Object |
Object is used by Prototype as a namespace; that is, it just keeps a few new methods together, which are intended for namespaced access (i.e. starting with “Object.”).
For the regular developer (who simply uses Prototype without tweaking it), the most commonly used methods are probably inspect and, to a lesser degree, clone.
Advanced users, who wish to create their own objects like Prototype does, or explore objects as if they were hashes, will turn to extend, keys and values.
clone
Object.clone(obj) -> Object
Clones the passed object using shallow copy (copies all the original’s properties to the result).
extend
Object.extend(dest, src) -> alteredDest
Copies all properties from the source to the destination object. Used by Prototype to simulate inheritance (rather statically) by copying to prototypes.
inspect
Object.inspect(obj) -> String
Returns the debug-oriented string representation of the object.
keys
Object.keys(obj) -> [String...]
Treats any object as a Hash and fetches the list of its property names.
values
Object.values(obj) -> Array
Treats any object as a Hash and fetches the list of its property values.
toJSON (1.5.1)
toJSON() -> String
Returns a JSON string. |
Prototype API 1.5.0 - prototypejs.org