Let's say I have two classes, Base
and Child
. Base is the base class that Child will be inheriting from. Here's the code to visualize this:
Base.js
function Base(init) {
}
function log() {
console.log('here');
}
Base.prototype.log = log;
module.exports = Base;
Child.js
var Base = require('../Base.js');
var Child = module.exports = function Child(init) {
Base.call(this, init);
};
require('util').inherits(Child, Base);
function test() {
this.log(); // doesn't work
Base.prototype.log(); // Works but is quite ugly
Child.super_.prototype.log(); // Works but is even uglier
}
Child.prototype.test = test;
What I would absolutely love to do is something like this.log()
or even log()
would be nice. I realize I can set a variable to that in my inherited class, but then I would have to do that for every class that inherits Base
, which is definitely not ideal. So my question is, can I do something like this.log()
without having to set a variable in the inherited class? Am I misunderstanding something?
Just as an FYI, I ended up putting this in the global
variable that Node creates for you. I realize that's bad practice, but it's a logging mechanism that needs to be used by any class, controller, etc., so I don't think it's that terrible of a solution.
However, in Compound, you can create no_eval controllers, which means they look like typical prototypical functions... so you can essentially create a mixin, or I can require my mixin and use it like a class... like this:
var ControllerMixin = require(process.cwd() + 'app/mixins/ControllerMixin.js');
var Log;
var LoggerController = module.exports = function LoggerController(init) {
ControllerMixin.call(this, init); // mixin approach
Log = require(process.cwd() + 'app/utils/LoggerMixin.js')(init); // class approach
};
LoggerController.prototype.index = function index(controller) {
controller.logMessage('blah'); // using mixin
Log.logError('hi'); // using class
global.logWarning('yep'); // global approach
return controller.send({success: true});
};
So there are options... just have to find what you think is the best approach.