JavaScript pattern for multiple constructors

Question

I need different constructors for my instances. What is a common pattern for that?

Answer 1

Going further with eruciform's answer, you can chain your new call into your init method.

function Foo () {
    this.bar = 'baz';
}

Foo.prototype.init_1 = function (bar) {
    this.bar = bar;
    return this;
};

Foo.prototype.init_2 = function (baz) {
    this.bar = 'something to do with '+baz;
    return this;
};

var a = new Foo().init_1('constructor 1');
var b = new Foo().init_2('constructor 2');