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JavaScript class_alias

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function class_alias (clss, alias, autoload) {
    // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // %        note 1: This function is not documented and only available in PHP source
    // *     example 1: function someFunc () {}
    // *     example 1: class_alias('someFunc', 'olFunc');    // *     returns 1: true
 
    var getFuncName = function (fn) {
        var name = (/\W*function\s+([\w\$]+)\s*\(/).exec(fn);
        if (!name) {            return '(Anonymous)';
        }
        return name[1];
    };
    if (autoload && typeof this.window.__autoload === 'function') {        this.window.__autoload(clss);
    }
    if (typeof clss === 'string') {
        clss = this.window[clss];
    }    if (typeof clss === 'undefined') {
        throw "Class '"+getFuncName(clss)+"' not found";
        return false; // Return false until replace throw with error triggering
    }
    if (typeof clss !== 'function') {        throw 'First argument of class_alias() must be a name of user defined class';
        return false;
    }
    if (typeof this.window[alias] === 'function') {
        throw 'Cannot redeclare class '+alias;        return false;
    }
 
    this.window[alias] = clss;
    return true;}
external links: original PHP docs | raw js source

Examples

Running

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function someFunc () {}
class_alias('someFunc', 'olFunc');

Should return

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true

Dependencies

No dependencies, you can use this function standalone.

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