[thelist] 'classes' in javascript

[Matt Warden]

thelist,

Trying to work with JS 'classes' and I'm having a little bit of
trouble. See below:

function RemoteConnection()
{
    this.aRequests = new Array();
    this.aRequests[0] = null;
    
    this.request = function(url, method, requestxml)
        {
        alert(this);
// ...
        };
    
    
    this.handle = function()
        {
            alert(this);
// ...
        }; // end method handle

// ...    

} // end class RemoteConnection


The first time I RemoteConnection().request(...) is called first, and
the alert reports that 'this' is an object. This is what I expect. The
second method fired is .handle(); this is actually being fired by an
event trigger that is set up in request():

req.onreadystatechange = this.handle;

The second alert (in handle()) alerts the contents of the function
(i.e., literally the function's code). I seemingly do not have access
to the properties of teh containing 'class' (RemoteConnection).

I want to be able to refer to the current RemoteConnection instance.
How can I do this?

Thanks,

-- 
Matt Warden
Miami University
Oxford, OH, USA
http://mattwarden.com


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