Anchor/Class

The class module provides object-oriented programming techniques, including inheritance and mixins, to the Anchor platform.

Install

component

$ component install anchorjs/class

volo

$ volo add anchorjs/class

Usage

Inheritance

To inherit a class from a subclass, invoke inherits(), passing the constructor and super constructor as arguments.

function Cat() {
  Cat.super_.call(this);
};

clazz.inherits(Cat, Animal);

Mixins

To augment a class with functions of a mixin object, invoke augment().

var HousePet = {
  eat: function() {},
  sleep: function() {}
}

clazz.augment(Cat, HousePet);

Compatibility

component

This module uses the AMD format. To include in component builds, use component-amd:

component build -u component-amd

Tests

To run tests in a browser, execute the Make target for the desired browser:

$ make test-chrome
$ make test-firefox
$ make test-safari

Headless tests can be executed directly from a terminal:

$ make test-phantomjs

Credits

• Jared Hanson

License

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Jared Hanson <http://jaredhanson.net/>