Question

Imagine the task is to create some utility lib in clojurescript so it can be used from JS.

For example, let’s say I want to produce an equivalent of:

    var Foo = function(a, b, c){
      this.a = a;
      this.b = b;
      this.c = c;    
    }

    Foo.prototype.bar = function(x){
      return this.a + this.b + this.c + x;
    }

    var x = new Foo(1,2,3);

    x.bar(3);           //  >>  9    

One way to achieve it I came with is:

    (deftype Foo [a b c])   

    (set! (.bar (.prototype Foo)) 
      (fn [x] 
        (this-as this
          (+ (.a this) (.b this) (.c this) x))))

    (def x (Foo. 1 2 3))

    (.bar x 3)     ; >> 9

Question: is there more elegant/idiomatic way of the above in clojurescript?

Answer 1

This was solved with JIRA CLJS-83 by adding a magic “Object” protocol to the deftype:

(deftype Foo [a b c]
  Object
  (bar [this x] (+ a b c x)))
(def afoo (Foo. 1 2 3))
(.bar afoo 3) ; >> 9