Object Inheritance in JavaScript

Question

My question is regarding a child object maintaining the prototype chain of its parent object.

In John Resig\'s Advanced Javascript slides (http://ejohn.org/apps/lear

Answer 1

If you don't like the way prototyping works in JavaScript in order to achieve what you need, I'd suggest taking a look at this: https://github.com/haroldiedema/joii

It basically allows you to do the following (and more):

var Employee = new Class(function() {
    this.name = 'Unknown Employee';
    this.role = 'Employee';
});

var Manager = new Class({ extends: Employee }, function()
{
    // Overwrite the value of 'role'.
    this.role = 'Manager';

    // Class constructor to apply the given 'name' value.
    this.__construct = function(name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
});

var myManager = new Manager("John Smith");
console.log( myManager.name ); // John Smith
console.log( myManager.role ); // Manager