/* DataParser singleton, converts character delimited strings into arrays. */ /* Now using true private methods. */ GiantCorp.DataParser = (function() { // Private attributes. var whitespaceRegex = /\s+/; // Private methods. function stripWhitespace(str) { return str.replace(whitespaceRegex, ''); } function stringSplit(str, delimiter) { return str.split(delimiter); } // Everything returned in the object literal is public, but can access the // members in the closure created above. return { // Public method. stringToArray: function(str, delimiter, stripWS) { if(stripWS) { str = stripWhitespace(str); } var outputArray = stringSplit(str, delimiter); return outputArray; } }; })(); // Invoke the function and assign the returned object literal to // GiantCorp.DataParser.
