oo javascript - paradigm/OO problem: referring to constructor object with 'this'

[bobwooderton]

Either I am using the wrong approach or I just don't get it.

so, the 'this' in 'this.changeState()' on the second to last line of the constructor code refers to the object _referObject, instead of the quickEntryObject---I need to fix this.

Do you think I have a paradigm error, or is there some way to get the desired effect?

p.s. when I use:
this._referObject.onclick = this.changeState;
I no longer have access to the actual object attributes.


CODE:

function quickEntryObject(webReferringLabel, webActionableObjects, state)
{
 this._referObject = document.getElementById(webReferringLabel);
 this._actionObjects = new Array();
 this._state = state;
 
 for( indx = 0 ; indx < webActionableObjects.length ; indx++)
 {
   if (document.getElementById(webActionableObjects[indx]) != null)
   {
      this._actionObjects[this._actionObjects.length] = document.getElementById(webActionableObjects[indx]).id;
   }
 }
 this._referObject.onclick = function() {this.changeState();};
}

[acoder]

Use something like:

var that = this;

then use 'that' in place of 'this' within the function.