Self-Executing Functions on Instantiation in a Javascript Class

Question

I have a class in Javascript based on this Base Class by Josh Gertzen. I'd like the class to self-execute an 'initialize' function for adding event listeners when it's instantiated. Is this possible?

This is in my main application script:

var mainView = new MainView(model)

/*the line I want to remove but don't know how*/
mainView.initialize();

And this is the method setting up the listener inside of the class extension.

initialize : function ()
{
    $(document).on("Loading", this.addPreloader);
}

Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you!

Run `this.initialize()` in the constructor. – elclanrs Sep 05 '13 at 06:31 — elclanrs, Sep 05 '13 at 06:31

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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function MainView(someParameter){
        this.property = null;

        this.initialize = function(someParameter){
             /* construction code */
            this.property = 'test';
        };

        this.initialize();
    };


var main = new MainView();
console.log(main.property);

This will help i think. You can also look at this SO Question for more information about javascript and constructors.

jsFiddle DEMO

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Sep 05 '13 at 06:38

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Thank you! It was obvious but I didn't think of that :) Thanks for the link too, I will check it out. – Dr. Pontchartrain Sep 05 '13 at 14:41

Self-Executing Functions on Instantiation in a Javascript Class

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