Inheritance in Node.Js + Expressjs

Question

Inheritance in Node.Js + Expressjs

I am trying to achieve something like following in Node.js and Express.js, not able to find good examples of active this. Help appreciated.

base.js
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module.exports = {
  baseFunction: function(){
    .....
  }
}

child.js
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module.exports = {
  require('base'),

  ***** Some Magical Code ****** 

  childFunction: function(){
    ..... 
  }
}



CallProgram.js
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var child = require('child');
child.baseFunction();

node.js
inheritance
express

Answer 1

How about this?

function extend(a, b) {
  var result = Object.create(a);
  for (var prop in b) {
    if (b.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
      result[prop] = b[prop];
    }
  }
  return result;
}

module.exports = extend(require('base'), {
  ***** Some Magical Code ****** 

  childFunction: function(){
    ..... 
  }
});

The extend function will create a new object with a as its prototype and will copy all properties of b onto it.