From a6568345163fbcbd6f0e563952b976c47cc087a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Morel <xmo@openerp.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 11:59:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [IMP] add ability to return a different object (than 'this')
 from Class.init, for factory-type scenarios

bzr revid: xmo@openerp.com-20110517095923-8lr1pjelf94nwu44
---
 addons/base/static/src/js/base.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/base.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/base.js
index 19d608e0260..7ee9c947d1e 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/base.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/base.js
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@
     // The dummy class constructor
     function Class() {
       // All construction is actually done in the init method
-      if ( !initializing && this.init )
-        this.init.apply(this, arguments);
+      if ( !initializing && this.init ) {
+        var ret = this.init.apply(this, arguments);
+        if (ret) { return ret; }
+      }
+      return this;
     }
 
     // Populate our constructed prototype object