Object-Oriented JavaScript – Functional-Shared Class Pattern

1. benefit: only one instance of each method created regardless of how many instances of the object are created
2. downside: requires an #extend implementation or similar functionality
3. downside: less clear about this bindings than non-functional style

• lines 1 – 6: the constructor function
  • line 2: create an empty object
  • line 3: add an example ‘differentiator’ property on the new object
  • line 4: add methods directly to empty object by extending it with the shared exampleMethods from the global scope
  • line 5: return the new object
• lines 8 – 15: the method container object with example methods

We can now create as many Example instances as we want, all with its own copy of each method. It is as simple as var example = Example();.