object-creation-patterns/module2.html

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			/* Title: Module Pattern
			 Description: all the methods are kept private and you only expose those that you decide at the end
			 */
			
			// create a namespace
			YAHOO.namespace("myProject");


			YAHOO.myProject.myModule = function () {

				//"private" variables:
				var myPrivateVar = "I can be accessed only from within YAHOO.myProject.myModule.";
				
				//"private" method:
				var myPrivateMethod = function () {
					YAHOO.log("I can be accessed only from within YAHOO.myProject.myModule");
				}

				//return public methods
				return  {
					myPublicProperty: "I'm accessible as YAHOO.myProject.myModule.myPublicProperty.",
					myPublicMethod: function () {
						YAHOO.log("I'm accessible as YAHOO.myProject.myModule.myPublicMethod.");

						//Within myProject, I can access "private" vars and methods:
						YAHOO.log(myPrivateVar);
						YAHOO.log(myPrivateMethod());

						//The native scope of myPublicMethod is myProject; we can
						//access public members using "this":
						YAHOO.log(this.myPublicProperty);
					}
				};

			}(); // the parens here cause the anonymous function to execute and return

			
			// Reference
			// http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/06/12/module-pattern/
			
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