MooTools 1.3 Cookbook

Sending a Corvette on a list of errands—extending a class with a chain

To gain some familiarity with how chains work, look in Chapter 7, Knock And the Door Will Open: Events and Listeners for more chaining recipes that do not include the minor complexity of Implements.

Getting ready

Create a canvas where the tasks completed can be written and a trigger to fire each task.

<h1>Taskinator:</h1>
<form action="" method="get">
<input type="button" value="Do Next Task!" id="taskinator"/>
</form>
<h1>Items Done:</h1>
<div id="itemsdone"></div>

How to do it...

1. Implement the chain
2. Load the chain with actions
3. Fire off the actions in the chain

Follow these steps:

1. Create a class that implements Chain with a method that will append a new action to the class's internal ...