JavaScript Classical Inheritance #2

js_classical_inheritance_02__person_nihonjin

var Person = function() {
    this.helloMessage = 'Hello';
};

Person.prototype.sayHello = function() {
    console.log( this.helloMessage );
};

var Nihonjin = function() {
    this.helloMessage = 'Konnichiwa';
};

// Inherit the parent class's prototype
Nihonjin.prototype = new Person();

// Reset the constructor back to the child class
Nihonjin.prototype.constructor = Nihonjin;

Nihonjin.prototype.bow = function() {
    console.log( '*bows*' );
};

// Could also override Nihonjin.sayHello here if you want

var person = new Person();
var nihonjin = new Nihonjin();

person.sayHello();
nihonjin.sayHello();
nihonjin.bow();