Interfaces in Javascript

Here is an example of our Interface class and comment combination:
// Interfaces.
var Composite = new Interface('Composite', ['add', 'remove', 'getChild']);
var FormItem = new Interface('FormItem', ['save']);
// CompositeForm class
var CompositeForm = function(id, method, action) { // implements Composite, FormItem
...
};
...
function addForm(formInstance) {
Interface.ensureImplements(formInstance, Composite, FormItem);
// This function will throw an error if a required method is not implemented,
// halting execution of the function.
// All code beneath this line will be executed only if the checks pass.
...
}
Interface.ensureImplements provides a strict check. If a problem is found, an error will be
thrown, which can either be caught and handled or allowed to halt execution. Either way, the
programmer will know immediately that there is a problem and where to go to fix it.



The Interface Class
The following is the Interface class that we use throughout the book:
// Constructor.
var Interface = function(name, methods) {
if(arguments.length != 2) {
throw new Error("Interface constructor called with " + arguments.length +
"arguments, but expected exactly 2.");
}
this.name = name;
this.methods = [];
for(var i = 0, len = methods.length; i < len; i++) {
if(typeof methods[i] !== 'string') {
throw new Error("Interface constructor expects method names to be "
+ "passed in as a string.");
}
this.methods.push(methods[i]);
}
};
// Static class method.
Interface.ensureImplements = function(object) {
if(arguments.length < 2) {
throw new Error("Function Interface.ensureImplements called with " +
arguments.length + "arguments, but expected at least 2.");
}
for(var i = 1, len = arguments.length; i < len; i++) {
var interface = arguments[i];
if(interface.constructor !== Interface) {
throw new Error("Function Interface.ensureImplements expects arguments"
+ "two and above to be instances of Interface.");
}
for(var j = 0, methodsLen = interface.methods.length; j < methodsLen; j++) {
var method = interface.methods[j];
if(!object[method] || typeof object[method] !== 'function') {
throw new Error("Function Interface.ensureImplements: object "
+ "does not implement the " + interface.name
+ " interface. Method " + method + " was not found.");
}
}
}
};



As you can see, it is very strict about the arguments given to each method and will throw
an error if any check doesn’t pass. This is done intentionally, so that if you receive no errors,
you can be certain the interface is correctly declared and implemented.