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Ravi G
Ravi G

Reputation: 869

JavaScript function - Global Namespace

In Javascript, there exists a function which inherits the Backbone Model

window.MyModel = Backbone.Model.extend({ .. .. });
window.MyCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({ .. .. });

In another, JS file we access this function as

var MyModelInstance = new window.MyModel();

Requirement is, all functions needs to be prefixed with specific global namespace (for example, company name 'Google') instead of generic keyword 'window'. How can we achieve it?

I tried the following, but with no success.

var googleNameSpace= defineNamespace("Google");

googleNameSpace.MyModel = Backbone.Model.extend({ .. .. });
googleNameSpace.MyCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({ .. .. });



var MyModelInstance = new Google.MyModel();

Upvotes: 0

Views: 122

Answers (2)

thecodejack
thecodejack

Reputation: 13379

in all files add this line at first

window.googleNameSpace = googleNameSpace || {};

update: ok you need google as namespace then have it like this

function defineNamespace(str) {
    window[str] = window[str] || {};
    return window[str];
}



googleNamespace = defineNamespace('Google');

will work now

Upvotes: 1

Adrian Roworth
Adrian Roworth

Reputation: 823

you don't need to prefix things with window as this is assumed. you could define

window.myNamespace = Backbone.Model.extend({ .. .. });

and then refer to it only with:

myNameSpace.....

e.g.

window.myModule.helpers = {
    ....
};

can be referenced by:

myModule.helper.{{property/method}}

Upvotes: 0

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