/**
* ajaxForm() provides a mechanism for fully automating form submission.
*
* The advantages of using this method instead of ajaxSubmit() are:
*
* 1: This method will include coordinates for <input type="image" /> elements (if the element
* is used to submit the form).
* 2. This method will include the submit element's name/value data (for the element that was
* used to submit the form).
* 3. This method binds the submit() method to the form for you.
*
* The options argument for ajaxForm works exactly as it does for ajaxSubmit. ajaxForm merely
* passes the options argument along after properly binding events for submit elements and
* the form itself.
*/
$.fn.ajaxForm = function(options) {
options = options || {};
options.delegation = options.delegation && $.isFunction($.fn.on);
// in jQuery 1.3+ we can fix mistakes with the ready state
if (!options.delegation && this.length === 0) {
var o = { s: this.selector, c: this.context };
if (!$.isReady && o.s) {
log('DOM not ready, queuing ajaxForm');
$(function() {
$(o.s,o.c).ajaxForm(options);
});
return this;
}
// is your DOM ready? http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Introducing_$(document).ready()
log('terminating; zero elements found by selector' + ($.isReady ? '' : ' (DOM not ready)'));
return this;
}
if ( options.delegation ) {
$(document)
.off('submit.form-plugin', this.selector, doAjaxSubmit)
.off('click.form-plugin', this.selector, captureSubmittingElement)
.on('submit.form-plugin', this.selector, options, doAjaxSubmit)
.on('click.form-plugin', this.selector, options, captureSubmittingElement);
return this;
}
return this.ajaxFormUnbind()
.bind('submit.form-plugin', options, doAjaxSubmit)
.bind('click.form-plugin', options, captureSubmittingElement);
};上面摘录的代码，是JQuery fom插件中ajaxFom这个方法的源代码。
下载地址为：http://plugins.jquery.com/form/
ajaxForm注释的含义，大致强调这点意思：
用ajaxform，要么form表单中包含可以submit的元素，要么方法在注册submit事件中调用。也就是说，用ajaxForm必须要有触发submit的方法，否则无法提交form。
相比而言，ajaxSubmit这个方法将直接触发form的submit提交。
来源：oschina
链接：https://my.oschina.net/u/1453545/blog/280474