Apr 01 2009
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New evolution of my JavaScript pattern
Doesn’t take inheritance into account, but it does a lot of what I want in a basic class.
var Namespace = window.Namespace || {};
Namespace.Foo = function() {
/* --- CONSTANTS --- */
var CONSTANTS = {
A_CONSTANT_VALUE : 1
};
// shorthand reference
var C = CONSTANTS;
/* --- STATIC VARIABLES --- */
var STATIC = {
instances : [],
canBeOverridden : "bar"
};
/* --- CONSTRUCTOR --- */
var Instance = function() {
};
/* --- INSTANCE METHODS --- */
Instance.prototype = {
aPublicInstanceMethod : function() {
aPrivateMethod(this);
}
};
/* --- PUBLIC CLASS METHODS --- */
var publicMethods = {
initialize : function() {
var instance = new Instance();
self.instances.push(instance);
return instance;
}
};
// combined public methods and static properties so
// that they're both accessibile anywhere and override-able
var self = $.extend(publicMethods, STATIC);
/* --- PRIVATE METHODS --- */
function aPrivateMethod(instance) {
instance.property = C.A_CONSTANT_VALUE;
};
// make everything but the private methods accessible,
// but note that constants will have no effect if overridden
return $.extend(self, CONSTANTS);
}();
