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Vec84
Contributor
8 years ago

Using Properties instead of Params

Our AUT currently runs through a flow of forms and i have a Unit for each form which i consider to be a class and each form has multiple outcomes and each form has multiple functions. I have added pa...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    8 years ago

    Yes.  Basically, whatever function you'd determine to be your constructor would assign all your properties.  It would look like:

     

    function constructorA() {
    var localObject = {prop1: '', prop2: 0} //Sets up the object with properties and default values

    localObject.Method1 = function () {
        Log.Message('Valjean 1: ' + localObject.prop1);
    }
    localObject.Method2 = function () {
        Log.Message('Marius: ' + localObject.prop2);
    }
    return localObject;
}

function Main() {
    var myObject = new constructorA();
    myObject.prop1 = 'Who am I?"
    myObject.prop2 = 24601;
    myObject.Method1();
    myObject.Method2();
    
}
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor

So, something like this?

 

inputData then becomes the constructor for a class with the two properties.  I built it out that you assign the properties on construction but you could always keep the parameters out, set the properties to empty strings and then just set their values in code.

 

function inputData (testInput1, testInput2) {
     this.testInput1 = testInput1;
     this.testInput2 = testInput2;     
     this.setText = function () {
        TextBox1.SetText(this.testInput1);
        TextBox2.SetText(this.testInput2);
     }
}

function Main() {
    var myObject = new inputData('1', '2');
    myObject.setText();
    myObject.testInput1 = '3';
    myObject.testInput2 = '4';
    myObject.setText();
}

 

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
8 years ago

If your class is in a different code unit than where you're going to be instantiating it, you'll need to do something SLIGHTLY different in your constructor...

 

function inputData (testInput1, testInput2) {
     var localObject = {}
     localObject.testInput1 = testInput1;
     localObject.testInput2 = testInput2;     
     localObject.setText = function () {
        TextBox1.SetText(localObject.testInput1);
        TextBox2.SetText(localObject.testInput2);
     }
    return localObject;
}

Other than that, the rest is the same.