Create an Object prototype chain based on hierarchy.
npm install proto-merge
Define complex prototype chains with vanilla nested objects.
#### node + browserify
$ npm install proto-merge
#### component
$ component install timoxley/proto-merge
APIs often need a little prototype magic, yet the overhead
of verbose prototype definitions will ruin the elegance /
brevity of the code.
proto-merge simplifies complex prototype chaining definitions to
a minimum.
``js
var merge = require('proto-merge')
// all objects inherit from their 'parent' objects
var project = merge({
// top level object becomes the 'parent' for any objects defined inside it
name: 'Main Project',
version: '0.0.1',
sub_project: {
// this will inherit from the parent
name: 'Sub Project'
},
forks: [
// each will inherit from the parent
{version: '0.0.2'},
{name: 'A fork!'}
]
})
// property access works as expected:
console.log(project.version) // => '0.0.1'
// sub_project inherits properties from from its 'parent'
console.log(project.sub_project.version) // => '0.0.1'
// sub_project can override with its own properties
console.log(project.sub_project.name) // => 'Sub Project'
// the link is dynamic, so if you change the parent
// you also change the child
project.version = '0.0.2'
console.log(project.sub_project.version) // => '0.0.2'
// prototypes are also inherited in array members
console.log(project.forks[0].version) // => '0.0.2'
console.log(project.forks[1].version) // => '0.0.1'
``
As with all magic, use responsibly.
MIT