Question

I’m sure this question has been answered before, but I don’t think I’m using the right search phrase.

I think an example will explain better what I’m trying to ask:

var test = {};
test.example = function(parameter_2){
    alert(parameter_1+parameter_2);
}
test("parameter_1").example("parameter_2");

Obviously that last line won’t work. Essentially wanting to do something like jQuery does with selectors, but just a little more archaic.

I’ll probably just pass both parameters into the example(p1,p2) function.

It just sort of sparked my curiosity.

I found this: http://enterprisejquery.com/2010/08/javascript-parameter-patterns-with-extend-and-beyond/ but I don’t think it quite answered my question.

Answer 1

A nonglobal way of doing what RueTheWhirled had said earlier:

function test(p1) {
  var obj = new Object();
  obj.example = function(p2) {
    alert(p1 + p2);
  }
  return obj;
}


test(1).example(2);

Its the same basic idea, but it changes a local object instead.

A comment was posted above asking for a link on this (which I don’t have unfortunetly) but running the following snippet on this setup produces 4 and 6 as expected.

var a = test2(1);
var b = test2(2);

a.example(3);
b.example(4);