Access reference to class inside its own class

Asked Sep 29 '18 at 00:39

Active Sep 29 '18 at 00:41

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In the code below, how can I access the variable User without explicitly specifying the keyword "User" inside its own class?

class User {
  say = () => {
    // Here, I have to explicitly write "User". Is there
    // some javascript trick to get the class reference inside 
    // its own class without explicitly writing the name?
    console.log(User);
  }
}

edited Sep 29 '18 at 00:41

Erik Philips

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Use a standard function instead of an arrow function. – CertainPerformance Sep 29 '18 at 00:40
@CertainPerformance can you show an example? – Maria Sep 29 '18 at 00:41
Once you have a standard function, just refer to `this.constructor` – CertainPerformance Sep 29 '18 at 00:47
@CertainPerformance how do i do it in an es6 class? – Maria Sep 29 '18 at 00:47
`class User { say() { console.log(this.constructor); } }` – andrew Sep 29 '18 at 02:38
would `say = () => { console.log(this.constructor); }` also work @andrew – Maria Sep 29 '18 at 03:08

Access reference to class inside its own class

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