Hi Allen, thank you so much for the reply. If I do it that way, someVar will now be a private variable. What if I wanted someVar to be an instance variable. so that it may be accessed externally:
aWorker.someVar hence why I did: this.someVar = 'var'; Is this something that you have to give up when going with this pattern? On Sep 10, 11:07 am, Allen <bla...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ngan, > > This should do what you want. > > var Worker = Class.create((function() { > var someVar; > function initialize() { > someVar = "var"; > privateMethod(); > } > function publicMethod() { > privateMethod(); > } > function privateMethod() { > console.info(someVar); > console.info(this) > } > return { > initialize: initialize, > publicMethod: publicMethod > }; > > })()); > > On Sep 10, 1:10 pm, Ngan <nganp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, I apologize if this question has been asked before. I've tried > > googling for this, but did find a good answer. > > > What's the best way to have private methods using prototype's > > Class.create? > > > I've tried... > > > var Worker = Class.create((function() { > > function initialize() { > > this.someVar = "var"; > > privateMethod(); > > } > > > function publicMethod() { > > privateMethod(); > > } > > > function privateMethod() { > > console.info(this.someVar); > > console.info(this) > > } > > > return { > > initialize: initialize, > > publicMethod: publicMethod > > }; > > > })()); > > > Running this will give me: > > aWorker = new Worker(); > > # console.info(this.someVar) #=> undefined > > # console.info(this.someVar) #=> DOMWindow > > > However: > > aWorker.publicMethod() #=> WORKS! > > > Thank you for your time! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---