What is Method Invocation Pattern in JavaScript

In this post we will take a look on “Method Invocation Pattern” in JavaScript. In JavaScript when function is defined as property of object then it is known as Method

Assume we have a JavaScript object as following. In studentObject object property findgrade is a function. So we can say findgrade is a method.

var studentObject =
{
name: "dj",
marks: 89,
findgrade: function (marks) {
if (marks > 75) {
return "Grade A ";
}
else {
return "Grade B ";
}
}
}

Invocation of method is known as “Method Invocation Pattern”. We can invoke method using dot operator on object. Method can be invoked as following,

var grade = studentObject.findgrade(99);
alert(grade);

A Method can access its parent object using operator this. Let us go ahead and modify studentobject as following. Now you can see that we are accessing other properties of object in method using this operator.

var studentObject =
{
name: "dj",
marks: 89,
grade : null,
findgrade: function (marks) {
if (marks > 75) {
this.grade = "A";
}
else {
this.grade = "B";
}
}
}

Now we can set grade property with invocation of findgrade method.

studentObject.findgrade(99);
var grd = studentObject.grade;
alert(grd);

Binding of method to object happens when we execute the method. In this way we can work with Methods and Method Invocation Pattern in JavaScript. I hope you find this post useful. Thanks for reading.