JavaScript: How to create a new instance of a class without using the new keyword?

Posted by Alessandro Vernet on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Alessandro Vernet
Published on 2009-10-16T23:15:04Z Indexed on 2010/04/11 13:13 UTC
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I think the following code will make the question clear.

// My class
var Class = function() { console.log("Constructor"); };
Class.prototype = { method: function() { console.log("Method");} }

// Creating an instance with new
var object1 = new Class();
object1.method();
console.log("New returned", object1);

// How to write a factory which can't use the new keyword?
function factory(clazz) {
    // Assume this function can't see "Class", but only sees its parameter "clazz".
    return clazz.call(); // Calls the constructor, but no new object is created
    return clazz.new();  // Doesn't work because there is new() method
};

var object2 = factory(Class);
object2.method();
console.log("Factory returned", object2);

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