Accessor methods
Discouraged
This feature is discouraged. For the rationale, see:
The __defineGetter__()
and __defineSetter__()
methods of objects bind a function to a property, which is called on setting or reading the property.
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Specifications
- ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification (#sec-object.prototype-legacy-accessor-methods), from TC39 (Ecma International).
Browser support
- Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
- Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
- Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
- Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
- Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29
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