How to provide namespaces in JavaScript with instanced objects

Question

I\'ve got a JavaScript \"object\", built this way:

function foo()
{
    this.length = 0;
}

foo.prototype.getLength = function()
{
    return this.length;
}

...         


        

Answer 1

Javascript doesn't really have namespace or packages like other languages. Instead it has closures. If you have an application that consists of multiple functions, variables and objects, then you should put them inside a single global object. This will have the same effect as a namespace.

For example:

var namespace = {
  this.foo: function(){
    ...
  },
  this.foo.prototype.getLength: function(){
    ...
  }
}

You could also create a set of nested objects and simulate packages:

loadPackage = function(){
  var path = arguments[0];
  for(var i=1; i