Question

I have an object and it has another inner object. How can I call the parent object from the inner object?

var test = {
    init: function () {
        var instance = this;
    },
    call: function() {
        this.stop(); // works
    },
    stop: function() {
        this.parseText(); // works
    },
    parseText: {
        load: function ()
        {
            this.call(); //*** dont work
            instance.call(); // work, but what if i have this instance (same name) on another object, would'nt this conflict it?
        }
    }
};

I’m using an instance, which works fine, but what if I or someone wrote an instance (same name) var in another object, wouldn’t it will conflict and overwrite this instance?

Answer 1

If all you’re worried about is test changing, do it like this:

var test = (function() {
    var object = {}
    object.call = function() {
        this.stop(); // works
    };
    object.stop = function() {
        this.parseText(); // apparently works, even though parseText is not a function
    };
    object.parseText = {
        load: function() {
            object.call(); // works
        }
    };
    return object;
})();