JavaScript private methods

Question

To make a JavaScript class with a public method I\'d do something like:

function Restaurant() {}

Restaurant.prototype.buy_food = function(){
   // something         


        

Answer 1

What about this?

var Restaurant = (function() {

 var _id = 0;
 var privateVars = [];

 function Restaurant(name) {
     this.id = ++_id;
     this.name = name;
     privateVars[this.id] = {
         cooked: []
     };
 }

 Restaurant.prototype.cook = function (food) {
     privateVars[this.id].cooked.push(food);
 }

 return Restaurant;

})();

Private variable lookup is impossible outside of the scope of the immediate function. There is no duplication of functions, saving memory.

The downside is that the lookup of private variables is clunky privateVars[this.id].cooked is ridiculous to type. There is also an extra "id" variable.