[jQuery] Returning a new collection from a method

[McLars]

I have a plugin that needs to return a different jQuery collection
than the one it was passed. In other words, each of the elements
passed in the original collection will create a new element, and I
want to return the new elements instead of the originals.

So, instead of something like this:

$.fn.myMethod = function() {
    return this.each(function() {
    //
    // Create new element here
    //
});

which returns the original element collection (preserves chaining),
I'm looking for an elegant way to return the new elements in a jQuery
collection.

I think maybe the $.map method might be part of the solution, but I'm
afraid I just can't understand how. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Larry