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#javascript-code-25-dyn.js / js
// Create a new user object that accepts an object of properties
function User( properties ) {
// Iterate through the properties of the object, and make sure
// that it's properly scoped (as discussed previously)
for ( var i in properties ) { (function(){
// Create a new getter for the property
this[ "get" + i ] = function() {
return properties[i];
};
// Create a new setter for the property
this[ "set" + i ] = function(val) {
properties[i] = val;
};
})(); }
}
// Create a new user object instance and pass in an object of
// properties to seed it with
var user = new User({
name: "Bob",
age: 44
});
// Just note that the name property does not exist, as it's private
// within the properties object
alert( user.name == null );
// However, we're able to access its value using the new getname()
// method, that was dynamically generated
alert( user.getname() == "Bob" );
// Finally, we can see that it''s possible to set and get the age using
// the newly generated functions
user.setage( 22 );
alert( user.getage() == 22 );
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20/2/2008
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