IgeObject

Method: parent

Returns the object's parent object (the object that it is mounted to).

parent (String id)

Stringid Optional, if present will scan up the parent chain until a parent with the matching id is found. If none is found, returns undefined.

Returns *

Get the object parent

// Create a couple of entities and give them ids
var entity1 = new IgeEntity().id('entity1'),
    entity2 = new IgeEntity().id('entity2');

// Mount entity2 to entity1
entity2.mount(entity1);

// Get the parent of entity2 (which is entity1)
var parent = entity2.parent();

// Log the parent's id (will output "entity1")
console.log(parent.id());