How to implement inheritance in node.js modules?

Question

I am in process of writing nodejs app. It is based on expressjs. I am confused on doing inheritance in nodejs modules. What i am trying to do is create a model base class, let\'

Answer 1

Using utility.inherits can also help you decouple the child from the parent.

Instead of calling the parent explicitly, you can use super_ to call the parent.

var BaseModel = require('relative/or/absolute/path/to/base_model'),
util = require('util');

function UserModel() {
   this.super_.apply(this, arguments);
}

util.inherits(UserModel, BaseModel);

utility.inherits source:

var inherits = function (ctor, superCtor) {
ctor.super_ = superCtor;
ctor.prototype = Object.create(superCtor.prototype, {
    constructor: {
        value: ctor,
        enumerable: false
        }
    });
};