Function

defineProperty (obj, keyName, desc, data) public

Module:	@ember/object

Defined in packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/properties.ts:13

import { defineProperty } from '@ember/object';

obj

Object

the object to define this property on. This may be a prototype.

keyName

String

the name of the property

desc

Descriptor

an instance of `Descriptor` (typically a computed property) or an ES5 descriptor. You must provide this or `data` but not both.

data

*

something other than a descriptor, that will become the explicit value of this property.

NOTE: This is a low-level method used by other parts of the API. You almost never want to call this method directly. Instead you should use mixin() to define new properties.

Defines a property on an object. This method works much like the ES5 Object.defineProperty() method except that it can also accept computed properties and other special descriptors.

Normally this method takes only three parameters. However if you pass an instance of Descriptor as the third param then you can pass an optional value as the fourth parameter. This is often more efficient than creating new descriptor hashes for each property.

Examples

import { defineProperty, computed } from '@ember/object';

// ES5 compatible mode
defineProperty(contact, 'firstName', {
  writable: true,
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: true,
  value: 'Charles'
});

// define a simple property
defineProperty(contact, 'lastName', undefined, 'Jolley');

// define a computed property
defineProperty(contact, 'fullName', computed('firstName', 'lastName', function() {
  return this.firstName+' '+this.lastName;
}));