How to call parent class' method from a subclass in JavaScript so that parent's local variables would be accessible?

Question

I\'m using one of the approaches to class inheritance in JavaScript (as used in the code I\'m modifying), but do not understand how to attach additional functionality for a

Answer 1

The variable var parentVar = inVar; is a local and private variable available only in the Parent() function and visible only to functions defined in the same scope (Parent()).

I think that best way here would be to modify the Parent class in such way that the parentVar wouldn't be private, but public:

function Parent(inVar) {

    this.parentVar = inVar;

}