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Accessing properties in nested function returning another function

Is there a way to access properties in nested functions like that :
function func(){
this.new_func=function(){
console.log("something");
return 'something';
}
this.someValue=7;
return function(){
return "something_diff";
};
}
var obj=new func();
obj(); //works with returning "something diff"
obj.new_func(); // TypeError: obj.new_func is not a function
obj.someValue; // undefined
I need to delete whole "return function()..." part in order to access "someValue" and "new_func()". Why is it acting like that, and is there a way to somehow access that properties, while still returning another function ??

When you have a constructor that returns an object, that object replaces whatever you assigned to this. So indeed, the members new_func and someValue are lost.
To combine the returned function together with the other members, you can do this:
function func() {
var f = function() {
return "something_diff";
};
f.new_func = function() {
console.log("something");
return 'something';
}
f.someValue = 7;
return f;
}
var obj = new func();
console.log(obj());
obj.new_func();
console.log('someValue:', obj.someValue);

You can do it like this:
var parentFunction = function() {
var nestedFunction = function() {
var value = "nestedValue";
var moreValues = "more values";
return {
value: value,
moreValues: moreValues
}
}
var anotherNestedFunction = function() {
var anotherValue = "nestedValue";
return anotherValue;
}
return {
nested: nestedFunction,
another: anotherNestedFunction
}
}
Then:
var newFunction = new parentFunction();
var nested = newFunction.nested();
console.log("nested value: ", nested.value);
console.log("another nested value: ", newFunction.another);
Here is a working example:

Why is it acting like that, and is there a way to somehow access that properties, while still returning another function ??
Because of the pharenteis:
var obj=new func();
Basically you're firing your function and what is stored the variable obj is what the "func" returns.
In order to access to private properties, you should look at the Closures: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Closures

private method in an javascript object

I've an object looks like this:
var obj ={
property : '',
myfunction1 : function(parameter){
//do stuff here
}
}
I need to set some private properties and functions, which can not be accessed/seen from outside of the object. It is not working with
var property:, or var myFunction1
Next question is, if I call a function within or outside the object, I always have to do this with obj.myfunction(). I would like to asign "this" to a variable. Like self : this. and call inside the object my functions and variables with self.property and self.myfunction.
How? :)

There are many ways to do this. In short: If dou define a function inside another function, your inner function will be private, as long as you will not provide any reference to if.
(function obj(){
var privateMethod = function() {};
var publicMethod = function() {
privateMethod();
...
};
return {
pubMethod: publicMethod
}
}());

var obj = (function() {
var privateProperty;
var privateFunction = function(value) {
if (value === void 0) {
return privateProperty;
} else {
privateProperty = value;
}
};
var publicMethod = function(value) {
return privateFunction(value);
}
return {
getPrivateProperty: function() {
return privateFunction();
},
setPrivateProperty: function(value) {
privateFunction(value);
}
}
})();
obj.setPrivateProperty(3);
console.log(obj.getPrivateProperty());
// => 3
console.log(obj.privateProperty);
// => undefined
obj.privateFunction();
// => TypeError: undefined is not a function

Use closures. JavaScript has function scope, so you have to use a function.
var obj = function () {
var privateVariable = "test";
function privateFunction() {
return privateVariable;
}
return {
publicFunction: function() { return privateFunction(); }
};
}();

Javascript call nested function

I have the following piece of code:
function initValidation()
{
// irrelevant code here
function validate(_block){
// code here
}
}
Is there any way I can call the validate() function outside the initValidation() function? I've tried calling validate() but I think it's only visible inside the parent function.

function initValidation()
{
// irrelevant code here
function validate(_block){
console.log( "test", _block );
}
initValidation.validate = validate;
}
initValidation();
initValidation.validate( "hello" );
//test hello

Hope that you are looking for something like this
function initValidation()
{
// irrelevant code here
this.validate = function(_block){
// code here
}
}
var fCall = new initValidation()
fCall.validate(param);
This will work.
Hope this addresses your problem.

