Question

Say I create an object as so:

$.myObject = function(parameter){
    var defaults = {
        start: '1'
    };

    options = $.extend(defaults, options);

    function doSomething(){
        console.log('BOO');
    }
}

How can I access the function and access the properties from outside? They seem to be private (closure issue?).

Do I have to define the function outside to make them public?
i.e.

$.myObjectFunction = function doSomething(){
    console.log('BOO');
}

In order to call it from globally as $.myObjectFunction() from a console in firefox/chrome.

Answer 1

Here you can find a lot of examples how to work with classes in JavaScript

function myObject(options) {
    var defaults = {
        start: '1'
    };

    options = $.extend(defaults, options);

    this.doSomething = function () {
        console.log('BOO');
        console.log(options.start);
    }
}

using:

new myObject().doSomething()
new myObject({start:'100'}).doSomething()