Since 2015, JavaScript has improved immensely.

It’s much more pleasant to use it now than ever.

In this article, we’ll look at how to control JavaScript object operations.

Function Proxy Handlers

We can also add handler methods to the handler we pass into the Proxy constructor or Proxy.revocable method.

apply(target, thisArgument, argumentsList) lets us change the behavior of the apply or call method.

It can also change the behavior of direct calls to a function.

target is the target object which we want to control.

thisArgument lets us pass in the value of this in the function.

argumentsList lets us pass in a list of arguments.

Invariants of Handler Methods

Handler methods have various invariants enforced on them.

They include the following.

apply(target, thisArgument, argumentsList) has no invariants enforced on them.

construct(target, argumentsList, newTarget) must return an object, and not null or a primitive value.

defineProperty(target, propKey, propDesc) must not let us add [properties to an object that isn’t extensible.

The target must have a property must have a non-configurable own property with propKey if configurable is false .

If writable and configurable are both false , then we can’t write a new property to the property.

deleteProperty(target, propKey) can’t delete non-configurable own properties of the target .

get(target, propKey, receiver) must return the property’s value if it has an own, non-writable, and non-configurable data property with name propKey

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