To avoid copies of the same function I hear that functions must define in prototype
. And I hear that OOP inheritance is suck that is why I tried to use factory function when go deep in Javascript. But I have a problem in the following code. I defined all functions in prototype
and create two object, emp
and emp2
. But after defined emp2
, parameters of emp
is overrided. So what is benefit of factory function and prototype?
const eater = (state) => ({ eat(){ console.log(state.name, 'is eating') } }) function createEmployee(name, age){ let Employee = Object.create (createEmployee.prototype) Employee.name = name Employee.age = age Object.assign( createEmployee.prototype, eater(Employee) ) createEmployee.prototype.work = function(){ console.log(Employee.name, 'is working') } return Employee } let emp = createEmployee('Muzaffer', 24) emp.work() emp.eat() let emp2 = createEmployee('Cuma', 22) emp.work() emp.eat() //Output //Muzaffer is working //Muzaffer is eating //Cuma is working //Cuma is eating
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Answer
It doesn’t work when using this
keyword without new
keyword.
"use strict"; const eater = () => ({ eat(){ console.log(this.name, 'is eating') } }) Object.assign( createEmployee.prototype, eater() ) function createEmployee(name, age){ let Employee = Object.create(createEmployee.prototype) this.name = name this.age = age return Object.assign(Employee, this) } createEmployee.prototype.work = function(){ console.log(this.name, 'is working') } let emp = createEmployee('Muzaffer', 24) console.log(emp.name) emp.work() emp.eat() let emp2 = createEmployee('Cuma', 22) console.log('after creating emp2') emp.work() emp.eat() console.log(emp.name)
With new
keyword
const eater = () => ({ eat(){ console.log(this.name, 'is eating') } }) Object.assign( createEmployee.prototype, eater() ) function createEmployee(name, age){ this.name = name this.age = age } createEmployee.prototype.work = function(){ console.log(this.name, 'is working') } let emp = new createEmployee('Muzaffer', 24) console.log(emp.name) emp.work() emp.eat() let emp2 = new createEmployee('Cuma', 22) console.log('after creating emp2') emp.work() emp.eat() console.log(emp.name)
According to these result: new
keyword just makes the prototype of the this
object refer to createEmployee.prototype
, like the Object.create
call did before. And return this
object. When calling a function with new
keyword or just calling regular function this
object create autumaticly.
But we dont need to use this
keyword in createEmployee
factory function. We just need this
keyword in our object function like work
and eat
.
const eater = () => ({ eat(){ console.log(this.name, 'is eating') } }) Object.assign( createEmployee.prototype, eater() ) function createEmployee(name, age){ let Employee = Object.create(createEmployee.prototype) Employee.name = name Employee.age = age return Employee } createEmployee.prototype.work = function(){ console.log(this.name, 'is working') } let emp = createEmployee('Muzaffer', 24) console.log(emp.name) emp.work() emp.eat() let emp2 = createEmployee('Cuma', 22) console.log('after creating emp2') emp.work() emp.eat() console.log(emp.name)