Overloading functions by argument count
function assert(value, desc) {
var li = document.createElement("li");
li.className = value ? "pass" : "fail";
li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(desc));
document.getElementById("results").appendChild(li);
}
function addMethod(object, name, fn) {
var old = object[name];
object[name] = function(){
if (fn.length == arguments.length)
return fn.apply(this, arguments);
else if (typeof old == 'function')
return old.apply(this, arguments);
};
}
var ninjas = {
values: ["Dean Edwards", "Sam Stephenson", "Alex Russell"]
};
addMethod(ninjas, "find", function(){
return this.values;
});
addMethod(ninjas, "find", function(name){
var ret = [];
for (var i = 0; i < this.values.length; i++)
if (this.values[i].indexOf(name) == 0)
ret.push(this.values[i]);
return ret;
});
addMethod(ninjas, "find", function(first, last){
var ret = [];
for (var i = 0; i < this.values.length; i++)
if (this.values[i] == (first + " " + last))
ret.push(this.values[i]);
return ret;
});
assert(ninjas.find().length == 3,
"Found all ninjas");
assert(ninjas.find("Sam").length == 1,
"Found ninja by first name");
assert(ninjas.find("Dean", "Edwards").length == 1,
"Found ninja by first and last name");
assert(ninjas.find("Alex", "Russell", "Jr") == null,
"Found nothing");