Reflect.defineProperty()

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

Reflect.defineProperty(target, propertyKey, attributes)

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.

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

A TypeError, if target is not an Object.

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.

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

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
}

• Reflect
• Object.defineProperty()