How do you create an object of a class and call a method from it? I've done this in Java and other languages, but I'm looking to learn the syntax in javascript.
For example I'm looking for something like this:
file1.js
var person = new Person("Joe");
person.getName();
Person.js
function Person() {
this.name = name;
}
function getName(String name) {
return name;
}
Thanks for any help in advance!
Javascript uses a very different inheritance model from Java. Read this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Inheritance_and_the_prototype_chain
It's a prototype based, as oppose to a classical. It also doesn't do the type checking, so you'll have to do it yourself.
function Person(name) {
this.name = name;
}
Person.prototype.getname = function () {
return this.name;
}
Person.prototype.setName = function (name) {
if (typeof name === 'string') {
this.name = name;
} else {
throw new Error('parameter must be of a string type');
}
}
Try this
function Person(name) {
this.name = name;
}
Person.prototype.getName = function() {
return this.name;
}
