how to use javascript Object.defineProperty

Question

I looked around for how to use the Object.defineProperty method, but couldn\'t find anything decent.

Someone gave me this snippet of code:

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Answer 1

get is a function that is called when you try to read the value player.health, like in:

console.log(player.health);

It's effectively not much different than:

player.getHealth = function(){
  return 10 + this.level*15;
}
console.log(player.getHealth());

The opposite of get is set, which would be used when you assign to the value. Since there is no setter, it seems that assigning to the player's health is not intended:

player.health = 5; // Doesn't do anything, since there is no set function defined

A very simple example:

var player = {
  level: 5
};

Object.defineProperty(player, "health", {
  get: function() {
    return 10 + (player.level * 15);
  }
});

console.log(player.health); // 85
player.level++;
console.log(player.health); // 100

player.health = 5; // Does nothing
console.log(player.health); // 100