Jquery plugin with api -

how can retrieve api variables plugin. per jquery authoring documentation, here plugin structure:

(function( $ ){      var methods = {          init : function( options ) {              return this.each(function() {                 var settings = {                     'height' : 10,                     'width' : 10                 };                  if ( options ) { $.extend( settings, options ); }                  $('<div>', {                     css : {                         height : settings.height,                         width : settings.width,                     }                 }).appendto(this);             });          }      };      $.fn.myplugin = function( method ) {          if ( methods[method] ) {             return methods[method].apply( this, array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 ));         } else if ( typeof method === 'object' || ! method ) {             return methods.init.apply( this, arguments );         } else {             $.error( 'method ' +  method + ' not exist on jquery.element' );         }          };  })( jquery ); 

i able following :

var element = $('div').myplugin(); console.log(element.properties); 

in properties, have function returns height , width of div. how go creating properties variable in design ?

thanks

you rid of...

return this.each(function() { ... }); 

...and have plugin return such as...

return {    'properties': {        'width': calculatedwidth,        'height': calculatedheight     } } 

however, doing mean can not chain method.