Object.getOwnPropertyNames

Summary

Returns an array of all properties (enumerable or not) found directly upon a given object.

Method of Object
Implemented in	JavaScript 1.8.5
ECMAScript Edition	ECMAScript 5th Edition

Syntax

Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj)

Parameters

obj

The object whose enumerable and non-enumerable own properties are to be returned.

Description

Object.getOwnPropertyNames returns an array whose elements are strings corresponding to the enumerable and non-enumerable properties found directly upon obj. The ordering of the enumerable properties in the array is consistent with the ordering exposed by a for...in loop (or by Object.keys) over the properties of the object. The ordering of the non-enumerable properties in the array, and among the enumerable properties, is not defined.

Examples

var arr = ["a", "b", "c"];
print(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(arr).sort()); // prints "0,1,2,length"

// Array-like object
var obj = { 0: "a", 1: "b", 2: "c"};
print(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj).sort()); // prints "0,1,2"

// Printing property names and values using Array.forEach
Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj).forEach(function(val, idx, array) {
  print(val + " -> " + obj[val]);
});
// prints
// 0 -> a
// 1 -> b
// 2 -> c

// non-enumerable property
var my_obj = Object.create({}, { getFoo: { value: function() { return this.foo; }, enumerable: false } });
my_obj.foo = 1;

print(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(my_obj).sort()); // prints "foo, getFoo"

If you want only the enumerable properties, see Object.keys or use a for...in loop (although note that this will return enumerable properties not found directly upon that object but also along the prototype chain for the object unless the latter is filtered with hasOwnProperty()).

Items on the prototype chain are not listed:

function ParentClass () {
}
ParentClass.prototype.inheritedMethod = function () {
};

function ChildClass () {
  this.prop = 5;
  this.method = function () {};
}
ChildClass.prototype = new ParentClass;
ChildClass.prototype.prototypeMethod = function () {
};

alert(
  Object.getOwnPropertyNames(
    new ChildClass() // ["prop", "method"]
  )
)

Browser compatibility

Based on Kangax's compat table.

See also

• Enumerability and ownership of properties
• hasOwnProperty
• propertyIsEnumerable
• Object.create
• Object.keys
• Array.forEach()
• Bug 518663 - ES5: Object.getOwnPropertyNames