TypeError: can't define property "x": "obj" is not extensible
The JavaScript exception "can't define property "x": "obj" is not extensible" occurs
when Object.preventExtensions()
marked an object as no longer extensible,
so that it will never have properties beyond the ones it had at the time it was marked
as non-extensible.
Message
TypeError: Cannot add property x, object is not extensible (V8-based) TypeError: Cannot define property x, object is not extensible (V8-based) TypeError: can't define property "x": Object is not extensible (Firefox) TypeError: Attempting to define property on object that is not extensible. (Safari)
Error type
What went wrong?
Usually, an object is extensible and new properties can be added to it. However, in
this case Object.preventExtensions()
marked an object as no longer
extensible, so that it will never have properties beyond the ones it had at the time it
was marked as non-extensible.
Examples
Adding new properties to a non-extensible objects
In strict mode,
attempting to add new properties to a non-extensible object throws a
TypeError
. In sloppy mode, the addition of the "x" property is silently
ignored.
js
"use strict";
const obj = {};
Object.preventExtensions(obj);
obj.x = "foo";
// TypeError: can't define property "x": Object is not extensible
In both, strict mode and
sloppy mode, a call to Object.defineProperty()
throws when adding a new
property to a non-extensible object.
js
const obj = {};
Object.preventExtensions(obj);
Object.defineProperty(obj, "x", { value: "foo" });
// TypeError: can't define property "x": Object is not extensible
To fix this error, you will either need to remove the call to
Object.preventExtensions()
entirely, or move it to a position so that the
property is added earlier and only later the object is marked as non-extensible. Of
course you can also remove the property that was attempted to be added, if you don't
need it.
js
"use strict";
const obj = {};
obj.x = "foo"; // add property first and only then prevent extensions
Object.preventExtensions(obj);