prefer-reflect

Reflect puts the low-level object operations in one place, as plain functions. For example, Reflect.defineProperty() returns false where Object.defineProperty() throws.

The rule reports delete on a property, and every call to a method with one of these names on anything but Reflect: apply, call, defineProperty, getOwnPropertyDescriptor, getPrototypeOf, setPrototypeOf, isExtensible, getOwnPropertyNames, preventExtensions.

Examples

Reported:

save.apply(user, args);
save.call(user, "draft");
Object.defineProperty(user, "id", { value: 1 });
delete user.email;

Not reported:

Reflect.apply(save, user, args);
Reflect.apply(save, user, ["draft"]);
Reflect.defineProperty(user, "id", { value: 1 });
Reflect.deleteProperty(user, "email");

Options

Option	Default	What it does
exceptions	[]	Names to allow: any of the method names above, or "delete".

delete user.email;
save.call(user, "draft");

save.apply(user, args);

When not to use it

ESLint has deprecated this rule, and the older forms aren't going away. The rule only goes by the method's name, so phone.call(number) is reported. For Object.getOwnPropertyNames it points you to Reflect.getOwnPropertyNames, which doesn't exist.