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bind an array of items to a function at once
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/** | |
* I feel like javascript functions are missing a method. Here's why: | |
* call is to bind as apply is to ? | |
* | |
* Javascript lacks a native method of binding an array as a list of parameters | |
* to a function. Here's what I came up with: | |
*/ | |
if(Function.prototype.bind && !Function.prototype.bundle){ | |
Function.prototype.bundle = function(thisArg, argsArray){ | |
return this.bind.apply(this, [thisArg].concat(Object.prototype.toString.call(argsArray) === '[object Array]'? argsArray: [])); | |
}; | |
} | |
if (!Function.prototype.bind && !Function.prototype.bundle) { | |
// Adapted from https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/bind (changed very little) | |
Function.prototype.bundle = function (oThis, argsArray) { | |
if (typeof this !== "function") { | |
// closest thing possible to the ECMAScript 5 internal IsCallable function | |
throw new TypeError("Function.prototype.bundle - what is trying to be bound is not callable"); | |
} | |
var aArgs = Object.prototype.toString.call(argsArray) === '[object Array]'? argsArray: [], | |
fToBundle = this, | |
fNOP = function () {}, | |
fBundled = function () { | |
return fToBundle.apply(this instanceof fNOP? this: oThis || window /* replace with global if using nodejs */, [].concat.apply(aArgs, arguments)); | |
}; | |
fNOP.prototype = this.prototype; | |
fBundled.prototype = new fNOP(); | |
return fBundled; | |
}; | |
} | |
var testFunc = function(a, b, c){ | |
console.log('a,b,c: ', a, b, c); | |
console.log('arguments.length: ', arguments.length); | |
console.log('arguments content', arguments); | |
}; | |
var someArray = [1, 2, 3, 4]; | |
var bundledFunc = testFunc.bundle(null, someArray); | |
var boundFunc = testFunc.bind(null, 1, 2, 3, 4); | |
bundledFunc(); | |
boundFunc(); |
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