Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()

The static Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() method is similar to Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(). It returns a property descriptor of the given property if it exists on the object, undefined otherwise.

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Syntax

Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(target, propertyKey)

Parameters

target

The target object in which to look for the property.

propertyKey

The name of the property to get an own property descriptor for.

Return value

A property descriptor object if the property exists in target object; otherwise, undefined.

Exceptions

A TypeError, if target is not an Object.

Description

The Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor method returns a property descriptor of the given property if it exists in the target object, undefined otherwise. The only difference to Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() is how non-object targets are handled.

Examples

Using Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()

Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor({x: 'hello'}, 'x')
// {value: "hello", writable: true, enumerable: true, configurable: true}

Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor({x: 'hello'}, 'y')
// undefined

Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor([], 'length')
// {value: 0, writable: true, enumerable: false, configurable: false}

Difference to Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()

If the target argument to this method is not an object (a primitive), then it will cause a TypeError. With Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor, a non-object first argument will be coerced to an object at first.

Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor('foo', 0)
// TypeError: "foo" is not non-null object

Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor('foo', 0)
// { value: "f", writable: false, enumerable: true, configurable: false }

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Reflect
• Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()