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Javascript class-like inheritance
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/* Simple JavaScript Inheritance for ES 5.1 ( includes polyfill for IE < 9 ) | |
* based on http://ejohn.org/blog/simple-javascript-inheritance/ | |
* (inspired by base2 and Prototype) | |
* MIT Licensed. | |
*/ | |
(function (global) { | |
"use strict"; | |
if (!Object.create) { | |
Object.create = (function () { | |
function F() { | |
} | |
return function (o) { | |
if (arguments.length != 1) { | |
throw new Error("Object.create implementation only accepts one parameter."); | |
} | |
F.prototype = o; | |
return new F(); | |
}; | |
})(); | |
} | |
var fnTest = /xyz/.test(function () { | |
xyz; | |
}) ? /\b_super\b/ : /.*/; | |
// The base Class implementation (does nothing) | |
function BaseClass() { | |
} | |
// Create a new Class that inherits from this class | |
BaseClass.extend = function (props) { | |
var _super = this.prototype; | |
// Instantiate a base class (but only create the instance, | |
// don't run the init constructor) | |
var proto = Object.create(_super); | |
// Copy the properties over onto the new prototype | |
for (var name in props) { | |
// Check if we're overwriting an existing function | |
proto[name] = typeof props[name] === "function" && | |
typeof _super[name] === "function" && fnTest.test(props[name]) ? | |
(function (name, fn) { | |
return function () { | |
var tmp = this._super; | |
// Add a new ._super() method that is the same method | |
// but on the super-class | |
this._super = _super[name]; | |
// The method only need to be bound temporarily, so we | |
// remove it when we're done executing | |
var ret = fn.apply(this, arguments); | |
this._super = tmp; | |
return ret; | |
}; | |
})(name, props[name]) : | |
props[name]; | |
} | |
// The new constructor | |
var newClass = typeof proto.init === "function" ? | |
proto.init : // All construction is actually done in the init method | |
function () {}; | |
// Populate our constructed prototype object | |
newClass.prototype = proto; | |
// Enforce the constructor to be what we expect | |
proto.constructor = newClass; | |
// And make this class extendable | |
newClass.extend = BaseClass.extend; | |
return newClass; | |
}; | |
// export | |
global.Class = BaseClass; | |
})(this); |
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