How to call an object method by Proxy in Javascript?

Question

I have the class:

class Course {
  constructor(name) {
    this._name = name;
  }

  getName() {
    return this._name;
  }
}

I want to create a proxy around class Course, that will return only non-private fields and methods:

const handlers = {
  get: (target, prop, reciever) => {
    if (prop in reciever && prop[0] !== '_' ) {
      if (typeof reciever[prop] === 'function') {
        return reciever[prop].apply(reciever);
      } else {
        return reciever[prop];
      }
    } else {
      throw new Error('problem');
    }
  }
}

const protect = (obj) => {
  return new Proxy(obj, handlers);
}

But when i call object method:

const protectedCourse = protect(new Course('Test'));
console.log(protectedCourse.getName()); // The expected result is - "Test"

I got the error:

  if (prop in reciever && prop[0] !== '_' ) {
    ^

RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:37:5)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)
    at Object.get (file:///usr/src/app/protect.js:38:26)

How to call object method without infinity recursion in the handler of Proxy?

Answer 1

You should access the property on target , which is the original object, instead of receiver which is the Proxy . Additionally, use bind instead of apply or call to return a function with the this value set.

Note that what you are trying to achieve with a Proxy can be done with private class fields .

 class Course { constructor(name) { this._name = name; } getName() { return this._name; } } const handlers = { get: (target, prop, receiver) => { if (prop in target && prop[0] !== '_') { if (typeof target[prop] === 'function') { return target[prop].bind(target); } else { return target[prop]; } } else { throw new Error('problem'); } } } const protect = (obj) => { return new Proxy(obj, handlers); } const protectedCourse = protect(new Course('Test')); console.log(protectedCourse.getName());