[jQuery] XML: How to get all attributes of a element?

[jQuery] XML: How to get all attributes of a element?


Is there anyway to iterate through a element's attributes without
knowing beforehand how many or what attributes an element will have?
For example:
<object name="Apple" type="Fruit" state="Vermont"/>
<object name="Orange" />
I'd want to make some kind of json from this, with the Apple object
having values for attributes type and state, and the Orange object
just having a value for "name".