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Simone Bonelli
Simone Bonelli

Reputation: 421

centralize the repeated code into a single file

language nodejs

I have a bulky code, which is repeated the same way in many files: file1.js, file2.js, file3.js, ..., each file has a different instance of the same class, the only difference is the object instance,

my situation resembles this pseudo-code 

    fileClass1.js
    MyClass1{
        constructor(name) {
            this.name = name;
        }    
        printName(from){
            console.log("Hello "+this.name+" from "+from)
        }
    }

    file1.js
        var obj = obj1 = new MyClass1("name1")

        //call MyClass1::printName()
        obj.printName("foo")
        obj.printName("bar")

        //methods definition 
        obj.method2 = function(){}
        obj.method3 = function(){}

    file2.js
        var obj = obj2 = new MyClass1("name2")

        //call MyClass1::printName()
        obj.printName("foo")
        obj.printName("bar")

        //methods definition 
        obj.method2(){}
        obj.method3(){}

    file3.js
        var obj = obj3 = new MyClass1("name3")

        //call MyClass1::printName()
        obj.printName("foo")
        obj.printName("bar")

        //methods definition 
        obj.method2(){}
        obj.method3(){}

    . . .

the result I would like to obtain is shown below: an include.js file that contains the code that call the method, and the definition of methods, or only one of the two if both are not possible

    fileClass1.js
    MyClass1{
        printName(){
            console.log("method1 Hello!")
        }
    }

    file1.js
        var obj = obj1 = new MyClass1("name1")
        require(include.js)


    file2.js
        var obj = obj2 = new MyClass1("name1")
        require(include.js)

    file3.js
        var obj = obj3 = new MyClass1("name1")
        require(include.js)

    . . .

    include.js
        //call MyClass1::printName()
        obj.printName("foo")
        obj.printName("bar")

        //methods definition 
        obj.method2(){}
        obj.method3(){}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 29

Answers (1)

Luka Kvavilashvili
Luka Kvavilashvili

Reputation: 1389

Requiring a JS file doesn't mean that it has to run straight away, you can create a function in include.js and call that function later, instead of its code executing straight away.

Read more about JS Modules

// include.js
module.exports = function(obj) {
    obj.printName("foo")
    //call MyClass1::printName()
    obj.printName("foo")
    obj.printName("bar")

    //methods definition 
    obj.method2(){}
    obj.method3(){}
}

From now on, when you require('include.js'), it will return a function which can be stored in a variable

// file1.js
var obj = obj1 = new MyClass1("name1")
var doStuff = require('include.js')
doStuff(obj1)


// file2.js
var obj = obj2 = new MyClass1("name1")
var doStuff = require('include.js')
doStuff(obj2)

// file3.js
var obj = obj3 = new MyClass1("name1")
var doStuff = require('include.js')
doStuff(obj3)

Upvotes: 1

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