Object

The Napi::Object class corresponds to a JavaScript object. It is extended by the following node-addon-api classes that you may use when working with more specific types:

This class provides a number of convenience methods, most of which are used to set or get properties on a JavaScript object. For example, Set() and Get().

Example

#include <napi.h>

using namespace Napi;

Void Init(Env env) {

  // Create a new instance
  Object obj = Object::New(env);

  // Assign values to properties
  obj.Set("hello", "world");
  obj.Set(uint32_t(42), "The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything");
  obj.Set("Douglas Adams", true);

  // Get properties
  Value val1 = obj.Get("hello");
  Value val2 = obj.Get(uint32_t(42));
  Value val3 = obj.Get("Douglas Adams");

  // Test if objects have properties.
  bool obj1 = obj.Has("hello"); // true
  bool obj2 = obj.Has("world"); // false

}

Methods

Empty Constructor

Napi::Object::Object();

Creates a new empty Object instance.

Constructor

Napi::Object::Object(napi_env env, napi_value value);

[in] env: The napi_env environment in which to construct the Value object.
[in] value: The C++ primitive from which to instantiate the Value. value may be any of:
- bool
- Any integer type
- Any floating point type
- const char* (encoded using UTF-8, null-terminated)
- const char16_t* (encoded using UTF-16-LE, null-terminated)
- std::string (encoded using UTF-8)
- std::u16string
- Napi::Value
- napi_value

Creates a non-empty Napi::Object instance.

New()

Napi::Object Napi::Object::New(napi_env env);

[in] env: The napi_env environment in which to construct the Napi::Value object.

Creates a new Napi::Object value.

Set()

void Napi::Object::Set (____ key, ____ value);

[in] key: The name for the property being assigned.
[in] value: The value being assigned to the property.

Add a property with the specified key with the specified value to the object.

The key can be any of the following types:

napi_value
Napi::Value
const char*
const std::string&
uint32_t

While the value must be any of the following types:

napi_value
Napi::Value
const char*
std::string&
bool
double

Get()

Napi::Value Napi::Object::Get(____ key);

[in] key: The name of the property to return the value for.

Returns the Napi::Value associated with the key property. Returns the value undefined if the key does not exist.

The key can be any of the following types:

napi_value
Napi::Value
const char *
const std::string &
uint32_t

Has()

bool Napi::Object::Has (____ key) const;

[in] key: The name of the property to check.

Returns a bool that is true if the object has a property named key and false otherwise.

InstanceOf()

bool Napi::Object::InstanceOf (const Function& constructor) const

[in] constructor: The constructor Napi::Function of the value that is being compared with the object.

Returns a bool that is true if the Napi::Object is an instance created by the constructor and false otherwise.

Note: This is equivalent to the JavaScript instanceof operator.

DefineProperty()

void Napi::Object::DefineProperty (const Napi::PropertyDescriptor& property);

[in] property: A Napi::PropertyDescriptor.

Define a property on the object.

DefineProperties()

void Napi::Object::DefineProperties (____ properties)

[in] properties: A list of Napi::PropertyDescriptor. Can be one of the following types:
- const std::initializer_listNapi::PropertyDescriptor&
- const std::vectorNapi::PropertyDescriptor&

Defines properties on the object.

Operator[]()

Napi::PropertyLValue<std::string> Napi::Object::operator[] (const char* utf8name);

[in] utf8name: UTF-8 encoded null-terminated property name.

Returns a Napi::PropertyLValue as the named property or sets the named property.

Napi::PropertyLValue<std::string> Napi::Object::operator[] (const std::string& utf8name);

[in] utf8name: UTF-8 encoded property name.