ol.inherits in OpenLayers 6

Question

I'm testing OpenLayers 6 beta. ol.inherits looks missing in OpenLayers 6.

ol.inherits(ol.source.NowMap, ol.source.OSM);

This causes error

Uncaught TypeError: ol.inherits is not a function

What should I use instead?

Answer 1

It's mentioned in the update notes https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/blob/master/changelog/upgrade-notes.md

A simple fix which the ol-ext library uses is to replace it with the something based on the old function

var ol_ext_inherits = function(child,parent) {
  child.prototype = Object.create(parent.prototype);
  child.prototype.constructor = child;
};

or see the OL6 examples for a method which will need some recoding https://openlayers.org/en/master/examples/custom-controls.html https://openlayers.org/en/master/examples/custom-interactions.html

Answer 2

Just a notice, as I do not have the reputation points requred for a proper comment. The suggested solutions is actually more in line with recomendations than the code given in the actual OpenLayers examples that are linked. Namely, the __proto__ method is deprecated and the proper method for inheritance is by using Object.create(). Link.

Cheers,

Miha