Hi,
if you define a Class like
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var TestClass = Class.create({
initialize: function(element) {
element = $(element);
this.doFunkyStuffWithElement(element)
return element;
},
doFunkyStuffWithElement: function(element) { log("funky stuff
here") }
});
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and you instantiate that Class
var myObject = new TestClass();
is there a way I can change it so (while namespacing my Class-Code so
Prototype's Class will remain untouched) that instantiation of that
class will return something different than what Prototype returns (in
my case a DOM-Object that has been extended with custom Methods)?
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Why I want to do this: I'm working on a site where you can create
really simple webpages by adding, editing, and removing elements on
your page. To structure my code I make use of prototype's dom-
extending nature and its way of class-inheritance:
There is a base class for elements on the page which has methods for
editing and removing that object and so on. I subclass this base-class
for specific elements where I implement the specific editing/removing/
whatever-code. Now to map my functionality to the elements on the
page, I extend the DOM-Elements which you can edit/etc with the
methods and properties of the class, leaving out unnecessary
constructors etc.
But it is always a little annoying to extend an object with a class,
and then fetch that object again to work with it:
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new EditablePicture($('the_element_I_extend'));
var my_element = $('the_element_I_extend');
my_element.do_something();
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it would be nice to be able to do something like this:
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var my_element = new EditablePicture($('the_element_I_extend'));
my_element.do_something();
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Is that kind of stuff even possible?
Thank you
Lukas
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