Object.defineProperty()

Object.defineProperty(obj, prop, descriptor)

// using __proto__
var obj = {};
var descriptor = Object.create(null); // no inherited properties
descriptor.value = 'static';

// not enumerable, not configurable, not writable as defaults
Object.defineProperty(obj, 'key', descriptor);

// being explicit
Object.defineProperty(obj, 'key', {
  enumerable: false,
  configurable: false,
  writable: false,
  value: 'static'
});

// recycling same object
function withValue(value) {
  var d = withValue.d || (
    withValue.d = {
      enumerable: false,
      writable: false,
      configurable: false,
      value: value
    }
  );

  // avoiding duplicate operation for assigning value
  if (d.value !== value) d.value = value;

  return d;
}
// ... and ...
Object.defineProperty(obj, 'key', withValue('static'));

// if freeze is available, prevents adding or
// removing the object prototype properties
// (value, get, set, enumerable, writable, configurable)
(Object.freeze || Object)(Object.prototype);

var o = {}; // Creates a new object

// Example of an object property added
// with defineProperty with a data property descriptor
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  value: 37,
  writable: true,
  enumerable: true,
  configurable: true
});
// 'a' property exists in the o object and its value is 37

// Example of an object property added
// with defineProperty with an accessor property descriptor
var bValue = 38;
Object.defineProperty(o, 'b', {
  // Using shorthand method names (ES2015 feature).
  // This is equivalent to:
  // get: function() { return bValue; },
  // set: function(newValue) { bValue = newValue; },
  get() { return bValue; },
  set(newValue) { bValue = newValue; },
  enumerable: true,
  configurable: true
});
o.b; // 38
// 'b' property exists in the o object and its value is 38
// The value of o.b is now always identical to bValue,
// unless o.b is redefined

// You cannot try to mix both:
Object.defineProperty(o, 'conflict', {
  value: 0x9f91102,
  get() { return 0xdeadbeef; }
});
// throws a TypeError: value appears
// only in data descriptors,
// get appears only in accessor descriptors

var o = {}; // Creates a new object

Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  value: 37,
  writable: false
});

console.log(o.a); // logs 37
o.a = 25; // No error thrown
// (it would throw in strict mode,
// even if the value had been the same)
console.log(o.a); // logs 37. The assignment didn't work.

// strict mode
(function() {
  'use strict';
  var o = {};
  Object.defineProperty(o, 'b', {
    value: 2,
    writable: false
  });
  o.b = 3; // throws TypeError: "b" is read-only
  return o.b; // returns 2 without the line above
}());

var o = {};
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  value: 1,
  enumerable: true
});
Object.defineProperty(o, 'b', {
  value: 2,
  enumerable: false
});
Object.defineProperty(o, 'c', {
  value: 3
}); // enumerable defaults to false
o.d = 4; // enumerable defaults to true
         // when creating a property by setting it
Object.defineProperty(o, Symbol.for('e'), {
  value: 5,
  enumerable: true
});
Object.defineProperty(o, Symbol.for('f'), {
  value: 6,
  enumerable: false
});

for (var i in o) {
  console.log(i);
}
// logs 'a' and 'd' (in undefined order)

Object.keys(o); // ['a', 'd']

o.propertyIsEnumerable('a'); // true
o.propertyIsEnumerable('b'); // false
o.propertyIsEnumerable('c'); // false
o.propertyIsEnumerable('d'); // true
o.propertyIsEnumerable(Symbol.for('e')); // true
o.propertyIsEnumerable(Symbol.for('f')); // false

var p = { ...o }
p.a // 1
p.b // undefined
p.c // undefined
p.d // 4
p[Symbol.for('e')] // 5
p[Symbol.for('f')] // undefined

var o = {};
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  get() { return 1; },
  configurable: false
});

Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  configurable: true
}); // throws a TypeError
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  enumerable: true
}); // throws a TypeError
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  set() {}
}); // throws a TypeError (set was undefined previously)
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  get() { return 1; }
}); // throws a TypeError
// (even though the new get does exactly the same thing)
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  value: 12
}); // throws a TypeError // ('value' can be changed when 'configurable' is false but not in this case due to 'get' accessor)

console.log(o.a); // logs 1
delete o.a; // Nothing happens
console.log(o.a); // logs 1

var o = {};

o.a = 1;
// is equivalent to:
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  value: 1,
  writable: true,
  configurable: true,
  enumerable: true
});

// On the other hand,
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', { value: 1 });
// is equivalent to:
Object.defineProperty(o, 'a', {
  value: 1,
  writable: false,
  configurable: false,
  enumerable: false
});

function Archiver() {
  var temperature = null;
  var archive = [];

  Object.defineProperty(this, 'temperature', {
    get() {
      console.log('get!');
      return temperature;
    },
    set(value) {
      temperature = value;
      archive.push({ val: temperature });
    }
  });

  this.getArchive = function() { return archive; };
}

var arc = new Archiver();
arc.temperature; // 'get!'
arc.temperature = 11;
arc.temperature = 13;
arc.getArchive(); // [{ val: 11 }, { val: 13 }]

var pattern = {
    get() {
        return 'I always return this string, ' +
               'whatever you have assigned';
    },
    set() {
        this.myname = 'this is my name string';
    }
};

function TestDefineSetAndGet() {
    Object.defineProperty(this, 'myproperty', pattern);
}

var instance = new TestDefineSetAndGet();
instance.myproperty = 'test';
console.log(instance.myproperty);
// I always return this string, whatever you have assigned

console.log(instance.myname); // this is my name string

function myclass() {
}

var value;
Object.defineProperty(myclass.prototype, "x", {
  get() {
    return value;
  },
  set(x) {
    value = x;
  }
});

var a = new myclass();
var b = new myclass();
a.x = 1;
console.log(b.x); // 1

function myclass() {
}

Object.defineProperty(myclass.prototype, "x", {
  get() {
    return this.stored_x;
  },
  set(x) {
    this.stored_x = x;
  }
});

var a = new myclass();
var b = new myclass();
a.x = 1;
console.log(b.x); // undefined

function myclass() {
}

myclass.prototype.x = 1;
Object.defineProperty(myclass.prototype, "y", {
  writable: false,
  value: 1
});

var a = new myclass();
a.x = 2;
console.log(a.x); // 2
console.log(myclass.prototype.x); // 1
a.y = 2; // Ignored, throws in strict mode
console.log(a.y); // 1
console.log(myclass.prototype.y); // 1