Subj : Creating classes/namespaces on the fly from existing functions?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : bubbfree
Date : Wed Jan 05 2005 10:21 am

I have a set of functions stored in an external file, defined by the
user. I'd like this to be the basis of some sort of library, but have
an automatically generated namespace to avoid conflicts between
multiple external files. Is it possible in SpiderMonkey to do something
like this:

externalFile1.js:

function a() {
....
}
function b(foo, bar) {
....
}

externalFile2.js:

function a() {
..!.
}

mainFile.js:

useLibrary("externalFile1.js");
useLibrary("externalFile2.js");
externalFile1.a();
externalFile1.b(5, 10);
externalFile2.a();


(of course, the file name would have to conform with class/variable
naming syntax).

The object or namespace 'externalFile1' would be dynamically created by
the useLibrary() implementation, and all functions found in that file
would be added as member functions of the newly created
object/namespace.

Is this possible?  Thanks!

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