/** * Tests class member visibility (public, private, protected) * * Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Gerwitz * * This file is part of ease.js. * * ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License * for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . * * @author Mike Gerwitz * @package test */ var common = require( './common' ), assert = require( 'assert' ), Class = common.require( 'class' ), propobj = common.require( 'propobj' ), pub = 'foo', prot = 'bar', priv = 'baz', pubf = function() { return pub; }, protf = function() { return prot; }, privf = function() { return priv; }, // new anonymous class instance Foo = Class.extend( { 'public pub': pub, 'protected peeps': prot, 'private parts': priv, 'public pubf': pubf, 'protected protf': protf, 'private privf': privf, 'public getProp': function( name ) { // return property, allowing us to break encapsulation for // protected/private properties (for testing purposes) return this[ name ]; }, /** * Allows us to set a value from within the class */ 'public setValue': function( name, value ) { this[ name ] = value; }, 'public getSelf': function() { return this; }, 'public getSelfOverride': function() { // override me }, }), // instance of Foo foo = Foo(), // subtype SubFoo = Foo.extend({ 'public getSelfOverride': function() { // return this from overridden method return this; }, }), sub_foo = SubFoo() ; /** * Public members are the only members added to the instance's prototype to be * accessible externally */ ( function testPublicMembersAreAccessbileExternally() { assert.equal( foo.pub, pub, "Public properties are accessible via public interface" ); assert.equal( foo.pubf(), pub, "Public methods are accessible via public interface" ); } )(); /** * For reasons that are discussed in the next test (writing to public * properties), we need to make sure public members are available internally. * Actually, we don't need to test public methods, really, but it's in there for * good measure. Who knows what bugs may be introduced in the future. * * This ensures that the getter is properly proxying the value to us. */ ( function testPublicMembersAreAccessibleInternally() { assert.equal( foo.getProp( 'pub' ), pub, "Public properties are accessible internally" ); assert.equal( foo.getProp( 'pubf' )(), pub, "Public methods are accessible internally" ); } )(); /** * This may sound like an odd test, but it's actually very important. Due to how * private/protected members are implemented, it compromises public members. In * fact, public members would not work internally without what is essentially a * proxy via setters. * * This test is to ensure that the setter is properly forwarding writes to the * object within the prototype chain containing the public values. Otherwise, * setting the value would simply mask it in the prototype chain. The value * would appear to have changed internally, but when accessed externally, the * value would still be the same. That would obviously be a problem ;) */ ( function testPublicPropertiesAreWritableInternally() { var val = 'moomookittypoo'; // start by setting the value foo.setValue( 'pub', val ); // we should see that change internally... assert.equal( foo.getProp( 'pub' ), val, "Setting the value of a public property internally should be " + "observable /internally/" ); // ...as well as externally assert.equal( foo.pub, val, "Setting the value of a public property internally should be " + "observable /externally/" ); } )(); ( function testProtectedAndPrivateMembersAreNotAccessibleExternally() { // browsers that do not support the property proxy will not support // encapsulating properties if ( !( propobj.supportsPropProxy() ) ) { return; } assert.equal( foo.peeps, undefined, "Protected properties are inaccessible via public interface" ); assert.equal( foo.parts, undefined, "Private properties are inaccessible via public interface" ); assert.equal( foo.protf, undefined, "Protected methods are inaccessible via public interface" ); assert.equal( foo.privf, undefined, "Private methods are inaccessible via public interface" ); } )(); /** * Protected members should be accessible from within class methods */ ( function testProtectedMembersAreAccessibleInternally() { assert.equal( foo.getProp( 'peeps' ), prot, "Protected properties are available internally" ); // invoke rather than checking for equality, because the method may be // wrapped assert.equal( foo.getProp( 'protf' )(), prot, "Protected methods are available internally" ); } )(); /** * Private members should be accessible from within class methods */ ( function testPrivateMembersAreAccessibleInternally() { assert.equal( foo.getProp( 'parts' ), priv, "Private properties are available internally" ); // invoke rather than checking for equality, because the method may be // wrapped assert.equal( foo.getProp( 'privf' )(), priv, "Private methods are available internally" ); } )(); /** * Inheritance 101; protected members should be available to subtypes */ ( function testProtectedMembersAreInheritedFromParent() { assert.equal( sub_foo.getProp( 'peeps' ), prot, "Protected properties are available to subtypes" ); // invoke rather than checking for equality, because the method may be // wrapped assert.equal( sub_foo.getProp( 'protf' )(), prot, "Protected methods are available to subtypes" ); } )(); /** * Interface 101-2: We do not want private members to be available to subtypes. */ ( function testPrivateMembersOfSupertypesAreInaccessibleToSubtypes() { // browsers that do not support the property proxy will not support // encapsulating properties if ( !( propobj.supportsPropProxy() ) ) { return; } assert.equal( sub_foo.getProp( 'parts' ), undefined, "Private properties of supertypes should be unavailable to subtypes" ); // invoke rather than checking for equality, because the method may be // wrapped assert.equal( sub_foo.getProp( 'privf' ), undefined, "Private methods of supertypes should be unavailable to subtypes" ); } )(); /** * For good measure, let's make sure we didn't screw anything up. To ensure that * the same object isn't being passed around to subtypes, ensure that multiple * class instances do not share prototypes. */ ( function testProtectedMembersAreNotSharedBetweenClassInstances() { var val = 'foobar'; foo.setValue( 'prot', val ); // ensure that class instances do not share values (ensuring the same object // isn't somehow being passed around) assert.notEqual( sub_foo.getProp( 'prot' ), val, "Class instances do not share protected values (subtype)" ); // do the same for multiple instances of the same type var sub_foo2 = SubFoo(); sub_foo2.setValue( 'prot', val ); assert.notEqual( sub_foo.getProp( 'prot' ), val, "Class instances do not share protected values (same type)" ); } )(); /** * When a method is called, 'this' is bound to the property object containing * private and protected members. Returning 'this' would therefore be a very bad * thing. Not only would it break encapsulation, but it would likely have other * problems down the road. * * Therefore, we have to check the return value of the method. If the return * value is the property object that it was bound to, we need to replace the * return value with the actual class instance. This allows us to transparently * enforce encapsulation. How sweet is that? */ ( function testReturningSelfFromMethodShouldReturnInstanceNotPropObj() { assert.deepEqual( foo.getSelf(), foo, "Returning 'this' from a method should return instance of self" ); // what happens in the case of inheritance? assert.deepEqual( sub_foo.getSelf(), sub_foo, "Returning 'this' from a super method should return the subtype" ); // finally, overridden methods should still return the instance assert.deepEqual( sub_foo.getSelfOverride(), sub_foo, "Returning 'this' from a overridden method should return the subtype" ); } )();