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auto-bind

Automatically bind methods to their class instance

Install

$ npm install --save auto-bind

Usage

const autoBind = require('auto-bind');
 
class Unicorn {
    constructor(name) {
        this.name = name;
        autoBind(this);
    }
    message() {
        return `${this.name} is awesome!`;
    }
}
 
const unicorn = new Unicorn('Rainbow');
 
// Grab the method off the class instance
const message = unicorn.message;
 
// Still bound to the class instance
message();
//=> 'Rainbow is awesome!'
 
// Without `autoBind(this)`, the above would have resulted in
message();
//=> Error: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

API

autoBind(self)

Bind methods in self to their class instance. Returns the self object.

self

Type: Object

Object with methods to bind.

Related

• bind-methods - Bind all methods in an object to itself or a specified context

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus