matthewp · June 19, 2012 19:08 · Jun 19, 2012
diff --git a/rel-template.js b/rel-template.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+(function() {
+  "use strict";
+
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLLinkElement.prototype, 'template', {
+    get: function() {
+      if(!/template/i.test(this.rel)) {
+        return "";
+      }
+
+      var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
+      req.open('GET', this.href, false);
+      req.setRequestHeader('Accept', this.type || "*/*");
+      req.send();
+
+      if(req.status !== 200) {
+        throw "Unable to retrieve the template.";
+      } else {
+        return req.responseText;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+})();