No eval() please!
function namespace(name, data){
data = data || window;
name = name.split(".");
for (var i=0; i < name.length; i++) {
var ns = name[i];
data = data[ns] || ( data[ns] = {} );
}
return data;
};
It'd a little get shorter if you use jQuery.each.
Cheers
--
Ariel Flesler
http://flesler.blogspot.com/
On Dec 17, 8:05 pm, Kean <shenan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wrote a simple namespacer. Do you think this is useful in real world
> applications? Any improvements that can be made to the code? Thank
> you.
>
> var namespace = function (name, global){
> var root = global || '$';
>
> (!eval('window.'+root))? eval('window.' + root + '={}') : '';
>
> var name = name.split(".");
> var fullname;
> for (var i=0; i<name.length; i++) {
> fullname = (!i) ? name[i] : fullname + "." + name[i];
> if (!eval (root + "." + fullname))
> eval (root + "." + fullname + " = {}");
> }
>
> }
>
> namespace('hello.yahoo');
> namespace('helloz.yahoo2');
> namespace('helloz.yahoo2', 'YAHOO');
>
> $.hello.yahoo.init = function() { alert(1); };
> $.helloz.yahoo2.init = function() { alert(2); };
> YAHOO.helloz.yahoo2.init = function() {alert(3); };
>
> $.hello.yahoo.init(); //alerts 1
> $.helloz.yahoo2.init(); // alerts 2
> YAHOO.helloz.yahoo2.init(); // alerts 3
