Are Interfaces in JavaScript necessary?

Question

I suppose this could apply to any dynamic language, but the one I\'m using is JavaScript. We have a situation where we\'re writing a couple of controls in JavaScript that need t

Answer 1

Another alternative to the interfaces is offered by bob.js:

1. Check if the interface is implemented:

var iFace = { say: function () { }, write: function () { } };  
var obj1 = { say: function() { }, write: function () { }, read: function () { } }; 
var obj2 = { say: function () { }, read: function () { } }; 
console.log('1: ' + bob.obj.canExtractInterface(obj1, iFace)); 
console.log('2: ' + bob.obj.canExtractInterface(obj2, iFace)); 
// Output: 
// 1: true 
// 2: false 

2. Extract interface from the object and still execute the functions properly:

var obj = {  
    msgCount: 0, 
    say: function (msg) { console.log(++this.msgCount + ': ' + msg); }, 
    sum: function (a, b) { console.log(a + b); } 
}; 
var iFace = { say: function () { } }; 
obj = bob.obj.extractInterface(obj, iFace); 
obj.say('Hello!'); 
obj.say('How is your day?'); 
obj.say('Good bye!'); 
// Output: 
// 1: Hello! 
// 2: How is your day? 
// 3: Good bye!