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Several ways to implement inheritance in JS

Sep 23, 2017 am 09:30 AM
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Preface

JS is an object-oriented weakly typed language, and inheritance is also one of its very powerful features. So how to implement inheritance in JS? let us wait and see.

How to implement JS inheritance

Since we want to implement inheritance, we must first have a parent class. The code is as follows:

// 定义一个动物类
function Animal (name) {
  // 属性
  this.name = name || 'Animal';
  // 实例方法
  this.sleep = function(){
    console.log(this.name + '正在睡觉!');
  }
}
// 原型方法
Animal.prototype.eat = function(food) {
  console.log(this.name + '正在吃:' + food);
};

1. Prototype chain inheritance

Core: Use the instance of the parent class as the prototype of the subclass

function Cat(){ 
}
Cat.prototype = new Animal();
Cat.prototype.name = 'cat';

// Test Code
var cat = new Cat();
console.log(cat.name);
console.log(cat.eat('fish'));
console.log(cat.sleep());
console.log(cat instanceof Animal); //true 
console.log(cat instanceof Cat); //true

Features:

  1. A very pure inheritance relationship, the instance is the child An instance of a class is also an instance of the parent class

  2. The parent class adds a new prototype method/prototype attribute, and all subclasses can access it

  3. Simple , easy to implement

Disadvantages:

  1. If you want to add attributes and methods to a subclass, you must add them in new Animal()Such statements are executed later and cannot be placed in the constructor

  2. Multiple inheritance cannot be achieved

  3. From the prototype object Reference attributes are shared by all instances (see appendix code for details: Example 1)

  4. When creating a subclass instance, parameters cannot be passed to the parent class constructor

Recommendation index: ★★ (two fatal flaws of 3 and 4)

2. Structural inheritance

Core: Use the constructor of the parent class to Enhancing subclass instances is equivalent to copying the instance attributes of the parent class to the subclass (no prototype is used)

<p style="margin-top: 15px;">function Cat(name){<br>  Animal.call(this);<br>  this.name = name || 'Tom';<br>}<br><br>// Test Code<br>var cat = new Cat();<br>console.log(cat.name);<br>console.log(cat.sleep());<br>console.log(cat instanceof Animal); // false<br>console.log(cat instanceof Cat); // true<br></p>

Features:

  1. Solved 1, subclass The problem of instances sharing parent class reference attributes

  2. When creating a subclass instance, you can pass parameters to the parent class

  3. Multiple inheritance can be achieved (call Multiple parent class objects)

Disadvantages:

  1. The instance is not an instance of the parent class, but an instance of the subclass

  2. Can only inherit the instance properties and methods of the parent class, not the prototype properties/methods

  3. Function reuse cannot be achieved, each subclass has a parent class instance Copies of functions affect performance

Recommendation index:★★(disadvantage 3)

3、实例继承

核心:为父类实例添加新特性,作为子类实例返回

function Cat(name){
  var instance = new Animal();
  instance.name = name || 'Tom';
  return instance;
}

// Test Code
var cat = new Cat();
console.log(cat.name);
console.log(cat.sleep());
console.log(cat instanceof Animal); // true
console.log(cat instanceof Cat); // false

特点:

  1. 不限制调用方式,不管是new 子类()还是子类(),返回的对象具有相同的效果

缺点:

  1. 实例是父类的实例,不是子类的实例

  2. 不支持多继承

推荐指数:★★

4、拷贝继承

function Cat(name){
  var animal = new Animal();
  for(var p in animal){
    Cat.prototype[p] = animal[p];
  }
  Cat.prototype.name = name || 'Tom';
}

// Test Code
var cat = new Cat();
console.log(cat.name);
console.log(cat.sleep());
console.log(cat instanceof Animal); // false
console.log(cat instanceof Cat); // true

特点:

  1. 支持多继承

缺点:

  1. 效率较低,内存占用高(因为要拷贝父类的属性)

  2. 无法获取父类不可枚举的方法(不可枚举方法,不能使用for in 访问到)

推荐指数:★(缺点1)

5、组合继承

核心:通过调用父类构造,继承父类的属性并保留传参的优点,然后通过将父类实例作为子类原型,实现函数复用

function Cat(name){
  Animal.call(this);
  this.name = name || 'Tom';
}
Cat.prototype = new Animal();

// Test Code
var cat = new Cat();
console.log(cat.name);
console.log(cat.sleep());
console.log(cat instanceof Animal); // true
console.log(cat instanceof Cat); // true

特点:

  1. 弥补了方式2的缺陷,可以继承实例属性/方法,也可以继承原型属性/方法

  2. 既是子类的实例,也是父类的实例

  3. 不存在引用属性共享问题

  4. 可传参

  5. 函数可复用

缺点:

  1. 调用了两次父类构造函数,生成了两份实例(子类实例将子类原型上的那份屏蔽了)

推荐指数:★★★★(仅仅多消耗了一点内存)

6、寄生组合继承

核心:通过寄生方式,砍掉父类的实例属性,这样,在调用两次父类的构造的时候,就不会初始化两次实例方法/属性,避免的组合继承的缺点

function Cat(name){
  Animal.call(this);
  this.name = name || 'Tom';
}
(function(){
  // 创建一个没有实例方法的类
  var Super = function(){};
  Super.prototype = Animal.prototype;
  //将实例作为子类的原型
  Cat.prototype = new Super();
})();

// Test Code
var cat = new Cat();
console.log(cat.name);
console.log(cat.sleep());
console.log(cat instanceof Animal); // true
console.log(cat instanceof Cat); //true

特点:

  1. 堪称完美

缺点:

  1. 实现较为复杂

推荐指数:★★★★(实现复杂,扣掉一颗星)

附录代码:

示例一:

function Animal (name) {
  // 属性
  this.name = name || 'Animal';
  // 实例方法
  this.sleep = function(){
    console.log(this.name + '正在睡觉!');
  }
  //实例引用属性
  this.features = [];
}
function Cat(name){
}
Cat.prototype = new Animal();

var tom = new Cat();
var kissy = new Cat();

console.log(tom.name); // "Animal"
console.log(kissy.name); // "Animal"
console.log(tom.features); // []
console.log(kissy.features); // []

tom.name = 'Tom-New Name';
tom.features.push('eat');

//针对父类实例值类型成员的更改,不影响
console.log(tom.name); // "Tom-New Name"
console.log(kissy.name); // "Animal"
//针对父类实例引用类型成员的更改,会通过影响其他子类实例
console.log(tom.features); // ['eat']
console.log(kissy.features); // ['eat']

原因分析:

关键点:属性查找过程

执行tom.features.push,首先找tom对象的实例属性(找不到),
那么去原型对象中找,也就是Animal的实例。发现有,那么就直接在这个对象的
features属性中插入值。
在console.log(kissy.features); 的时候。同上,kissy实例上没有,那么去原型上找。
刚好原型上有,就直接返回,但是注意,这个原型对象中features属性值已经变化了。

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