name

Polyfill of ES.next private name objects. This implementation patches ES5 Object methods where possible to emulate private names as much as possible. Still in some cases private names can be discovered:

• If Object methods from other JS contexts are used.

• If properties are simply set like shown below, private names will be revealed by for iteration:

  object[secret] = value

  It is recommended to use Object.defineProperty or Object.defineProperties for defining private named properties. Those methods will make sure to mark property as non-enumerable so that such propertes won't be reavealed.

Install

npm install name

Use

var Name = require('name')
var secret = new Name()
function MyClass(privateData) {
  // do not do `this[secret] = privateData` do following instead
  Object.defineProperty(this, secret, {
    value: privateData
  })
  this.name = 'my'
}
MyClass.prototype = {
  doStuff: function() {
    /*...*/ this[secret] /*...*/
  }
}

var my = new MyClass()
Object.keys(my) // => [ 'my' ]
Object.getOwnPropertyNames(my) // => [ 'my' ]

var names = []
for (var name in my) names.push(name)
names // => [ 'my' ]