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class Customer {
constructor(firstName, lastName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
this.lastName = lastName;
}
sayHi() {
console.log('Hi ' + this.firstName);
}
sayHiLater() {
setTimeout(function () {
this.sayHi();
}, 1000);
}
}
const customer = new Customer('Foo', 'BAR');
customer.sayHiLater(); // ???
class Customer {
constructor(firstName, lastName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
this.lastName = lastName;
}
sayHi() {
console.log('Hi ' + this.firstName);
}
sayHiLater() {
setTimeout(function () {
this.sayHi();
}, 1000);
}
}
const customer = new Customer('Foo', 'BAR');
customer.sayHiLater(); // TypeError: this.sayHi is not a function

Binding

La fonction de callback utilisée avec setTimeout n'est pas "bound" à notre instance de Customer. De plus, setTimeout espère nous aider en "bindant" l'objet timeout qu'il retourne à notre fonction de callback.
const timeout = setTimeout(function () {
console.log(this === timeout); // true
});
Pour lutter contre ce comportement... m#@d!k... déstabilisant, nous pouvons "binder" notre instance de Customer à la fonction de callback.

The hacky way

class Customer {
constructor(firstName, lastName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
this.lastName = lastName;
}
sayHi() {
console.log('Hi ' + this.firstName);
}
sayHiLater() {
setTimeout(function () {
this.sayHi();
}.bind(this), 1000);
}
}

The other hacky way

class Customer {
constructor(firstName, lastName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
this.lastName = lastName;
}
sayHi() {
console.log('Hi ' + this.firstName);
}
sayHiLater() {
const _this = this;
setTimeout(function () {
_this.sayHi();
}, 1000);
}
}

Solution idéale

Pour la solution idéale, rendez-vous au prochain chapitre.