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Proof of concept to extend objects and maintain protected data
// A simple class creation library.
// Inspired by base2 and Prototype
(function(){
var initializing = false,
// Determine if functions can be serialized
fnTest = /xyz/.test(function(){xyz;}) ? /\b_super\b/ : /.*/;
// Create a new Class that inherits from this class
Object.subClass = function(prop) {
var _super = this.prototype;
// Instantiate a base class (but only create the instance,
// don't run the init constructor)
initializing = true;
var proto = new this();
initializing = false;
// Copy the properties over onto the new prototype
for (var name in prop) {
// Check if we're overwriting an existing function
proto[name] = typeof prop[name] == "function" &&
typeof _super[name] == "function" && fnTest.test(prop[name]) ?
(function(name, fn){
return function() {
var tmp = this._super;
// Add a new ._super() method that is the same method
// but on the super-class
this._super = _super[name];
// The method only need to be bound temporarily, so we
// remove it when we're done executing
var ret = fn.apply(this, arguments);
this._super = tmp;
return ret;
};
})(name, prop[name]) :
prop[name];
}
// The dummy class constructor
function Class() {
// All construction is actually done in the init method
if ( !initializing && this.init )
this.init.apply(this, arguments);
}
// Populate our constructed prototype object
Class.prototype = proto;
// Enforce the constructor to be what we expect
Class.constructor = Class;
// And make this class extendable
Class.subClass = arguments.callee;
return Class;
};
})();
function curry (fn /*, ... */)
{
var aCurryArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
return function ( /* ... */ )
{
var aCalleeArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0),
aMergedArgs = aCurryArgs.concat(aCalleeArgs);
return fn.apply(this, aMergedArgs);
};
};
// #########################################################
var Sup = Object.subClass({
echo: function(oProtected, sComment){
alert('Sup:' + oProtected.secret + ' ' + sComment);
}
});
var Sub = Sup.subClass({
echo: function(oProtected, sComment){
this._super(oProtected, sComment);
alert('Sub:' + oProtected.secret + ' ' + sComment);
}
});
function createSub(){
var oInstance = new Sub(), oProtected = {
secret: 'Hello World'
};
// bind the protected data with the original method
for (var prop in oInstance) {
if (typeof oInstance[prop] === 'function') {
oInstance[prop] = SKY.utils.curry(oInstance[prop], oProtected);
}
}
return oInstance;
}
createSub().echo('MOOOOOMIN');
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