nl_tokens: av s main function is a getter - setter - combo it expects a default value and a validation function the validation function should return the validated value or throw an exception it shouldn t return false for non - validating values
pl_tokens: function ( i , validate ) { // we offer a shortcut to get types when only one argument is provided if ( arguments . length === 1 ) { return av . type ( i ) ; } // we store the value in private scope var _i ; // our getter-setter-combo including validation var me = function ( d ) { if ( ! arguments . length ) { if ( typeof _i === 'object' ) { var o = { } ; for ( var prop in _i ) { o [ prop ] = _i [ <mask> ] ( ) ; } return o ; } else { return _i ; } } _i = validate ( d ) ; // if _i is an object we expose the getter/setter methods of its attributes if ( typeof _i === 'object' ) { for ( var prop_object in _i ) { me [ prop_object ] = _i [ prop_object ] ; } } } ; // we initialize the getter-setter-combo with the provided value me ( i ) ; // return the getter-setter-combo (allows chaining, among other things) return me ; }