Published Mar 27 2019
Any object in JavaScript has a set of properties, and each of these properties has a descriptor.
This is an object that defines a property behavior and own properties.
Many Object static methods interact with it. Those methods include:
Object.create()
Object.defineProperties()
Object.defineProperty()
Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()
Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors()
Here is an example of a property descriptor object:
{
value: 'Something'
}
This is the simplest one. value
is the property value, in a key-value definition. This key
is defined as the object key, when you define this property in an object:
{
breed: {
value: 'Siberian Husky'
}
}
Example:
const animal = {}
const dog = Object.create(animal, {
breed: {
value: 'Siberian Husky'
}
});
console.log(dog.breed) //'Siberian Husky'
You can pass additional properties to define each different object property:
writable
, configurable
and enumerable
set the behavior of that property. They have a boolean value, and by default those are all false
.
Example:
const animal = {}
const dog = Object.create(animal, {
breed: {
value: 'Siberian Husky',
writable: false
}
});
console.log(dog.breed) //'Siberian Husky'
dog.breed = 'Pug' //TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'breed' of object '#<Object>'
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