Sounds good. Can you post a link to your source (if you want to share
it and have it on github or something)?
On Dec 17, 11:08 am, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 December 2010 08:32, Luke <kickingje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Richard,
>
> > thanks for your reply. With
>
> >> The return is something I've been using since May 2008 with all the
> >> releases and updates since then.
>
> > Do you mean you have used the native prototype-return, or did you
> > alter it, and it still worked?
>
> > On Dec 16, 6:04 pm, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 16 December 2010 16:36, Luke <kickingje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > Hi,
>
> >> > if you define a Class like
>
> >> > ----------------------------------
> >> > var TestClass = Class.create({
> >> > initialize: function(element) {
> >> > element = $(element);
> >> > this.doFunkyStuffWithElement(element)
> >> > return element;
> >> > },
> >> > doFunkyStuffWithElement: function(element) { log("funky stuff
> >> > here") }
> >> > });
> >> > ----------------------------------
>
> >> > and you instantiate that Class
>
> >> > var myObject = new TestClass();
>
> >> > is there a way I can change it so (while namespacing my Class-Code so
> >> > Prototype's Class will remain untouched) that instantiation of that
> >> > class will return something different than what Prototype returns (in
> >> > my case a DOM-Object that has been extended with custom Methods)?
>
> >> > ---
> >> > Why I want to do this: I'm working on a site where you can create
> >> > really simple webpages by adding, editing, and removing elements on
> >> > your page. To structure my code I make use of prototype's dom-
> >> > extending nature and its way of class-inheritance:
> >> > There is a base class for elements on the page which has methods for
> >> > editing and removing that object and so on. I subclass this base-class
> >> > for specific elements where I implement the specific editing/removing/
> >> > whatever-code. Now to map my functionality to the elements on the
> >> > page, I extend the DOM-Elements which you can edit/etc with the
> >> > methods and properties of the class, leaving out unnecessary
> >> > constructors etc.
>
> >> > But it is always a little annoying to extend an object with a class,
> >> > and then fetch that object again to work with it:
>
> >> > ----------------------------------
> >> > new EditablePicture($('the_element_I_extend'));
> >> > var my_element = $('the_element_I_extend');
> >> > my_element.do_something();
> >> > ----------------------------------
>
> >> > it would be nice to be able to do something like this:
>
> >> > ----------------------------------
> >> > var my_element = new EditablePicture($('the_element_I_extend'));
> >> > my_element.do_something();
> >> > ----------------------------------
>
> >> > Is that kind of stuff even possible?
>
> >> > Thank you
> >> > Lukas
>
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> >> Yep - I think so. Look at around line 80 of prototype.js
>
> >> function klass() {
> >> return this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
> >> }
>
> >> The return is something I've been using since May 2008 with all the
> >> releases and updates since then.
>
> >> I've not had any issues with my code or with scripty with it.
>
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> I build my own prototype. I have a patch which is applied to after the
> compiled from source.
>
> So, any class I create, I can return something from the initializer.
>
> I'm trying to find the original request for this feature, but I can't.
> It makes my classes work like a Factory if the initializer returns
> something other than this.
>
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