auto-bind

Automatically bind methods to their class instance

It also correctly binds inherited properties.

Install

npm install auto-bind

Usage

import autoBind from 'auto-bind';

class Unicorn {
    constructor(name) {
        this.name = name;
        autoBind(this);
    }

    message() {
        return `${this.name} is awesome!`;
    }
}

const unicorn = new Unicorn('Rainbow');

// Grab the method off the class instance
const message = unicorn.message;

// Still bound to the class instance
message();
//=> 'Rainbow is awesome!'

// Without `autoBind(this)`, the above would have resulted in
message();
//=> Error: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

API

autoBind(self, options?)

Bind methods in self to their class instance.

Returns the self object.

self

Type: object

An object with methods to bind.

options

Type: object

include

Type: Array<string | RegExp>

Bind only the given methods.

exclude

Type: Array<string | RegExp>

Bind methods except for the given methods.

React

Same as autoBind but excludes the default React component methods.

import autoBindReact from 'auto-bind/react';

class Foo extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        autoBindReact(this);
    }

    // …
}

Related

• bind-methods - Bind all methods in an object to itself or a specified context