Ways to extend Array object in javascript

Question

i try to extend Array object in javascript with some user friendly methods like Array.Add() instead Array.push() etc...

i implement 3 ways to do this. unfortunetly t

Answer 1

You CANNOT extend the Array Object in JavaScript.

Instead, what you can do is define an object that will contain a list of functions that perform on the Array, and inject these functions into that Array instance and return this new Array instance. What you shouldn't do is changing the Array.prototype to include your custom functions upon the list.

Example:

function MyArray() {
  var tmp_array = Object.create(Array.prototype);
  tmp_array = (Array.apply(tmp_array, arguments) || tmp_array);
  //Now extend tmp_array
  for( var meth in MyArray.prototype )
    if(MyArray.prototype.hasOwnProperty(meth))
      tmp_array[meth] = MyArray.prototype[meth];
  return (tmp_array);
}
//Now define the prototype chain.
MyArray.prototype = {
  customFunction: function() { return "blah blah"; },
  customMetaData: "Blah Blah",
}

Just a sample code, you can modify it and use however you want. But the underlying concept I recommend you to follow remains the same.