JS: Reflect.getPrototypeOf

By Xah Lee. Date: 2017-02-12. Last updated: 2024-04-09.

(new in JS: ECMAScript 2015)

Reflect.getPrototypeOf(obj)

Return the parent object. Return null if no parent.

Throw a TypeError exception if obj is not a object.

Reflect.getPrototypeOf({}) === Object.prototype

Here is a example of no parent.

Reflect.getPrototypeOf(Object.create(null)) === null

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