doesNotUnderstand for JavaScript?

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Is there a way to simulate Smalltalk's doesNotUnderstand or Ruby's method_missing in Javascript?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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There is no catch-all method defined in the JavaScript standard, but Mozilla implements the non-standard __noSuchMethod__ for SpiderMonkey and Rhino (including Firefox obviously).

You may also be interested in checking out @CMS' answer given to the following Stack Overflow question:

Is there an equivalent of the noSuchMethod feature for properties, or a way to implement it in JS?

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