CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

JS mixin implementation

/**
 * @module Core
 * @namespace window
 */
/**
 * Static class for mixing in functionality into objects.
 * @class mixin
 * @static
 */
(function(window, Object)
{
	// The mixin function already exists
	if ("mixin" in window) return;
 
	/**
	 * Mixin functionality to an object
	 *
	 * @example
		mixin(instance, MyClass);
	 *
	 * @constructor
	 * @method mixin
	 * @param {*} target The instance object to add functionality to
	 * @param {function|String} superClass The parent reference or full classname
	 * @param {*} [args] Any additional arguments to pass to the constructor of the superClass
	 * @return {*} Return reference to target
	 */
	var mixin = function(target, superClass)
	{
		if (DEBUG && !superClass)
		{
			throw 'Did not supply a valid mixin class';
		}
 
		// Include using string
		if (typeof superClass === "string")
		{
			superClass = window.include(superClass);
		}
 
		// Check for existence of prototype
		if (!superClass.prototype)
		{
			if (DEBUG)
			{
				throw 'The mixin class does not have a valid protoype';
			}
			else
			{
				throw 'no mixin prototype';
			}
		}
		//loop over mixin prototype to add functions
		var p = superClass.prototype;
 
		for (var prop in p)
		{
			// For things that we set using Object.defineProperty
			// very important that enumerable:true for the 
			// defineProperty options
			var propDesc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(p, prop);
			if (propDesc)
			{
				Object.defineProperty(target, prop, propDesc);
			}
			else
			{
				// Should cover all other prototype methods/properties
				target[prop] = p[prop];
			}
		}
		// call mixin on target and apply any arguments
		superClass.apply(target, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2));
		return target;
	};
 
	// Assign to the window namespace
	window.mixin = mixin;
 
}(window, Object));