Accessing private member variables from prototype-defined functions

Question

Is there any way to make “private” variables (those defined in the constructor), available to prototype-defined methods?

TestClass = function(){
    var priv         


        

Answer 1

var getParams = function(_func) {
  res = _func.toString().split('function (')[1].split(')')[0].split(',')
  return res
}

function TestClass(){

  var private = {hidden: 'secret'}
  //clever magic accessor thing goes here
  if ( !(this instanceof arguments.callee) ) {
    for (var key in arguments) {
      if (typeof arguments[key] == 'function') {
        var keys = getParams(arguments[key])
        var params = []
        for (var i = 0; i <= keys.length; i++) {
          if (private[keys[i]] != undefined) {
            params.push(private[keys[i]])
          }
        }
        arguments[key].apply(null,params)
      }
    }
  }
}


TestClass.prototype.test = function(){
  var _hidden; //variable I want to get
  TestClass(function(hidden) {_hidden = hidden}) //invoke magic to get
};

new TestClass().test()

How's this? Using an private accessor. Only allows you to get the variables though not to set them, depends on the use case.