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Is a small library that provides various useful general purpose tools.
npm install njscu
obj <Object> - object for which property will be definedname <String> - property nameval <any>
mask <Number|String> - a set of bit flags or string '[w][e][c][a]' that
defines the property descriptor
access/data descriptor flag. if set - access, else - dataSets a property of object using bitmask as the property descriptor and returns that object.
const { setProperty } = require('njscu');
// sets the not writable, not enumerable and not configurable property
const obj = setProperty({}, 'str-property', 'str');
// sets the writable property, not enumerable, not configurable
setProperty(obj, 'num-property', 9, 0b0001);
// or
setProperty(obj, 'num-property', 9, 'w');
// sets the enumerable property, not writable, not configurable
setProperty(obj, 'arr-property', [0, '1', NaN], 0b0010);
// or
setProperty(obj, 'arr-property', [0, '1', NaN], 'e');
// sets the configurable property, not writable, not enumerable
setProperty(obj, 'obj-property', { v:, 'v' }, 0b0100);
// or
setProperty(obj, 'obj-property', { v:, 'v' }, 'c');
// sets the configurable and enumerable property with access descriptor
setProperty(obj, 'acc-property', [ () => 'val', val => {} ], 0b1110);
// or
setProperty(obj, 'acc-property', [ () => 'val', val => {} ], 'ace');
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We found that njscu demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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