Name

Object.isExtensible() — can new properties be added to an object?

Availability

ECMAScript 5

Synopsis

Object.isExtensible(o)

Arguments

o

The object to be checked for extensibility

Returns

true if the object can be extended with new properties, or false if it cannot.

Description

An object is extensible (or extendable) if it can have new properties added to it. All objects are extendable when they are created and remain that way unless they are passed to Object.preventExtensions(), Object.seal(), or Object.freeze().

Note that this is not a method to be invoked on an object: it is a global function and you must pass an object to it.

Example

var o = {};                     // Start with a newly-created object
Object.isExtensible(o)          // => true: it is extendable
Object.preventExtensions(o);    // Make it non-extendable
Object.isExtensible(o)          // => false: now it is not extendable

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