/** * Tests class builder visibility implementation * * See also: test-class-visibility.js * * 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' ), util = common.require( 'util' ), builder = common.require( 'class_builder' ) ; /** * As discussed in GH#15, there's a bit of an issue when passing around 'this' * from within a method. For example, passing 'this' as an argument or invoking * a method with it as the context will effectively defeat encapsulation. * Unfortunately, there's really no way around that. Maybe a more elegant * solution will arise in the future. For now, not likely. * * We need to provide a means to reference the actual instance. __self is that * solution. */ ( function testSelfPropertyReferencesInstanceRatherThanPropObj() { var result = null ref = null, foo = builder.build( { 'public __construct': function() { // rather than returning, assign to external var so that we can // rest assured that the return value wasn't manipulated result = this.__self; ref = this; } } )(); assert.deepEqual( result, foo, "this.__self returns reference to actual instance" ); // the property should be read-only if ( util.definePropertyFallback() === false ) { assert.equal( Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor( ref, '__self' ).writable, false, "this.__self is not writable" ); } } )();