How to use private keyword in TestComplete?

Hi amith, unfortunately there is no way to declare a member private in a JScript or a Script Unit.

 

There only two places in Test Complete where private members can be defined:

 

1. In a Script Extension where access to members is controlled by the Description.xml, this has the disadvantage in that a Script Extension must be entirely self contained and cannot reference other Script Units

 

2. In a JScript Closure using the Module pattern

 

var MyModule = (function () {

  var priv = 123; // Private Var

  return {

    func: function( value ) { // Public function

      priv = priv + value;

      return priv;

    }

  };

})();

 

Which can be called:

 

Log.Message( MyModule.func( 123 ) );

 

The Module pattern has the disadvantage that none of the public members are available in the intellisense.

 

When I first started using Test Complete, I initially tried using the Module pattern and worried about privates etc.

 

Eventually, I gave up as it was just to much effort.

 

Now we rely on documentation, developer discipline and using fully qualified member names, i.e. <ScriptUnit>.<Member>, to call external members on all occasions and don't rely on privates at all.

 

Regards,

Phil Baird