Node Getting error using new with ES6 class stored in variable

Question

I have the following master ES6 class that holds references to other ES6 classes that are dynamically called later in my code like so:

class Root {
   constructor() {
       this.refs = {
         ref1: require('ref1')
         ref2: require('ref2') 
       }
   }
}

module.exports = exports = new Root;

ref1 and ref2 export new instance of the class Ref1 and class Ref2 .

Later down the line, I attempt to make an instance of one of these references classes by doing:

const Root = require('root');

class other {

 someFunc() {

   var ref = new Root.refs['ref1'](value);
 }

}

This always ends with the following error: TypeError: this.actions[action.action] is not a constructor

How can I properly make a reference to these ref classes?

Answer 1

You are missing () after new Root .

If the export is set with default you might also want to try with require('ref1').default

Answer 2

You are not exporting the class Root you are exporting an instance of class Root by using the new keyword.

Change it to say module.exports = Root;