Comments on: E4X and Prototype Goodness http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/10/17/e4x-and-prototype-goodness/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: barneyb http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/10/17/e4x-and-prototype-goodness/comment-page-1/#comment-43187 barneyb Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:40:22 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/10/17/e4x-and-prototype-goodness/#comment-43187 Yakov, While that'll work for things created with a constructor, it won't work for literals. new MyXML().customMethod(); // would work <root>stuff</root>.customMethod(); // no dice The latter syntax is the one I'm particularly interested in, because it's transparent. You could also use a hybrid to make it work: new MyXML(<root>stuff</root>).customMethod(); Of course, that's not any better than what I've got already: new Query(<query>...</query>).execute(); Yakov,

While that'll work for things created with a constructor, it won't work for literals.

new MyXML().customMethod(); // would work
stuff.customMethod(); // no dice

The latter syntax is the one I'm particularly interested in, because it's transparent. You could also use a hybrid to make it work:

new MyXML(stuff).customMethod();

Of course, that's not any better than what I've got already:

new Query(…).execute();

]]> By: Yakov Fain http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/10/17/e4x-and-prototype-goodness/comment-page-1/#comment-43186 Yakov Fain Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:33:07 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/10/17/e4x-and-prototype-goodness/#comment-43186 The fact that some classes are sealed in Flex should not stop you. Create your own one-liner version when needed, i.e. dynamic class MyXMLList extends XMLList{} Now you can do whatever you want with MyXMLList. The fact that some classes are sealed in Flex should not stop you.
Create your own one-liner version when needed, i.e.

dynamic class MyXMLList extends XMLList{}

Now you can do whatever you want with MyXMLList.

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