jQuery.create = function()
{
	if (arguments.length == 0) {
        return [];
    }
    
	var args = arguments[0] || {};
    var elem = null;
    var elements = null;
	var siblings = null;

	if (args == null) {
        args = "";
    }
	
    if (args.constructor == String)
    {
		if (arguments.length > 1)
        {
			var attributes = arguments[1];
			
            if (attributes.constructor == String)
            {
				elem = document.createTextNode(args);
				elements = [];
				elements.push(elem);
				siblings = jQuery.create.apply(null, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
				elements = elements.concat(siblings);
				
                return elements;
			}
            else
            {
				elem = document.createElement(args);

				var attributes = arguments[1];
                var children = arguments[2];
				
                for (var attr in attributes) {
					jQuery(elem).attr(attr, attributes[attr]);
                }

				children = jQuery.create.apply(null, children);
				jQuery(elem).append(children);

				if (arguments.length > 3)
                {
					siblings = jQuery.create.apply(null, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 3));
					
                    return [elem].concat(siblings);
				}
				
                return elem;
			}
		}
        else
        {
            return document.createTextNode(args);
        }
	}
    else
    {
		elements = [];
		elements.push(args);
		siblings = jQuery.create.apply(null, (Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1)));
		elements = elements.concat(siblings);
		
        return elements;
    }
};