RequireJS, Circular Dependencies and Exports “Magic” Method

Question

I\'ve been trying to get RequireJS set up to handle circular dependencies using the special \'exports\' magic module as recommended by James Burke\'s answer to this question.

Answer 1

Edit: I couldn't find more info about the magic exports method. I could, however, mimic its intended behavior with a dummy "Container" module. See it in this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/amenadiel/a7thxz98/

console.log("start");

define("Container",function() {
    var Container={};
    return Container;
});


define("Employee", ["Container"], function(Container) {
    var Employee= function(name) {
        this.name = name;
        this.company = new Container.Company(name + "'s own company");
    };
    Container.Employee = Employee;
});

define("Company", ["Container"], function(Container) {
    var Company=function(name) {
        this.name = name;
        this.employees = [];
    };
    Company.prototype.addEmployee = function(name) {
        var employee = new Container.Employee(name);
        this.employees.push(employee);
        employee.company = this;
    };
    Container.Company = Company;
});

define("main", ["Container","Employee","Company" ], function ( Container) {
    var john = new Container.Employee("John");
    var bigCorp = new Container.Company("Big Corp");
    bigCorp.addEmployee("Mary");
    console.log(bigCorp);
});

require(["main"]);