Version 1 a "typed object" implementation.

TypedObject.js

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// Requires, Consts, Errors, and Config
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Requires
var Common = require('./common')
  , Util = require('util')
;

// Error string for invalid type assignment
const SET_ERROR_c = 'Cannot assign \'{t1} {name}\' to type \'{t2}\'.';
const PROP_REASSIGN_ERROR_c = 'Property \'{name}\' is already assigned.';

// Specify and add the default data type generators
const GENERATORS_c = [ 
	function() {return 0;}
, function() {return [];}
, function() {return {};}
, function() {return '';}
, function() {return false;}
, function() {return new Date()}
, function() {return new RegExp()}
];

// Error for invalid assignment
var AssignmentError = 
module.exports.AssignmentError = 
function AssignmentError(error_string)
{
	this.name = "AssignmentError";
	this.message = error_string.concat(new Error().stack.replace(/^Error/, ""));
}

// Error when trying to reassign a property
var ReassignError = 
module.exports.ReassignError = 
function ReassignError(error_string)
{
	this.name = "ReassignError";
	this.message = error_string.concat(new Error().stack.replace(/^Error/, ""));
}

var TypedObject = 
module.exports.instanceConstructor =
function() {};

// Typed Assignment
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

var createTyped = 
module.exports.create = 
function createTyped()
{
	return makeTyped.call(this, new TypedObject());
}

var makeTyped = 
function makeTyped(obj)
{
	// *.createTyped() should be used instead, but just in case...
	obj = obj || {};

	if(obj._isTypedObj) {throw Error('Object is already a \'TypedObject\'')}
	Common.addImmutableProperty(obj, '_isTypedObj', true);

	// Add Private properties
	Common.addPrivateProperty(obj, '_data', {});

	// Register type assigners
	GENERATORS_c.forEach(function(typeGenerator) {
		registerTypeAssigner(obj, typeGenerator);
	});

	return obj;
}

var registerTypeAssigner = 
function registerTypeAssigner(obj, typeGenerator)
{
	var typeDefault = typeGenerator()
		, typeName = Common.typeOf(typeDefault)
	;

	Object.defineProperty(obj, typeName, {
		writeable: false
	, configurable: false
	, enumerable: false
	, value: function(propName) {

			// Disallow overwriting of properties
			var error_string = PROP_REASSIGN_ERROR_c
				.replace('{name}', propName)
			;

			// Property reassignment error
			if(this[propName]) {throw new ReassignError(error_string);}

			// Assign properties
			this._data[propName] = typeDefault;
	
			// Add typed gette and setter
			addGetterSetter(this, propName, typeName);

			// Return the obj to make these chainable. (Could be useful...?)
			return this;
		}
	});
}

var addGetterSetter = function addGetterSetter(obj, propName, typeName)
{
	Object.defineProperty(obj, propName, {
		enumerable: true
	, configurable: false
	, get: function() {return this._data[propName];}
	, set: function(val) {
			if(!validators[typeName](val)) {
				throw buildTypeError(val, typeName, propName);
			} else {
				this._data[propName] = val;
			}
		}
	});
}


var buildTypeError = function buildTypeError(val, typeName, propName)
{
	var error_string = SET_ERROR_c
		.replace('{t1}', typeName)
		.replace('{name}', propName)
		.replace('{t2}', Common.typeOf(val))
	;

	return new AssignmentError(error_string);
}

// Type Validation
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// initialize the validator hash
var validators = {};

// Uniform way of adding types
var addValidator = function addType(typeGenerator)
{
	if(!(typeof(typeGenerator) === 'function')) {
		throw TypeError('Type Generator is not a \'function\'');
	}

	// Build validator and assigner
	buildTypeValidator(Common.typeOf(typeGenerator()));
}

// Dynamically generate validators
var buildTypeValidator = function buildTypeValidator(typeName)
{
	// Make sure there isn't going to be a collision
	if(validators[typeName]) {throw Error('Validator exists for type!')}

	// Build the validator
	validators[typeName] = (function(typeName) {
		return function(val) {return Common.typeOf(val) === typeName};
	})(typeName);
}

// Add the default validators
GENERATORS_c.forEach(addValidator);