Object.parse

parse(arg)

Creates and/or updates an object hierarchy. If one or more parts of the namespace exist, then they are used instead. Any new namespace objects are added to any existing namespaces.

Example 1

object.Parse('acme.sales');
acme.sales.target = 500;

alert('Target: ' + acme.sales.target);

Example 2

Namespaces can be created, then extended using the Object.extend method.

Object.parse('acme.marketing').extend(function() {
  this.getBudget = function() {
    return 600;
  };
});

alert('Budget: ' + acme.marketing.getBudget());

This namespace is extended with a function that is called with the context (this) set to the namespace object returned from Object.parse

Example 3

References to namespaces are returned from the namespace function.

var ns = Object.parse('acme.sales.forecasting').extend(function() {
  this.notify = function(msg) {
    alert(msg); 
  }
});

ns.notify('Sales are up!'); //alerts 'Sales are up'