protochain

protochain

Get a value's prototype chain as an Array.

Installation

> npm install protochain

Usage

const protochain = require('protochain')

Primitives

protochain(123)
// => [Number.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain('abc')
// => [String.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(/abc/)
// => [RegExp.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(true)
// => [Boolean.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(false)
// => [Boolean.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(NaN)
// => [Number.prototype, Object.prototype]

Objects & null/undefined

protochain({})
// => [Object.prototype]

protochain(Object.create(null))
// => []

protochain(null)
// => []

protochain(undefined)
// => []

protochain()
// => []

Errors

protochain(new Error('message'))
// => [Error.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(new TypeError('message'))
// => [TypeError.prototype, Error.prototype, Object.prototype]

Classes

class Person {}
class FancyPerson extends Person {}

protochain(new Person())
// => [Person.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(new FancyPerson())
// => [FancyPerson.prototype, Person.prototype, Object.prototype])

ES5 Inheritance

function Person() {

}

function FancyPerson() {
  Person.call(this)
}

FancyPerson.prototype = Object.create(Person.prototype)

protochain(new Person())
// => [Person.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(new FancyPerson())
// => [FancyPerson.prototype, Person.prototype, Object.prototype]

Promises

protochain(Promise.resolve())
// => [Promise.prototype, Object.prototype]

Collections

protochain(new Map())
// => [Map.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(new Set())
// => [Set.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(new WeakMap())
// => [WeakMap.prototype, Object.prototype]

protochain(new WeakSet())
// => [WeakSet.prototype, Object.prototype]

Typed Arrays

Note: different hierarchy in newer JS engines.

protochain(new Int8Array())

// Newer Engines
// => [Int8Array.prototype, TypedArray.prototype, Object.prototype]

// Older Engines
// => [Int8Array.prototype, Object.prototype]

License

MIT