Javascript automatic getter/setters (John Resig Book)

Question

I\'m reading \"Pro Javascript Techniques\" from John Resig, and I\'m confused with an example. This is the code:

// Create a new user object that accepts an          


        

Answer 1

I just modified the code a bit like this.. This one should work.. This is same as setting me=this; But a closure is required to set the value of each property properly, else the last value will be assigned to all properties.

    // Create a new user object that accepts an object of properties
    var User = function( properties ) {
      // Iterate through the properties of the object, and make sure
      // that it's properly scoped (as discussed previously)
      var THIS = this;
      for ( var i in properties ) { (function(i){
      // Create a new getter for the property
      THIS[ "get" + i ] = function() {
        return properties[i];
      };
      // Create a new setter for the property
      THIS[ "set" + i ] = function(val) {
        properties[i] = val;
      };
    })(i); }
    }

    // Create a new user object instance and pass in an object of
    // properties to seed it with
    var user = new User({
      name: "Bob",
      age: 44
    });

// Just note that the name property does not exist, as it's private
// within the properties object
alert( user.name == null );

// However, we're able to access its value using the new getname()
// method, that was dynamically generated
alert( user.getname() == "Bob" );

// Finally, we can see that it's possible to set and get the age using
// the newly generated functions
user.setage( 22 );
alert( user.getage() == 22 );