Classes

Here is an Example of a Debugger Class

Achtung! Classes work in JavaScript but the File object used is an ExtendScript thing that does not work in JavaScript.

    /**
     * This is a debugger class for creating files with infos about stuff
     * @param {Boolean} dbg if true the debugger will be initialized
     * @param {String} title the title in the debug info file
     * @param {Stirng} message An alert message can be set via DEebugger.message = "something"
     *
     *
     * // make a new Debugger
     * var deeBug = new Debugger(true,"MyScript.jsx version 0.1.2","This is a debug version");
     *
     * // alert the message
     * deeBug.message();
     * 
     * // add a line to the file
     * deeBug.addLineToInfo("This is a line in the file" + something); 
     *
     * // create the file always on the desktop right now always with the name
     * // "debuginfo" can be set via deeBug.filename = "myfile" no extension will be .txt 
     * // he will try to execute the file in the std editor
     * 
     * deeBug.writeInfos();
     * 
     * 
     */
     
     
    function Debugger(dbg,title,message){
    this.DEBUG = dbg;
    this.filename ="debuginfo";
    this.filepath = "~/Desktop/"+ this.filename +".txt";
    this.debugstrings = [title,message];
    this.messageString = message;
     
    this.addLineToInfo = function (line){
    if(this.DEBUG == true){
    this.debugstrings.push(line);
        };
    };
     
    this.message = function(){
     
    if(this.DEBUG == true){
        alert(this.messageString);
        }
    };
     
    this.writeInfos = function (){
     
    if(this.DEBUG == true){
           // get the textfile
        var write_file = File(this.filepath);
        
        if(!write_file.exists){
            // if the file does not exist create one
            write_file = new File(this.filepath);
        }else{
            // if it exsists ask the user if it should be overwritten
            var res = confirm ("The file already exists. Should I overwrite it", true, "titleWINonly");
            // if the user hits no stop the script
            if(res != true){
                return;
                };
            };
        
        var out;// our output
        // we know already that the file exist
        // but to be shure
        if( write_file!='' ){   
              //Open the file for writing.   
              out = write_file.open( 'w', undefined, undefined );
              write_file.encoding = "UTF-8";
              write_file.lineFeed = "Unix"; //convert to UNIX lineFeed
              // txtFile.lineFeed = "Windows";
              // txtFile.lineFeed = "Macintosh";
           };  
            // got an output?
           if( out != false ){  
             // loop the list and write each item to the file 
                write_file.writeln(this.debugstrings.join('\n'));
                    // allways close files!
             write_file.close(); 
             write_file.execute(); 
           }
        }     
        }
    }

Usage:

    #include 'Debugger.jsx';// include the file. needs to be next to this script
    var deeBug = new Debugger(true,"MyScript.jsx version 0.1.2","This is a debug version");//     Debugger init global
    main();
    function main(){
      deeBug.message();// this is just an alert that only pops up if the debugger is true
      var something = 5;
      something++;// do something
      deeBug.addLineToInfo("This is a line in the file" + something); // add some content
      deeBug.writeInfos();// writes and opens a file
    }