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Dynamically changing prototypes in Js
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<title>Brian Blessed demo</title>
<style type="text/css">
.out {
font-weight: bold;
}
body {
font: 14/20px sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Normal: <span class="out normal"></span><br />
Patched: <span class="out patched"></span>
<script type="text/javascript">
// This works with Babel
class Name {
constructor(first, last) {
this.first = first;
this.last = last;
}
getFull() {
return this.first + ' ' + this.last;
}
}
(function() {
var orig = Name.prototype.getFull;
Object.defineProperty(Name.prototype, 'getFull', {
get: function() {
if (this.first === 'Brian' && this.last === 'Blessed') {
return function() {
return 'I AM BRIAN BLESSED!';
}
} else {
return orig;
}
}
});
}());
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
var john = new Name('John', 'Doe');
var brian = new Name('Brian', 'Blessed');
document.querySelector('.out.normal').innerHTML = john.getFull();
// => John Doe
document.querySelector('.out.patched').innerHTML = brian.getFull();
// => I AM BRIAN BLESSED!
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<title>Brian Blessed demo</title>
<style type="text/css">
.out {
font-weight: bold;
}
body {
font: 14/20px sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Normal: <span class="out normal"></span><br />
Patched: <span class="out patched"></span>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Name(first, last) {
this.first = first;
this.last = last;
}
Name.prototype.getFull = function() {
return this.first + ' ' + this.last;
};
(function() {
var orig = Name.prototype.getFull;
Object.defineProperty(Name.prototype, 'getFull', {
get: function() {
if (this.first === 'Brian' && this.last === 'Blessed') {
return function() {
return 'I AM BRIAN BLESSED!';
}
} else {
return orig;
}
}
});
}());
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
var john = new Name('John', 'Doe');
var brian = new Name('Brian', 'Blessed');
document.querySelector('.out.normal').innerHTML = john.getFull();
// => John Doe
document.querySelector('.out.patched').innerHTML = brian.getFull();
// => I AM BRIAN BLESSED!
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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