Subj : Re: define prototype in rhino
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Martin Honnen
Date : Mon Nov 29 2004 06:47 pm



Michael Borgwardt wrote:


> In prototype-based OO, there are no classes. Instead, any object can serve
> as a "prototype" for creating new objects, which is done by cloning the
> prototype with its complete state and behaviour. 

The prototype is not cloned, there is a prototype chain and a newly 
created object is hooked up to that prototype chain, and when a property 
is looked up then the lookup walks the prototype chain to find the 
property. That way an object "inherits" the properties the objects in 
its prototype chain have.

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	Martin Honnen
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