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I have a super class called API in a separate file called API.js

class API {
???
}

I also have a bunch of subclasses each in a separate file (MySubClassXXX.js) that include a number of static methods like:

class MySubClass1  {
     static method1 () {
        return { something }
     }
     static method2 () {
        return { something else }
     }
}

I would like yo use these methods in my project like this API.MySubClass1.method1()

how should I import and define the subclasses MySubClass1 in the main class API

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  • Do these only include static methods? Commented Sep 20, 2021 at 8:11
  • yes they do. only static Commented Sep 20, 2021 at 8:45
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    Then you should not be using classes in the first place. Use object literals. Or instances of a base class if you want to share some of the methods and overwrite others. Commented Sep 20, 2021 at 9:09

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You can assign a subclass definition to a property of the base class. class declarations in Javascript are first-class values.

class API {}

API.MySubClass1 = class {
  static method1() {
    return 'something'
  }
}

console.log(API.MySubClass1.method1())

If you only intend to use classes as namespaces here, you can also safely drop class and static keywords with the same effect.

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