How to delete a function from constructor?
If there is a function called greet
in the Person
constructor, how do I remove the function?
function Person(name)
{
this.name = name;
this.greet = function greet()
{
alert("Hello, " + this.name + ".");
};
}
I want the result to be:
function Person(name)
{
this.name = name;
}
How to delete a function from constructor?
If there is a function called greet
in the Person
constructor, how do I remove the function?
function Person(name)
{
this.name = name;
this.greet = function greet()
{
alert("Hello, " + this.name + ".");
};
}
I want the result to be:
function Person(name)
{
this.name = name;
}
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edited May 14, 2012 at 20:44
Felix Kling
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2 Answers
Reset to default 6delete this.greet
or
var personInstance = new Person();
delete personInstance.greet // to remove it from the instance from the outside
or
delete Person.prototype.greet // if doing prototypes and inheritance
delete
is a keyword that your very rarely see but I assure you, it exists :P
You cannot change the source of a function. If you want to change that function's behaviour, you have to options:
Override the function with your own. This is easy if the function is standalone. Then you can really just define
function Person(name)
{
this.name = name;
}
after the original function was defined. But if prototypes and inheritance are involved, it can get tricky to get a reference to the original prototype (because of the way how function declarations are evaluated).
Ceate a wrapper function which creates and instance and removes the properties you don't want:
function PersonWrapper(name) {
var p = new Person(name);
delete p.greet;
return p;
}
This approach is also limited since you can only change what is accessible from the outside. In the example you provided it would be sufficient though.