Pass Initialized Object Reference to Event

[vunet]

If I initializer my object as

var obj = new SomeObject();

then I have some method inside of the object as:

function SomeObject(){
.......
this.showLink = function(){
return "<a href='javascrip t:void(0)' onClick='obj.sh owMessage()'></
a>"
}
this.showMessag e = function(){ alert("My Message is Here") }
.......
}

Obviously, "onClick='obj.s howMessage()' " is a wrong refrence because
we may call it obj2 or have multiple objects. How can I reference any
function of an initialized object on click of a link?
Thank you for suggestions.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: Pass Initialized Object Reference to Event

vunet wrote:

If I initializer my object as
>
var obj = new SomeObject();
>
then I have some method inside of the object as:
>
function SomeObject(){
......
this.showLink = function(){
return "<a href='javascrip t:void(0)' onClick='obj.sh owMessage()'></
a>"
}
this.showMessag e = function(){ alert("My Message is Here") }
......
}
>
Obviously, "onClick='obj.s howMessage()' " is a wrong refrence because
we may call it obj2 or have multiple objects. How can I reference any
function of an initialized object on click of a link?

Don't use strings. And move all methods that don't require a closure to the
prototype object.

function isMethod(o, p)
{
return (o && /\s*(function|ob ject|unknown)\s */i.test(typeof o[p])
&& o[p]);
}

function SomeObject()
{
this.showLink = function() {
if (isMethod(docum ent, "createElement" ))
{
var a = document.create Element("a");

if (a)
{
a.href = "javascript:voi d(0)";

var me = this;
var f = function(e) {
me.showMessage( );

if (isMethod(e, "preventDefault ")) e.preventDefaul t();
if (typeof e.returnValue != "undefined" ) e.returnValue = false;
return false;
};

if (isMethod(a, "addEventListen er"))
{
a.addEventListe ner("click", f, false);
}
else
{
a.onclick = f;
}
}
}

return a;
};
}

SomeObject.prot otype = {
constructor: SomeObject,
showMessage: function(){ alert("My Message is Here") }
};

That said, don't misuse `a' elements like this.

Thank you for suggestions.

You're welcome.


PointedEars
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