I am trying to create a comet like thing. I have a plugin that collects data from a php page. The problem is that i dont know how to call the plugin inside itself.

If it were a function i could go like this: function j () {setTimeout(j(), 1000);}, but i am using a jQuery plugin.

Here is my plugin code:

(function($) {
$.fn.watch = function(ops) {
    var
        $this_ = this,
        setngs = $.extend({
            'type'  : 'JSON',
            'query' : 'GET',
            'url'   : '',
            'data'  : '',
            'wait'  : 1000
        }, ops);

        if (setngs.type === '') {
            return false;
        } else if (setngs.query === '') {
            return false;
        } else if (setngs.url === '') {
            return false;
        } else if (setngs.wait === '') {
            return false;
        } else if (setngs.wait === 0) {
            setngs.wait = 1000;
        }

        var xhr = $.ajax({
            type        : setngs.query,
            dataType    : setngs.type,
            url         : setngs.url,
            success     : function(data) {
                var i = 0;
                for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
                    var html = $this_.html(), str = '<li class="post" id="post-' + data[i].id + '"><div class="inner"><div class="user">' + data[i].user + '</div><div class="body">' + data[i].body + '</div></div></li>';
                    $this_.html(str + html);
                }
                setTimeout($this_, 1000);
            }
        });
};
})(jQuery);

where it says setTimeout($this_, 1000); this is where im having trouble. I don't know what to call the plugin as. $this_ is what I thought might work but I am wrong. That is what i need to replace.

Thanks for your help.