Object.getOwnPropertyNames()
The Object.getOwnPropertyNames()
method returns an array of all properties (enumerable or not) found directly upon a given object.
Syntax
Object.getOwnPropertyNames(<var>obj</var>)
Parameters
obj
- The object whose enumerable and non-enumerable own properties are to be returned.
Return value
An array of strings that correspond to the properties found directly upon the given object.
Description
Object.getOwnPropertyNames()
returns an array whose elements are strings corresponding to the enumerable and non-enumerable properties found directly upon obj
. The ordering of the enumerable properties in the array is consistent with the ordering exposed by a for...in
loop (or by Object.keys()
) over the properties of the object. The ordering of the non-enumerable properties in the array, and among the enumerable properties, is not defined.
Examples
Using Object.getOwnPropertyNames()
var arr = ['a', 'b', 'c']; console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(arr).sort()); // logs ["0", "1", "2", "length"] // Array-like object var obj = { 0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c' }; console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj).sort()); // logs ["0", "1", "2"] // Logging property names and values using Array.forEach Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj).forEach(function(val, idx, array) { console.log(val + ' -> ' + obj[val]); }); // logs // 0 -> a // 1 -> b // 2 -> c // non-enumerable property var my_obj = Object.create({}, { getFoo: { value: function() { return this.foo; }, enumerable: false } }); my_obj.foo = 1; console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(my_obj).sort()); // logs ["foo", "getFoo"]
If you want only the enumerable properties, see Object.keys()
or use a for...in
loop (although note that this will return enumerable properties not found directly upon that object but also along the prototype chain for the object unless the latter is filtered with hasOwnProperty()
).
Items on the prototype chain are not listed:
function ParentClass() {} ParentClass.prototype.inheritedMethod = function() {}; function ChildClass() { this.prop = 5; this.method = function() {}; } ChildClass.prototype = new ParentClass; ChildClass.prototype.prototypeMethod = function() {}; console.log( Object.getOwnPropertyNames( new ChildClass() // ["prop", "method"] ) );
Get Non-Enumerable Only
This uses the Array.prototype.filter()
function to remove the enumerable keys (obtained with Object.keys()
) from a list of all keys (obtained with Object.getOwnPropertyNames()
) leaving only the non-enumerable keys.
var target = myObject; var enum_and_nonenum = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(target); var enum_only = Object.keys(target); var nonenum_only = enum_and_nonenum.filter(function(key) { var indexInEnum = enum_only.indexOf(key); if (indexInEnum == -1) { // not found in enum_only keys mean the key is non-enumerable, // so return true so we keep this in the filter return true; } else { return false; } }); console.log(nonenum_only);
Notes
In ES5, if the argument to this method is not an object (a primitive), then it will cause a TypeError
. In ES6, a non-object argument will be coerced to an object.
Object.getOwnPropertyNames('foo'); // TypeError: "foo" is not an object (ES5 code) Object.getOwnPropertyNames('foo'); // ["0", "1", "2", "length"] (ES6 code)
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
ECMAScript 5.1 (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Object.getOwnPropertyNames' in that specification. |
Standard | Initial definition. Implemented in JavaScript 1.8.5. |
ECMAScript 2015 (6th Edition, ECMA-262) The definition of 'Object.getOwnPropertyNames' in that specification. |
Standard | |
ECMAScript 2017 Draft (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Object.getOwnPropertyNames' in that specification. |
Draft |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 5 | 4.0 (2) | 9 | 12 | 5 |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SpiderMonkey-specific notes
Prior to SpiderMonkey 28 (Firefox 28 / Thunderbird 28 / SeaMonkey 2.25 / Firefox OS 1.3), Object.getOwnPropertyNames
did not see unresolved properties of Error
objects. This has been fixed in later versions (bug 724768).
See also
- Enumerability and ownership of properties
Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty()
Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable()
Object.create()
Object.keys()
Array.forEach()
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/javascript/reference/global_objects/object/getownpropertynames