You can call validate from within initValidation. Like this.
function initValidation()
{
// irrelevant code here
function validate(_block){
// code here
}
return validate(someVar);
}
validate is not visible to anything outside of initValidation because of its scope.
Edit: Here's my suggestion of a solution.
(function() {
function validate(_block){
// code here
}
function initValidation()
{
// irrelevant code here
return validate(someVar);
}
function otherFunctions() {
// ...
}
// initValidation = function
}());
// initValidation = undefined
All of your functions will be hidden to anything outside the function wrapper but can all see each other.

This invocation will return function statement, which is function validate.
So you can invoke directly after the first invocation.
function initValidation() {
// irrelevant code here
return function validate(_block) {
// code here
}
}
initValidation()();

I know this is an old post but if you wish to create a set of instances that you wish to work with that reuse the code you could do something like this:
"use strict";
// this is derived from several posts here on SO and ultimately John Resig
function makeClassStrict() {
var isInternal, instance;
var constructor = function(args) {
if (this instanceof constructor) {
if (typeof this.init == "function") {
this.init.apply(this, isInternal ? args : arguments);
}
} else {
isInternal = true;
instance = new constructor(arguments);
isInternal = false;
return instance;
}
};
return constructor;
}
var MyClass = makeClassStrict();// create "class"
MyClass.prototype.init = function(employeeName, isWorking) {
var defaultName = 'notbob';
this.name = employeeName ? employeeName : defaultName;
this.working = !!isWorking;
this.internalValidate = function() {
return {
"check": this.working,
"who": this.name
};
};
};
MyClass.prototype.getName = function() {
return this.name
};
MyClass.prototype.protoValidate = function() {
return {
"check": this.working,
"who": this.name
};
};
var instanceBob = MyClass("Bob", true);// create instance
var instanceFred = MyClass("Fred", false);// create instance
var mything = instanceFred.internalValidate();// call instance function
console.log(mything.check + ":" + mything.who);
var myBobthing = instanceBob.protoValidate();
console.log(myBobthing.check + ":" + myBobthing.who);

I know this thread's been here for quite some time but I thought I'd also leave my 0.02$ on how to call inner functions from outside their scope (might benefit somebody).
Note that in any place, a better design decision should be taken into consideration rather than some hackish workaround which will bite you back later.
How about using function expressions instead of function statements and making use of the global scope.
var innerFn;
function outerFn() {
innerFn = function(number) {
return number ** 2;
}
}
outerFn();
console.log(innerFn(5));
// if there's more complex code around and you could write this defensively
if (typeof innerFn !== 'undefined') {
console.log(`we are squaring the number 5 and the result is: ${innerFn(5)}`);
} else {
console.log('function is undefined');
}
Or, you can make use of closures:
function outer() {
// initialize some parameters, do a bunch of stuff
let x = 5, y = 10;
function inner() {
// keeps references alive to all arguments and parameters in all scopes it references
return `The arithmetic mean of the 2 numbers is: ${(x + y) / 2}`;
}
return inner;
}
innerFn = outer(); // get a reference to the inner function which you can call from outside
console.log(innerFn());

Create a variable outside the parent function, then in the parent function store your required function in the variable.
Var Store;
Function blah() {
Function needed() {
#
}
Store = needed;
}

As a minor variation of Esailija's answer, I did this:
function createTree(somearg) {
function validate(_block) {
console.log( "test", _block );
}
if (somearg==="validate") { return validate; } // for addNodes
// normal invocation code here
validate(somearg);
}
function addNodes() {
const validate = createTree("validate");
//...
validate( "hello" );
}
createTree("create");
addNodes();
//validate("illegal");
so validate() is now perfectly shared between createTree() and addNodes(), and perfectly invisible to the outside world.

Should work.
function initValudation() {
validate();
function validate() {
}
}

Function definition:
function initValidation() {
// code here
function validate(_block){
// code here
console.log(_block);
}
return validate;
}
Call it as below:
initValidation()("hello");

function initValidation()
{
function validate(_block){
console.log(_block)
// code here
}
// you have to call nested function
validate("Its Work")
}
// call initValidation function
initValidation()

Exposing a method which is inside a closure

When we are creating a method inside a closure it becomes private to that closure and can't be accessed until we expose it in some way.
How can it be exposed?

