Help passing CSS class attributes to tooltip function

Help passing CSS class attributes to tooltip function

Long time reader, first time poster.  I am working on incorporating qtip tool tips into a site I am working on.  The site uses per-user-login dynamic themes.   I need to be able to dynamically retrieve the attributes list/object for a class from the CSS each time the qtip tooltip function is called (using it on multiple fields). 

$(element).qtip({
              position: {
                 corner: {
                    target: 'tip_target',
                    tooltip: 'text_target'
                 }
              },
              style: {
                 name: 'cream',
                 padding: '7px 13px',
                 width: {
                    max: 210,
                    min: 0
                 },
                 tip: true
              }
            });

I need to retrieve an object that contains an attributes list from a CSS class similar to the highlighted section above.   I've tried .attr(), .css() and for the life of me can't figure out how to retrieve the CSS class object/attributes list for a CSS class without assigning it to an element on the page then copying it to a var, removing it from the element and then letting the tool tip overwrite all the elements.  I want to be able to pass the style from the CSS to the function directly.  I've looked for posts for similar topics for the last hour and haven't come up with anything so, I'm hoping you guys can help me.  Thanks again in advance.  If I was unclear with any of this just ask for clarification and I will gladly provide it.