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variations of the Javascript module pattern

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  1. var myModule = function () {
  2.  
  3. 	var publicObj = {}; // returnable object...
  4.  
  5. 	var privateProperty = "I can be accessed only from within this module";
  6. 	var privateMethod = function () {
  7. 		// has access to public properties as publicObj.publicVar and private methods
  8. 	}
  9.  
  10. 	var publicObj.publicProperty = "Publicly accessible as myModule.publicVar.";
  11. 	var publicObj.publicMethod = function () { 
  12. 		// Publicly accessible as myModule.publicMethod	
  13. 	}
  14.  
  15. 	return publicObj;
  16.  
  17. }();
  18.  
  19.  
  20. var myModule = function(){
  21.  
  22. 	var privateMethod = function(){
  23. 		publicMethod();
  24. 	}
  25.  
  26. 	var publicMethod = function(){
  27. 		return this;
  28. 	}
  29.  
  30. 	// Copy over methods you want to be public
  31. 	return {
  32. 		publicMethod : publicMethod
  33. 	}
  34.  
  35. }();
  36.  
  37.  
  38. var myModule = function(){
  39.  
  40. 	// Persists in privateMethods due to closure
  41. 	var that = {};
  42.  
  43. 	function privateMethod(){
  44. 		that.publicMethod();
  45. 	}
  46.  
  47. 	return {
  48. 		publicProperty: true,
  49. 		publicMethod: function(){},
  50. 		// Make this visible in private scope
  51. 		init: function(){
  52. 			that = this;
  53. 		}
  54. 	};
  55.  
  56. }().init();

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