Accessing JS Private Methods

Question

I am working on trying to make an JS object and access to private methods. The problem I am running into when trying to return a function is the private methods cannot be ac

Answer 1

Fixed your code here: http://jsfiddle.net/pratik136/JryAk/

Items changed:

• Check your return statement
• Item is a var, you were trying to instantiate a class object item2

Answer 2

I don't think that pattern will work for what you're trying to do. I think using a pattern like this one will keep your code smaller and more reusable. This way you also get rid of the set functions.

var Item = function(options) {

    var opts = $.extend({
        price: 0,
        name: '',
        description: '',
        quantity: '',
        attributes: {}
    }, options);

    // ...
    this.getPrice = function() {
        return opts.price;
    };

    // ...
};

var item = new Item({
    price: 100,
    name: 'onehundred',
    // ...
});

alert(item.getPrice());