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March 4, 2011 10:35
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Non-Inheritance addition of methods from a source class, either to an instance or a prototype
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/* | |
@destObj :Object to decorate | |
@propName :String name of | |
@className :Class to use as the decorator source | |
*/ | |
function decorate(destObj,propName,className) | |
{ | |
// are we working with an instance? | |
if(typeof destObj == "object") | |
{ | |
var tmp = destObj[propName] = new className(); | |
for(var v in tmp) | |
{ | |
if(typeof tmp[v] == "function") | |
{ | |
destObj[v] = function(){return tmp[v].apply(tmp,arguments);}; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
// working with prototypes | |
else if(typeof destObj == "function") | |
{ | |
var src = className.prototype; | |
var dest = destObj.prototype; | |
for(var v in src) | |
{ | |
if(typeof src[v] == "function") | |
{ | |
dest[v] = function() | |
{ | |
var self = this; | |
if(!self[propName]) | |
{ | |
self[propName] = new className(); | |
} | |
return self[propName][v].apply(self[propName],arguments); | |
}; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
// Sample Use | |
var MixInClass = function(){}; | |
MixInClass.prototype.doSomething = function(blah) | |
{ | |
console.log("I am doing something with blah :: " + blah); | |
} | |
var Descendant = function(){}; | |
var Descendant2 = function(){}; | |
// Decorate an instance of an object with the methods of another class | |
var bob = new Descendant(); | |
decorate(bob,"_prop",MixInClass); | |
bob.doSomething("bob"); | |
// Decorate a class with the methods of another class | |
decorate(Descendant2,"_prop",MixInClass); | |
var joe = new Descendant2(); | |
joe.doSomething("joe"); |
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