I am new to IIFE and trying to implement namespace in JavaScript on a Siungleton JavaScript class:
I have a JavaScript class (say main
class):
var myIIFE = (function () {
var x = null;
//constructor function
var myIIFE = function() {
var a = new IIFE.InsideIIFE(); //says not a constructor
}
myIIFE.prototype = {
//some methods
}
function createIstance() {
return new myIIFE();
}
return {
getInstance: function() {
if (!this.instance) {
this.instance = createInstance();
}
return this.instance;
}
};
})();
Then I have another JavaScript namespaced class:
myIIFE.InsideIIFE = (function() {
var inside = function() {}
inside.prototype = { //some methods }
return inside;
});
I want to create an object of myIIFE.InsideIIFE
in myIIFE
, and this is throwing me an error:
myIIFE.InsideIIFE is not a constructor
Am I doing something wrong? Or if this is a correct approach then what changes I should make.
I tried using new this.InsideIIFE()
and just InsideIIFE
, but non of them worked.
edit:
From my analysis, I understand that myIIFE
(the parent) is an object as it return an object at:
return {
getInstance: function() {
//method body
}
}
There are many issues with this code, let's try to run it in our heads, from the start:
var myIIFE = (function () {
....
})();
This results in myIIFE
being an object, to be precise, this object:
{
getInstance: function() {
if (!this.instance) {
this.instance = createInstance();
}
return this.instance;
}
}
So, then I assume, you do
myIIFE.getInstance()
Which tries to return new myIIFE();
It runs into myIIFE()
and tries to do this:
new IIFE.InsideIIFE();
I assume you meant to write
new myIIFE.InsideIIFE();
because IIFE
is not defined it anywhere in the code you provided.
Let's see what is myIIFE.insideIIFE
var myIIFE.InsideIIFE = (function() {
var inside = function() {}
inside.prototype = { //some methods }
return inside;
});
First of all you start with var
, which is wrong, because myIIFE
is already defined and you are just adding a new property to it. so it should be simply
myIIFE.InsideIIFE = (function() {
var inside = function() {}
inside.prototype = { //some methods }
return inside;
});
and it should work.
In general, it seems by your code, like you have not grasped the whole "constructor function" concept very well. I would suggest you take look at the following links, they should help.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/new
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Introduction_to_Object-Oriented_JavaScript