Enable creating object from remote object's member.

browser/atom/rpc-server.coffee

@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ ipc.on 'ATOM_BROWSER_FUNCTION_CALL', (event, processId, routingId, id, args) ->
   catch e
     event.result = errorToMeta e
 
+ipc.on 'ATOM_BROWSER_MEMBER_CONSTRUCTOR', (event, processId, routingId, id, method, args) ->
+  try
+    args = unwrapArgs processId, routingId, args
+    constructor = objectsRegistry.get(id)[method]
+    # Call new with array of arguments.
+    obj = new (Function::bind.apply(constructor, [null].concat(args)))
+    event.result = valueToMeta processId, routingId, obj
+  catch e
+    event.result = errorToMeta e
+
 ipc.on 'ATOM_BROWSER_MEMBER_CALL', (event, processId, routingId, id, method, args) ->
   try
     args = unwrapArgs processId, routingId, args

renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee

@@ -58,10 +58,17 @@ metaToValue = (meta) ->
       for member in meta.members
         do (member) ->
           if member.type is 'function'
-            ret[member.name] = ->
-              # Call member function.
-              ret = ipc.sendChannelSync 'ATOM_BROWSER_MEMBER_CALL', meta.id, member.name, wrapArgs(arguments)
-              metaToValue ret
+            ret[member.name] =
+            class RemoteMemberFunction
+              constructor: ->
+                if @constructor is RemoteMemberFunction
+                  # Constructor call.
+                  obj = ipc.sendChannelSync 'ATOM_BROWSER_MEMBER_CONSTRUCTOR', meta.id, member.name, wrapArgs(arguments)
+                  return metaToValue obj
+                else
+                  # Call member function.
+                  ret = ipc.sendChannelSync 'ATOM_BROWSER_MEMBER_CALL', meta.id, member.name, wrapArgs(arguments)
+                  return metaToValue ret
           else
             ret.__defineSetter__ member.name, (value) ->
               # Set member data.

spec/api/ipc.coffee

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ describe 'ipc', ->
       # Restore.
       property.property = 1127
 
+    it 'can construct an object from its member', ->
+      call = remote.require path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'call.js')
+      obj = new call.constructor
+      assert.equal obj.test, 'test'
+
   describe 'remote value in browser', ->
     it 'keeps its constructor name for objects', ->
       buf = new Buffer('test')

spec/fixtures/module/call.js

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 exports.call = function(func) {
   return func();
 }
+
+exports.constructor = function() {
+  this.test = 'test';
+}