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| //uses the following syntax to create an object with private properties | |
| // and functions. You expose the properties and functions you need publicly in the | |
| // return object.... The immediate function allows us to have private scope for | |
| // certain things | |
| // Create a new namespace | |
| CHATHAM.namespace('CHATHAM.utils.gridmgr'); | |
| CHATHAM.utils.gridmgr = (function(){ | |
| function doSomethingPrivately() { | |
| return "I am private"; | |
| } | |
| function doItPublic() { | |
| return "I am public"; | |
| } | |
| return { | |
| doIt: doItPublic | |
| }; | |
| }()); | |
| //uses the following syntax to create an function on the namespace | |
| //The immediate function allows us to have private scope for | |
| //certain things | |
| // Create a new namespace | |
| CHATHAM.namespace('CHATHAM.utils.Grid'); | |
| CHATHAM.utils.Grid = (function(global){ | |
| // dependencies | |
| var grdMgr = CHATHAM.util.gridmgr, | |
| Constr; | |
| Constr = function { | |
| // add properties etc | |
| }; | |
| Constr.prototpye = { | |
| constructor: CHATHAM.util.Grid, // could be helpful to know the namespace | |
| version: "0.5" // in future we could add versions to our stuff | |
| }; | |
| // return the contructor | |
| // to be assigned to the namespace | |
| return Constr; | |
| })(this); //we can make this module self contained by passing in the global 'this' | |
| // context namespace and assigning it to global |
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