Consider the following code:

var Widget = new Class({
       Implements: [Options],
       options: {
          "name" : "BaseWidget"
       },
       initialize: function(options) {
          alert("Options are: " + JSON.stringify(options)); //alerts "Options are: undefined"
          this.setOptions(options);
          alert("My options are: " + JSON.stringify(this.options)); //alerts "My options are: { 'name' : 'BaseWidget' }"
       },
       getName: function() {
          return this.options.name;   
       }
});

var LayoutWidget = Widget.extend({    
       initialize: function() {
          this.parent({ "name" : "Layout" });
       }
});

alert(new LayoutWidget().getName()); //alerts "BaseWidget"

I am having difficulty in determining why the argument passed in the "this.parent()" call in "initialize" function of LayoutWidget is coming through as "undefined" in the initialize function of Widget.

I am using MooTools 1.2.2. Would somebody be able to point me in the right direction?