Question

Is there any way to clean up all the Obj.prototype.field = statements in my javascript code? I am using jQuery. I want to do the same thing except not have every other word in my code be prototype. Maybe what I’m asking is impossible — if so, just let me know and that will be the answer.

I found this to be an ungoogleable question because there is a js library named “Prototype”…

Answer 1

Use jQuery.extend. The properties of the second argument will be copied over to the first one:

$.extend(Obj.prototype,{
   field1: "hi there",
   func1: function(){
     //do stuff
   }
});

This is what jQuery uses internally, jQuery.fn being an alias for jQuery.prototype:

jQuery.fn.extend({
   attr: function( name, value ) {
      return jQuery.access( this, jQuery.attr, name, value, arguments.length > 1 );
   },

   removeAttr: function( name ) {
       return this.each(function() {
                jQuery.removeAttr( this, name );
        });
   }, ...