Reflect.defineProperty()

The static Reflect.defineProperty() method is like Object.defineProperty() but returns a Boolean.

Syntax

Reflect.defineProperty(target, propertyKey, attributes)

Parameters

target: The target object on which to define the property.
propertyKey: The name of the property to be defined or modified.
attributes: The attributes for the property being defined or modified.

Return value

A Boolean indicating whether or not the property was successfully defined.

Exceptions

A TypeError, if target is not an Object.

Description

The Reflect.defineProperty method allows precise addition to or modification of a property on an object. For more details, see the Object.defineProperty which is similar.

Note: Object.defineProperty returns the object or throws a TypeError if the property has not been successfully defined. Reflect.defineProperty, however, returns a Boolean indicating whether or not the property was successfully defined.

Examples

Using Reflect.defineProperty()

let obj = {}
Reflect.defineProperty(obj, 'x', {value: 7})  // true
obj.x                                         // 7

Checking if property definition has been successful

With Object.defineProperty, which returns an object if successful, or throws a TypeError otherwise, you would use a try...catch block to catch any error that occurred while defining a property.

Because Reflect.defineProperty returns a Boolean success status, you can just use an if...else block here:

if (Reflect.defineProperty(target, property, attributes)) {
  // success
} else {
  // failure
}

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification (ECMAScript) # sec-reflect.defineproperty

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