This is also noted in the manual. http://manual.qooxdoo.org/current/pages/core/classes.html#instance-members
Take a look at the link for more details and the preferred way to initialize instance variables. On 16/12/2015 06:07 μμ, Derrell Lipman wrote: > Hi Tashos. This is just how JavaScript works. An object (map) is a > "reference type' in JavaScript. That means that regardless of how many > variables are assigned that same value, they'll all get a reference to > the one and only actual object. So when you create your object in the > /members/ section like this: > > ... > members : > { > x : {} > }, > ... > > you are, at that very moment, creating the empty object and stating that > as each instance of the object is created, the x member should "point > to" (reference, in JavaScript parlance) that one single object. > > Your solution of initializing the member in the constructor is the > correct one. > > Cheers, > > Derrell > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:53 AM tashos <tmitu...@balkantel.net > <mailto:tmitu...@balkantel.net>> wrote: > > Hi, > We are using qooxdoo for development and I experienced a bug. I have > declared a member that is pointing to a object and edit that member in > the constructor of the class. When I create two or more instances of > said class the member always points to the last created instance. If I > assign the member to "this" like "this.member = {};" then it works like > it is expected to. Can you give me a suggestion or a reason as to why > this is happening? > > PS.: The declaration in members goes as follows: members: > { > member: {}, > funcUsingMember: function () { > // Some business logic > > return this.member.key; > } > } > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel