Properties of component are undefined using class and prototype pattern

Question

I've made use of the class and prototype pattern in JavaScript. I've made a function named NavigatieButton and got a constructor of three attributes named location , rotation and navigatie .

In the prototype of NavigatieButton , I've maked a function named init that must render a "component".

Inside the render function I make a new instance of NavigatieButton using code below:

var navBtn = new NavigatieButton('0 0 0');

But if I call init , the properties location , rotation and navigatie are undefined.

Here you could find my code I've made.

 "use strict"; function NavigatieButton(location) { this.location = location; } NavigatieButton.prototype.init = function() { var element = document.createElement('a-entity'); element.setAttribute('location', this.location); // Here I'm adding some other nodes to the `element` variable. return element; }; (function() { function render() { var el = document.createElement('div'); for (var i = 7; i--;) { var navBtn = new NavigatieButton('0 0 0'); var comp = NavigatieButton.prototype.init(); el.appendChild(comp); } console.log(el); } render(); })(); 

Open the console of your browser to see the logged data. Below you could find a snippet of the logged data.

<div>
  <!-- 7 thimes this code: -->
  <a-entity location="undefined" rotation="undefined">
    <a-image src="./assets/images/navigationOuterCircle.png"></a-image>
    <a-image src="./assets/images/navigationInnerCircle.png" scale="0.5 0.5 0.5"></a-image>
  </a-entity>
  <!-- Till here -->
</div>

What's wrong with my code? Why I've always undefined instead of my input?

PS 1: I'm following this article: 3 ways to define a JavaScript class (see heading 1.2) .

PS 2: I'm using aframe to create WebVR.

Answer 1

Instead of

  var comp = NavigatieButton.prototype.init();

you must call .init() with the object you just created:

  var comp = navBtn.init();

The .init() function will be found on the prototype, and when it's called the correct way the value of this will be a reference to the navBtn object you created.

Answer 2

You are calling init function of NavigatieButton constructor directly which is not a newly created object.

Use navBtn.init(); instead of NavigatieButton.prototype.init();