Hi,
Yes, JavaScript objects can have method-like things. This statement:
obj.doSomething();
...does two things:
1. It looks up the property 'doSomething' on the object 'obj'.
2. If the value is a function, it calls the function and sets its
context (the `this` value inside the function) to 'obj'. (If the value
isn't a function, it throws an error.)
Taken together, these two things make it seem like JavaScript has
methods. (It doesn't, but its functions are so powerful that they can
do what methods do -- and plenty more besides.)
So that means that to do what you're talking about, you must do two
things:
1. Make doSomething a property of obj.
2. Have doSomething work with `this` rather than with an argument
passed in.
More about JavaScript's mythical methods in my incredibly anemic
programming blog:
http://blog.niftysnippets.org/2008/03/mythical-methods.html
HTH,
--
T.J. Crowder
tj / crowder software / com
Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available
On Aug 26, 8:31 pm, Nik <niks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, say I have this function doSomething();
> I have always been passing it an obj (prototype object) to return
> something I want from the obj.
> so it goes like this: doSomething(obj);
>
> can I do it more like Rails, that is to say, like:
> obj.doSomething()?
>
> For instance,
> function pulse(obj){
> Effect.pulsate(obj, {pulses:4, duration:0.5});
>
> }
>
> I normall do :
> obj = $('some_div');
> pulse(obj);
>
> How can I do it like:
> obj.pulse()?
>
> Thanks!
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