NodeJS module function convention - calling own functions

Question

Say I have a module in Node that has two functions func1() and func2(). Func1 needs to make a call to func2 during its execution.

I want to have func2 in the exports so it can be individually tested, so I am setting the exports module exports to include both func1 and func2:

(function (module) {

    module.func1= function (something) {

        var result = module.func2(something);

        return result + something;    
    }

    module.func2 = function(something) {

        return something * something;
    }
})(module.exports);

The question is.. Is this the best way of defining / calling func2?

I can't think of any other way of doing it but making a call to module.func2() just seems a little wrong to me for some reason.

Update: to elaborate further:

It seems that by using module.func2 I am really calling module.exports.func2 which is going out of the class to come back in again rather than keeping it all internal..

No other reason really, I appreciate that this works, I was just wondering if this was the generally accepted setup in Node

Oleksandr T. · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-19 11:40:46Z

1

You can use this instead of module, like this

....
var result = this.func2(something);
...

edited May 19, 2016 at 11:40

answered Nov 3, 2014 at 16:21

Oleksandr T.

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mikedavies-dev Over a year ago

great, that seems much more sensible!

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