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Inheriting from native Array using Proxies
var List = function() {
return new Proxy({
constructor: List,
_array: [].slice.call(arguments),
size: function() {
return this._array.length;
},
toString: function() {
return 'List[' + this._array.toString() + ']';
}
}, {
get: function(target, name) {
if(name in target) {
return target[name];
}
if(typeof target._array[name] == 'function') {
return function() {
var result = target._array[name].apply(
target._array,
arguments
);
return Array.isArray(result)?
List.apply(List, result):
result;
}
}
return target._array[name];
},
set: function(target, name, value, receiver) {
target._array[name] = value;
}
});
};
function assert(expr, msg) {
if(!expr) console.error(msg || 'FAIL!');
}
var foo = new List(3,2,1)
assert(foo);
assert(foo.constructor == List);
assert(Array.isArray(foo._array));
assert(typeof foo.forEach == 'function');
assert(foo.length == foo.size());
var mapped = foo.map(function(current) {
return current * current;
}); // [9, 4, 1]
assert(mapped);
assert(mapped.constructor == List);
assert(Array.isArray(mapped._array));
assert(typeof mapped.forEach == 'function');
assert(mapped.size() == foo.size());
assert(foo.push(42) == 4)
assert(foo.size() == 4)
assert(mapped.toString() == "List[9,4,1]")
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