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JS-Revealing Module Pattern: Shopping basket implemented using this pattern. The module itself is completely self-contained in a global variable called basketModule. The basket array in the module is kept private and so other parts of our application are unable to directly read it. It only exists with the module's closure and so the only methods…
var basketModule = (function () {
// privates
var basket = [];
function doSomethingPrivate() {
//...
}
function doSomethingElsePrivate() {
//...
}
// Return an object exposed to the public
return {
// Add items to our basket
addItem: function( values ) {
basket.push(values);
},
// Get the count of items in the basket
getItemCount: function () {
return basket.length;
},
// Public alias to a private function
doSomething: doSomethingPrivate,
// Get the total value of items in the basket
getTotal: function () {
var q = this.getItemCount(),
p = 0;
while (q--) {
p += basket[q].price;
}
return p;
}
};
})();
// basketModule returns an object with a public API we can use
basketModule.addItem({
item: "bread",
price: 0.5
});
basketModule.addItem({
item: "butter",
price: 0.3
});
// Outputs: 2
console.log( basketModule.getItemCount() );
// Outputs: 0.8
console.log( basketModule.getTotal() );
// However, the following will not work:
// Outputs: undefined
// This is because the basket itself is not exposed as a part of our
// public API
console.log( basketModule.basket );
// This also won't work as it only exists within the scope of our
// basketModule closure, but not in the returned public object
console.log( basket );
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