Let's say I am writing code at the main page level and 2 dependencies require the same instance of an object and also state that as a dependency. What is the appropriate way to go about this?
Basically what I want to do is say, If this dependency isn't loaded... then load it. Otherwise, use the same instance that was already loaded and just pass that one.
You would make that a module-level variable. For example,
// In foo.js
define(function () {
var theFoo = {};
return {
getTheFoo: function () { return theFoo; }
};
});
// In bar.js
define([./foo], function (foo) {
var theFoo = foo.getTheFoo(); // save in convenience variable
return {
setBarOnFoo: function () { theFoo.bar = hello; }
};
}
// In baz.js
define([./foo], function (foo) {
// Or use directly.
return {
setBazOnFoo: function () { foo.getTheFoo().baz = goodbye; }
};
}
// In any other file
define([./foo, ./bar, ./baz], function (foo, bar, baz) {
bar.setBarOnFoo();
baz.setBazOnFoo();
assert(foo.getTheFoo().bar === hello);
assert(foo.getTheFoo().baz === goodbye);
};
