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Reflect: Reflect.getPrototypeOf()

It returns the prototype of the given object.

Reflect.getPrototypeOf returns the prototype

works like Object.getPrototypeOf
const viaObject = Object.getPrototypeOf({}); const viaReflect = Reflect.getPrototypeOf(); assert.strictEqual(viaObject, viaReflect);
throws a TypeError for a non-object
let fn = () => { Reflect.getPrototypeOf({}) }; assert.throws(fn, TypeError);
a new Set() has a prototype
const aSet = Set; assert.equal(Reflect.getPrototypeOf(aSet), Set.prototype);
for a class, it is Klass.prototype
class Klass {} const proto = new Klass(); assert.equal(proto, Klass.prototype);
works also for an old-style "class"
function Klass() {} const proto = Reflect.getPrototypeOf(); assert.equal(proto, Klass.prototype);
an array has a prototype too
let arr = []; const expectedProto = Array; assert.equal(Reflect.getPrototypeOf(arr), expectedProto);

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Related Katas

Reflect

Difficulty Level

INTERMEDIATE

First Published

8 July 2015

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