Get Telerik object using javascript/jQuery

[Antonio]

In javascript, $find returns a reference to a Telerik object's exposed client API (e.g., set_enabled, set_autoPostBack, etc.)

Right now, I use this script to get it by the suffix of the id:

var $findByBaseId = function (baseId) {
        return $find($('[id$=' + baseId + ']').attr('id'));
};

Works ok, but seems a little roundabout.  Is there a built in Telerik function that does this?  It seems like I'm scanning the DOM twice.

I'm avoiding the <%%> tags to allow the scripts to be moved to separate files.

[Antonio]

Never mind.  A little more digging and I found Sys.Application._components which is a dictionary of controls.

var $findByBaseId = function (baseId) {
    var re = new RegExp(baseId + '$');
    for (var key in Sys.Application._components) {
        if (re.test(key)) return Sys.Application._components[key];
    }
    return null;
};

I guess $find doesn't do a DOM scan; looks like Sys.Application.findComponent() just does a lookup.