How to overload constructor of an Object in JS (Javascript)?

Question

Can I do something like?:

function User(form) {
    this._username = form.username.value;
    this._password = form.password.value;
    this._surname = form.surn         


        

Answer 1

You can easily simulate overloaded methods and constructors using a combination of JSON strings and the typeof command. See example below - you the val attribute gets shaped from the type of data coming in:

function test(vals)
    {
        this.initialise = function (vals) {

            if (typeof (vals) == 'undefined')
            {
                this.value = 10;
            }
            else if (Object.prototype.toString.call(vals) === '[object Array]')
            {
                this.value = vals[0];
            }
            else if (typeof (vals) === 'object') {
                if (vals.hasOwnProperty('x')) {
                    this.value = vals.x;
                }
                else if (vals.hasOwnProperty('y')) {
                    this.value = vals.y;
                }
            }
            else {
                this.value = vals; // e.g. it might be a string or number
            }

        }

        this.otherMethods = function () {
            // other methods in the class
        }

        this.initialise(vals);
    }

    var obj1 = test(); // obj1.val = 10;
    var obj2 = test([30, 40, 50]); // obj1.val = 30;
    var obj3 = test({ x: 60, y: 70 }); // obj1.val = 60;
    var obj4 = test({ y: 80 }); // obj1.val = 80;
    var obj5 = test('value'); // obj1.val = 'value';
    var obj6 = test(90); // obj1.val = 90;