, like so:

1. $("#module-one").start();
2. $("#module-two").start();
3. $("#module-three").start();

Where start() is defined differently for each of these implementations. Maybe I just don't understand the framework very well. In comparison to more traditional programming style, I want three static classes, or three singleton classes even, with the jquery object being the instance.

Is this stupid :?

Maybe I can just use plain JavaScript to make the classes and declare a target property on each that holds a reference to the corresponding jquery object?

Thanks and best, -p