How to bind function arguments without binding this?

Question

In Javascript, how can I bind arguments to a function without binding the this parameter?

For example:

//Example function.
var c = funct         


        

Answer 1

Simple like that?

var b = (cb) => obj.c(1,2,3, cb)
b(function(){}) // insidde object

More general solution:

function original(a, b, c) { console.log(a, b, c) }
let tied = (...args) => original(1, 2, ...args)

original(1,2,3) // 1 2 3
tied(5,6,7) // 1 2 5

Answer 2

Why not use a wrapper around the function to save this as mythis ?

function mythis() {
  this.name = "mythis";
  mythis = this;
  function c(a, b) {
    this.name = "original";
    alert('a=' + a + ' b =' + b + 'this = ' + this.name + ' mythis = ' + mythis.name);
    return "ok";
  }    
  return {
    c: c
  }
};

var retval = mythis().c(0, 1);

Answer 3

An anonymous user posted this additional info:

Building on what has already been provided in this post -- the most elegant solution I've seen is to Curry your arguments and context:

function Class(a, b, c, d){
    console.log('@Class #this', this, a, b, c, d);
}

function Context(name){
    console.log('@Context', this, name);
    this.name = name;
}

var context1 = new Context('One');
var context2 = new Context('Two');

function curryArguments(fn) {
    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
    return function bindContext() {
      var additional = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
      return fn.apply(this, args.concat(additional));
    };
}

var bindContext = curryArguments(Class, 'A', 'B');

bindContext.apply(context1, ['C', 'D']);
bindContext.apply(context2, ['Y', 'Z']);

Answer 4

Use a protagonist!

var geoOpts = {...};

function geoSuccess(user){  // protagonizes for 'user'
  return function Success(pos){
    if(!pos || !pos.coords || !pos.coords.latitude || !pos.coords.longitude){ throw new Error('Geolocation Error: insufficient data.'); }

    var data = {pos.coords: pos.coords, ...};

    // now we have a callback we can turn into an object. implementation can use 'this' inside callback
    if(user){
      user.prototype = data;
      user.prototype.watch = watchUser;
      thus.User = (new user(data));
      console.log('thus.User', thus, thus.User);
    }
  }
}

function geoError(errorCallback){  // protagonizes for 'errorCallback'
  return function(err){
    console.log('@DECLINED', err);
    errorCallback && errorCallback(err);
  }
}

function getUserPos(user, error, opts){
  nav.geo.getPos(geoSuccess(user), geoError(error), opts || geoOpts);
}

Basically, the function you want to pass params to becomes a proxy which you can call to pass a variable, and it returns the function you actually want to do stuff.

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

May be you want to bind reference of this in last but your code:-

var c = function(a, b, c, callback) {};
var b = c.bind(null, 1, 2, 3); 

Already applied binding for instance this and later you can not change it. What I will suggest that use reference also as a parameter like this:-

var c = function(a, b, c, callback, ref) {  
    var self = this ? this : ref; 
    // Now you can use self just like this in your code 
};
var b = c.bind(null, 1, 2, 3),
    newRef = this, // or ref whatever you want to apply inside function c()
    d = c.bind(callback, newRef);

Answer 6

Using LoDash you can use the _.partial function.

const f  = function (a, b, c, callback) {}

const pf = _.partial(f, 1, 2, 3)  // f has first 3 arguments bound.

pf(function () {})                // callback.