create-object

Portable Object.create that is not a shim and drops the verbose property descriptor syntax.

npm install create-object --save

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API Example

Create

var create = require('create-object')
 
var point = create({
  type: 'Point',
  coordinates: [-0.127758, 51.507351],
  valueOf: function () { return this.coordinates }
})
 
point
//=> {}
 
point.valueOf()
//=> [ -0.127758, 51.507351 ]

Create with properties

var create = require('create-object')
 
var geo = create({}, {
  coordinates: [-0.127758, 51.507351]
})
 
geo
//=> { coordinates: [ -0.127758, 51.507351 ] }

Features

• True prototypal inheritance.
• Your code does not need to bother with constructors or the new keyword.
• Fields and methods on the prototype are non-enumerable.
• Works in all JS engines (including old IEs like IE8).

Anti-Features

• Does not shim/sham Object.create.
• Ignores verbose ES5 property descriptor syntax.

API

create(prototype)

arguments

• prototype: (Object) The object which should be the prototype of the newly-created object.
• properties: (Object) Key-values which should be copied to the newly-created object.

returns

• (Object) New object with the specified prototype object including any copied properties.

Reference

• Prototypal Inheritance in JavaScript
• JS Objects: De”construct”ion
• Object.create

Alternatives

• object-create
• redefine

Contributing

SEE: contributing.md

Licenses