Javascript type of custom object

Question

How can I check if my javascript object is of a certain type.

var SomeObject = function() { }
var s1 = new SomeObject();

In the case above

Answer 1

Whatever you do, avoid obj.constructor.name or any string version of the constructor. That works great until you uglify/minify your code, then it all breaks since the constructor gets renamed to something obscure (ex: 'n') and your code will still do this and never match:

// Note: when uglified, the constructor may be renamed to 'n' (or whatever),
// which breaks this code since the strings are left alone.
if (obj.constructor.name === 'SomeObject') {}

Note:

// Even if uglified/minified, this will work since SomeObject will
// universally be changed to something like 'n'.
if (obj instanceof SomeObject) {}

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