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A simple library for polyfilling missing functionality in older browsers
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/** | |
* Polyfills a property on the given object. If the object already has the | |
* property, no action is taken. | |
* | |
* @param {?} object | |
* Object whose property should be polyfilled. | |
* @param {String} name | |
* Name of the property to polyfill. | |
* @param {?} value | |
* Value for the property. | |
* @param {Boolean} [force=false] | |
* If true, the change will be forcably applied. If false, the change | |
* will only be applied if the property isn't a match. | |
*/ | |
function polyfill(object, name, value, force) { | |
if (force || typeof object[name] !== typeof value) { | |
Object.defineProperty(object, name, { | |
value: value, | |
configurable: true, | |
enumerable: false, | |
writable: true | |
}); | |
} | |
} | |
/** | |
* Polyfills multiple properties onto one or more objects. | |
* | |
* @param {Array<?>|?} objects | |
* Either the object to polyfill or an array of objects to polyfill. | |
* @param {Object} methods | |
* Methods to polyfill. | |
* @param {Boolean} [force=false] | |
* If true, the changes will be forcably applied. If false, the changes | |
* will only be applied if the property isn't a match. | |
*/ | |
function polyfillAll(objects, methods, force) { | |
if (!Array.isArray(objects) || objects === Array.prototype) { | |
objects = [objects]; | |
} | |
objects.forEach(function (object) { | |
Object | |
.keys(methods) | |
.forEach(function (key) { | |
polyfill(object, key, methods[key], force); | |
}); | |
}); | |
} |
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// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/entries#Polyfill | |
polyfill(Object, "entries", function (object) { | |
return Object.keys(object).map(function (key) { | |
return [key, object[key]]; | |
}) | |
}); | |
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/includes | |
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/includes | |
polyfillAll([ | |
String.prototype, | |
Array.prototype | |
], { | |
includes: function (search) { // .length = 1 | |
return this.indexOf.apply(this, arguments) > -1; | |
} | |
}); |
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Converted into a git repo:
https://github.com/james-jlo-long/polyfill