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POCan I copy/clone a function in JavaScript?
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copied!<p>I'm using jQuery with the validators plugin. I would like to replace the "required" validator with one of my own. This is easy:</p> <pre><code>jQuery.validator.addMethod("required", function(value, element, param) { return myRequired(value, element, param); }, jQuery.validator.messages.required); </code></pre> <p>So far, so good. This works just fine. But what I <em>really</em> want to do is call my function in some cases, and the default validator for the rest. Unfortunately, this turns out to be recursive:</p> <pre><code>jQuery.validator.addMethod("required", function(value, element, param) { // handle comboboxes with empty guids if (someTest(element)) { return myRequired(value, element, param); } return jQuery.validator.methods.required(value, element, param); }, jQuery.validator.messages.required); </code></pre> <p>I looked at the source code for the validators, and the default implementation of "required" is defined as an anonymous method at jQuery.validator.messages.required. So there is no other (non-anonymous) reference to the function that I can use.</p> <p>Storing a reference to the function externally before calling addMethod and calling the default validator via that reference makes no difference.</p> <p>What I really need to do is to be able to copy the default required validator function by value instead of by reference. But after quite a bit of searching, I can't figure out how to do that. Is it possible?</p> <p>If it's impossible, then I can copy the source for the original function. But that creates a maintenance problem, and I would rather not do that unless there is no "better way."</p>

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