Classical Inheritance in JavaScript

from his article http://javascript.crockford.com/inheritance.html and http://javascript.crockford.com/prototypal.html

by Andy Bulka

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From article <a href="http://javascript.crockford.com/inheritance.html">inheritance</a>
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and from <a href="http://javascript.crockford.com/prototypal.html">prototypal</a>
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<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/107464/is-javascript-object-oriented"/>good stackoverflow discussion</a>
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        <caption>
            On the way in today I was listening to omega tau podcast on neutrinos and anti matter and thought (as a joke) - Andy</caption>
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                    Newtonian Physics</td>
                <td>
                    Normal procedural programming</td>
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                    General Relativity</td>
                <td>
                    OO</td>
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                    Quantum / Particle physics</td>
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                    Ruby/Javascript</td>
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JavaScript

function msg(s) {
    $('<div/>').append(s).appendTo('#log');
}
$('#clearlog').click(function() {
    $("#log").empty();
});

// Crockford code

Function.prototype.method = function(name, func) {
    this.prototype[name] = func;
    return this;
};

Function.method('inherits', function(parent) {
    var d = {},
        p = (this.prototype = new parent());
    this.method('uber', function uber(name) {
        if (!(name in d)) {
            d[name] = 0;
        }
        var f, r, t = d[name],
            v = parent.prototype;
        if (t) {
            while (t) {
                v = v.constructor.prototype;
                t -= 1;
            }
            f = v[name];
        } else {
            f = p[name];
            if (f == this[name]) {
                f = v[name];
            }
        }
        d[name] += 1;
        r = f.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.apply(arguments, [1]));
        d[name] -= 1;
        return r;
    });
    return this;
});

Function.method('swiss', function(parent) {
    for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i += 1) {
        var name = arguments[i];
        this.prototype[name] = parent.prototype[name];
    }
    return this;
});

// ----

function Parenizor(value) {
    this.setValue(value);
}

Parenizor.method('setValue', function(value) {
    this.value = value;
    return this;
});

Parenizor.method('getValue', function() {
    return this.value;
});

Parenizor.method('toString', function() {
    return '(' + this.getValue() + ')';
});

// ---
myParenizor = new Parenizor(0);
myString = myParenizor.toString();

msg(myString);

function ZParenizor(value) {
    this.setValue(value);
}

ZParenizor.inherits(Parenizor);

ZParenizor.method('toString', function() {
    if (this.getValue()) {
        return this.uber('toString');
    }
    return "-0-";
});

myZParenizor = new ZParenizor(0);
myString = myZParenizor.toString();

msg(myString);

// http://javascript.crockford.com/prototypal.html
// I have learned to fully embrace...