Calling a method from inside my constructor that is defined outside of it

I have declared a function that I am using like a class... See below.

(I read that it is good to declare methods for your (class) function outside with MyClass.prototype.myMethod = function() {} so that instances of the class can share the method code in memory. So I wanted to continue doing this.)

function MyClass()
{
// I want to call this.myMethod(); from inside this constructor, but I can't because it isn't defined yet!
}

MyClass.prototype.myMethod = function doSomething() { alert('hi'); }

I want to be able to call myMethod from inside the constructor, but it won't work because it isn't defined yet. Is there a way to declare all my methods before the function MyClass() line so that I can use them from inside the constructor if I want?

Please help...

Thanks,
Will

 

OK, I finally discovered how to do this...

function MyClass()
{
if ( this.myMethod!=null ) this.myMethod();
}

MyClass.prototype.myMethod = function doSomething() { alert('hi'); }

Thanks,
Will