You can return a reference to it...
var a = function() {
var b = function() {
// I'm private!
alert('go away!');
};
return {
b: b // Not anymore!
};
};
See it on jsFiddle.
You could also bind it to the window object. But I prefer the method above, otherwise you are exposing it via a global variable (being a property of the window object).

You need to pass it to the outside in some manner.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/patrick_dw/T9vnn/1/
function someFunc() {
var privateFunc = function() {
alert('expose me!');
}
// Method 1: Directly assign it to an outer scope
window.exposed = privateFunc;
// Method 2: pass it out as a function argument
someOuterFunction( privateFunc );
// Method 3: return it
return privateFunc;
}
someFunc()(); // alerts "expose me!"
function someOuterFunction( fn ) {
fn(); // alerts "expose me!"
}
window.exposed(); // alerts "expose me!"

You expose functions or properties of a closure by internally declaring them in this scope (which can change depending on invocation).
function example(val) {
var value = val;
this.getVal = function() {
return value;
}
this.setVal = function(v) {
value = v;
}
}
var ex = new example(2);
ex.getVal(); // == 2
ex.setVal(4); // == null
ex.getVal(); // == 4
Methods declared in this can access variables declared using var, but not the other way 'round.
function example(val) {
var value = val;
var double = function(v) {
return 2 * v;
}
this.getDouble = function() {
return double(value);
}
}
var ex = new example(2);
ex.getDouble(); // == 4
The function closes over the scope. What you want to do is to return a reference to a function that has access to the scope you require so you can invoke it at a later point.
If you need to create a function that calls a specific method at some later point,
var ex = new example(2);
var delayed_call = function() {
return(ex.getDouble()); // == 4, when called
}
setTimeout(delayed_call, 1000);
If scoping is an issue,
var ex = new example(2);
var delayed_call = (function(ex_ref) {
return function() {
return(ex_ref.getDouble()); // == 4, when called
}
})(ex); // create a new scope and capture a reference to ex as ex_ref
setTimeout(delayed_call, 1000);
You can inline most of this with the less readable example of,
setTimeout((function(ex_ref) {
return function() {
return(ex_ref.getDouble()); // == 4, when called
})(new example(2)))
, 1000
);
setTimeout is just a convenient way of demonstrating execution in new scope.
var ex = new example(2);
var delayed_call = function() {
return(ex.getDouble());
}
delayed_call(); // == 4

For performance purposes you can invoke it this way:
var a = (function(){
function _a(){}
_a.prototype = (function(){
var _test = function(){ console.log("test"); };
return {
test: _test
}
}());
return new _a();
}());
// usage
var x = a;
x.test(); // "test"

Can the object you create with a constructor function ever itself be a function?

I hope this question makes sense. Can I ever do something like the following:
function constructor_function() {...code...};
var a = new constructor_function();
a();

If a constructor returns an object, that will be the value of the new .. expression. A function is an object, so you do what you want:
function ConstructorFunction() {
return function () { alert("A function!"); };
}
var a = new ConstructorFunction();
a();

function Wrapper(constr, func) {
return function() {
var f = func();
constr.apply(f, arguments);
return f;
}
}
function ConstructorFunction() {
return function() {
console.log("A function");
}
}
function Constructor() {
this.foo = 42;
}
var MyFunction = Wrapper(Constructor, ConstructorFunction);
var o = MyFunction();
o(); // A function
console.log(o.foo); // 42
To both manipulate the this state as intended and have the object returned be a function is difficult to do without a lot of extra hoops to jump through.
This is about as easy I could make it. You have your standard Constructor function that manipulates this as an object. Then you have your ConstructorFunction which is the function you want the constructor to return. This must be a factor that returns a new function each time it's called.
You wrap the two together to get a function which returns an object which both has the returned function and the manipulation of state.
Live example

You can return a function from the constructor, but then it's not really a constructor. You can just use the function as a regular function, the new keyword is not needed:
function constructor_function() {
return function() { alert(42); }
};
var a = constructor_function();
a();
As a function is an object, you can even add properties to it:
function constructor_function() {
var t = function() { alert(42); }
t.size = 1337;
return t;
};
var a = constructor_function();
a();
alert(a.size);