Object.defineProperty()

Object.defineProperty(obj, prop, descriptor)

const obj = {};
// 1. Using a null prototype: no inherited properties
const descriptor = Object.create(null);
descriptor.value = "static";

// not enumerable, not configurable, not writable as defaults
Object.defineProperty(obj, "key", descriptor);

// 2. Being explicit by using a throw-away object literal with all attributes present
Object.defineProperty(obj, "key2", {
  enumerable: false,
  configurable: false,
  writable: false,
  value: "static",
});

// 3. Recycling same object
function withValue(value) {
  const d =
    withValue.d ||
    (withValue.d = {
      enumerable: false,
      writable: false,
      configurable: false,
      value,
    });

  // avoiding duplicate operation for assigning value
  if (d.value !== value) d.value = value;

  return d;
}
// and
Object.defineProperty(obj, "key", withValue("static"));

// if freeze is available, prevents adding or
// removing the object prototype properties
// (value, get, set, enumerable, writable, configurable)
(Object.freeze || Object)(Object.prototype);

const o = {}; // Creates a new object

// Example of an object property added
// with defineProperty with a data property descriptor
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  value: 37,
  writable: true,
  enumerable: true,
  configurable: true,
});
// 'a' property exists in the o object and its value is 37

// Example of an object property added
// with defineProperty with an accessor property descriptor
let bValue = 38;
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  get() {
    return bValue;
  },
  set(newValue) {
    bValue = newValue;
  },
  enumerable: true,
  configurable: true,
});
o.b; // 38
// 'b' property exists in the o object and its value is 38
// The value of o.b is now always identical to bValue,
// unless o.b is redefined

// You cannot try to mix both:
Object.defineProperty(o, "conflict", {
  value: 0x9f91102,
  get() {
    return 0xdeadbeef;
  },
});
// throws a TypeError: value appears
// only in data descriptors,
// get appears only in accessor descriptors

const o = {}; // Creates a new object

Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  value: 37,
  writable: false,
});

console.log(o.a); // 37
o.a = 25; // No error thrown
// (it would throw in strict mode,
// even if the value had been the same)
console.log(o.a); // 37; the assignment didn't work

// strict mode
(() => {
  "use strict";
  const o = {};
  Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
    value: 2,
    writable: false,
  });
  o.b = 3; // throws TypeError: "b" is read-only
  return o.b; // returns 2 without the line above
})();

const o = {};
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  value: 1,
  enumerable: true,
});
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  value: 2,
  enumerable: false,
});
Object.defineProperty(o, "c", {
  value: 3,
}); // enumerable defaults to false
o.d = 4; // enumerable defaults to true when creating a property by setting it
Object.defineProperty(o, Symbol.for("e"), {
  value: 5,
  enumerable: true,
});
Object.defineProperty(o, Symbol.for("f"), {
  value: 6,
  enumerable: false,
});

for (const i in o) {
  console.log(i);
}
// Logs 'a' and 'd' (always in that order)

Object.keys(o); // ['a', 'd']

o.propertyIsEnumerable("a"); // true
o.propertyIsEnumerable("b"); // false
o.propertyIsEnumerable("c"); // false
o.propertyIsEnumerable("d"); // true
o.propertyIsEnumerable(Symbol.for("e")); // true
o.propertyIsEnumerable(Symbol.for("f")); // false

const p = { ...o };
p.a; // 1
p.b; // undefined
p.c; // undefined
p.d; // 4
p[Symbol.for("e")]; // 5
p[Symbol.for("f")]; // undefined

const o = {};
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  get() {
    return 1;
  },
  configurable: false,
});

Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  configurable: true,
}); // throws a TypeError
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  enumerable: true,
}); // throws a TypeError
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  set() {},
}); // throws a TypeError (set was undefined previously)
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  get() {
    return 1;
  },
}); // throws a TypeError
// (even though the new get does exactly the same thing)
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  value: 12,
}); // throws a TypeError
// ('value' can be changed when 'configurable' is false, but only when the property is a writable data property)

console.log(o.a); // 1
delete o.a; // Nothing happens; throws an error in strict mode
console.log(o.a); // 1

const o = {};
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  writable: true,
  configurable: false,
});
console.log(o.b); // undefined
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  value: 1,
}); // Even when configurable is false, because the object is writable, we may still replace the value
console.log(o.b); // 1
o.b = 2; // We can change the value with assignment operators as well
console.log(o.b); // 2
// Toggle the property's writability
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  writable: false,
});
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  value: 1,
}); // TypeError: because the property is neither writable nor configurable, it cannot be modified
// At this point, there's no way to further modify 'b'
// or restore its writability

const o = {};
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  writable: false,
  configurable: true,
});
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  value: 1,
}); // We can replace the value with defineProperty
console.log(o.b); // 1
o.b = 2; // throws TypeError in strict mode: cannot change a non-writable property's value with assignment

const o = {};
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  writable: false,
  configurable: false,
});
Object.defineProperty(o, "b", {
  value: 1,
}); // TypeError: the property cannot be modified because it is neither writable nor configurable.

const o = {};

o.a = 1;
// is equivalent to:
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  value: 1,
  writable: true,
  configurable: true,
  enumerable: true,
});

// On the other hand,
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", { value: 1 });
// is equivalent to:
Object.defineProperty(o, "a", {
  value: 1,
  writable: false,
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false,
});

function Archiver() {
  let temperature = null;
  const archive = [];

  Object.defineProperty(this, "temperature", {
    get() {
      console.log("get!");
      return temperature;
    },
    set(value) {
      temperature = value;
      archive.push({ val: temperature });
    },
  });

  this.getArchive = () => archive;
}

const arc = new Archiver();
arc.temperature; // 'get!'
arc.temperature = 11;
arc.temperature = 13;
arc.getArchive(); // [{ val: 11 }, { val: 13 }]

const pattern = {
  get() {
    return "I always return this string, whatever you have assigned";
  },
  set() {
    this.myname = "this is my name string";
  },
};

function TestDefineSetAndGet() {
  Object.defineProperty(this, "myproperty", pattern);
}

const instance = new TestDefineSetAndGet();
instance.myproperty = "test";
console.log(instance.myproperty);
// I always return this string, whatever you have assigned

console.log(instance.myname); // this is my name string

function MyClass() {}

let value;
Object.defineProperty(MyClass.prototype, "x", {
  get() {
    return value;
  },
  set(x) {
    value = x;
  },
});

const a = new MyClass();
const b = new MyClass();
a.x = 1;
console.log(b.x); // 1

function MyClass() {}

Object.defineProperty(MyClass.prototype, "x", {
  get() {
    return this.storedX;
  },
  set(x) {
    this.storedX = x;
  },
});

const a = new MyClass();
const b = new MyClass();
a.x = 1;
console.log(b.x); // undefined

function MyClass() {}

MyClass.prototype.x = 1;
Object.defineProperty(MyClass.prototype, "y", {
  writable: false,
  value: 1,
});

const a = new MyClass();
a.x = 2;
console.log(a.x); // 2
console.log(MyClass.prototype.x); // 1
a.y = 2; // Ignored, throws in strict mode
console.log(a.y); // 1
console.log(MyClass.prototype.y); // 1