Began adding protected static members (supported for instance methods)

- No inheritance support yet

lib/class_builder.js

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ exports.build = function extend()
     }
     staticInit( new_class, false );
 
-    attachPropInit( prototype, prop_init, members, class_id );
+    attachPropInit( prototype, prop_init, members, static_members, class_id );
 
     new_class.prototype      = prototype;
     new_class.constructor    = new_class;
@@ -533,12 +533,13 @@ function buildMembers(
  * @param  {Object}  properties  properties to initialize
  *
  * @param  {{public: Object, protected: Object, private: Object}}  members
+ * @param  {{public: Object, protected: Object, private: Object}} static_members
  *
- * @param  {number}  cid         class id
+ * @param  {number}  cid  class id
  *
  * @return  {undefined}
  */
-function attachPropInit( prototype, properties, members, cid )
+function attachPropInit( prototype, properties, members, static_members, cid )
 {
     util.defineSecureProp( prototype, '__initProps', function( inherit )
     {
@@ -573,6 +574,9 @@ function attachPropInit( prototype, properties, members, cid )
             inst_props, properties, members
         );
 
+        // give internal methods access to protected/private static members
+        initStaticVisibilityObj.call( this, vis, static_members );
+
         // provide a means to access the actual instance (rather than the
         // property/visibility object) internally (this will translate to
         // this.__inst from within a method), but only if we're on our final
@@ -585,6 +589,32 @@ function attachPropInit( prototype, properties, members, cid )
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Creates and populates the static visibility object
+ *
+ * This function should be called in the context of the class.
+ *
+ * @param  {Object}  vis  class visibility object to attach to (override __self)
+ * @param  {{public: Object, protected: Object, private: Object}} static_members
+ *
+ * @return  {undefined}
+ */
+function initStaticVisibilityObj( vis, static_members )
+{
+    // the object will simply be another layer in the prototype chain to
+    // prevent protected/private members from being mixed in with the public
+    var sobj = function() {};
+    sobj.prototype = this;
+
+    var sobji = new sobj();
+    util.copyTo( sobji, static_members.methods[ 'protected' ] );
+
+    // override __self on the instance's visibility object, giving internal
+    // methods access to the restricted static methods
+    vis.__self = sobji;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Attaches static members to a constructor (class)
  *

test/test-class_builder-static.js

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ var common    = require( './common' ),
         },
     } );
 
-    assert.deepEqual( Foo().test(), Foo,
+    // we must use instanceof here because the __self object has the class in
+    // its prototype chain
+    assert.ok( Foo().test() instanceof Foo,
         "__self property references class definition"
     );
 } )();
@@ -427,3 +429,35 @@ var common    = require( './common' ),
     );
 } )();
 
+
+/**
+ * Protected members should be available from within the class but shouldn't be
+ * exposed to the world
+ */
+( function testProtectedStaticMembersAreAvailableInsideClassOnly()
+{
+    var val = 'foo',
+        Foo = builder.build(
+        {
+            // the same rules should apply to methods
+            'protected static baz': function()
+            {
+                return val;
+            },
+
+            // ensure method is accessible to instance methods
+            'public instBaz': function()
+            {
+                return this.__self.baz();
+            },
+        } );
+
+    assert.equal( Foo.baz, undefined,
+        "Protected methods should not be accessible outside the class"
+    );
+
+    assert.equal( Foo().instBaz(), val,
+        "Protected methods are accessible to instance methods"
+    );
+} )();
+