Question

… if I have the following constructor and then create an instance of the class:

    /* Gallery */
function Gallery( _horseName ){
    this.horseName = _horseName
    this.pixList = new Array();
}

var touchGallery = new Gallery( "touch" )

… how can I get the Gallery object based on the value of horseName?

Thought about implementing something like:

Gallery.prototype.getGalleryByHorseName = function( _horseName ){ /* to be implemented */}

… but got stuck on that. Is there a cleaner or canonical way to accomplish this? Eventually I’ll have to access that Gallery object in jQuery as well.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Simplest solution is to keep your created objects in an object.

var myGalleries = {};

myGalleries['touchA'] = new Gallery( "touchA" );
myGalleries['touchB'] = new Gallery( "touchB" );

Then you can quickly access them by passing a key.

var galleryOfTouchB = myGalleries['touchB'];