JSON objects and inheritance?

[dkdude]

Okay, so I'm new to JSON. Did some reading and got exited. Look both easy and looks like what I need.

I've written a dynamic absolute-div-"windowing system" for my own web appilcation. Works great.

Now to get the thing to work the way I intend, here's what I plan to do to "fill" those windows:

AJAX the data-content AND css/xhtml formatting object into my windows -both as JSON.

As far as I can see, this can be done with AJAX -do correct me if I'm wrong?!

This is the way I found to extend a base class. It works, but doesn't seem all that good and it doesn't really accomplish what I am looking to do:

baseJSON = function() {
                 var F = function() {
               };
               return F;
           }
               

myJSON = baseJSON();


myJSON.prototype = {
  init : function() {
           if(arguments.length>0)
             this.name = arguments[0];
           else
             this.name = 'Master - you forgot to initialize with your name!';
           this.run();
         } ,
  run : function() {
    alert('Hello '+this.name);
  }
}


var newObj = new myJSON();

Is this the right/only way to extend/inherit from superclasses in JSON?

QUESTION : Can I prototype "on top" of my "myJSON" prototyped object? The goal is to create generic classes to be AJAXed...

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Links, books whatever you see fit ;-)

Thanks

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Take a look at the Prototype library's "Extend" syntax - it's a great way of inherting (although by no means the only way).

P.S. If you need further help with inheritance / JSON, I'd ask in the JavaScript forum (forum216) - it's not really got anything to do with AJAX (apart from the end result)...

Hope this helps,
Dan



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