Ways to extend Array object in javascript

Question

i try to extend Array object in javascript with some user friendly methods like Array.Add() instead Array.push() etc...

i implement 3 ways to do this. unfortunetly t

Answer 1

Method names should be lowercase. Prototype should not be modified in the constructor.

function Array3() { };
Array3.prototype = new Array;
Array3.prototype.add = Array3.prototype.push

in CoffeeScript

class Array3 extends Array
   add: (item)->
     @push(item) 

If you don't like that syntax, and you HAVE to extend it from within the constructor, Your only option is:

// define this once somewhere
// you can also change this to accept multiple arguments 
function extend(x, y){
    for(var key in y) {
        if (y.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            x[key] = y[key];
        }
    }
    return x;
}


function Array3() { 
   extend(this, Array.prototype);
   extend(this, {
      Add: function(item) {
        return this.push(item)
      }

   });
};

You could also do this

ArrayExtenstions = {
   Add: function() {

   }
}
extend(ArrayExtenstions, Array.prototype);



function Array3() { }
Array3.prototype = ArrayExtenstions;

In olden days, 'prototype.js' used to have a Class.create method. You could wrap all this is a method like that

var Array3 = Class.create(Array, {
    construct: function() {

    },    
    Add: function() {

    }
});

For more info on this and how to implement, look in the prototype.js source code