ReferenceError.prototype

The ReferenceError.prototype property represents the prototype for the ReferenceError constructor.

Description

All ReferenceError instances inherit from ReferenceError.prototype. You can use the prototype to add properties or methods to all instances.

Properties

ReferenceError.prototype.constructor

Specifies the function that created an instance's prototype.

ReferenceError.prototype.message

Error message. Although ECMA-262 specifies that ReferenceError should provide its own message property, in SpiderMonkey, it inherits Error.prototype.message.

ReferenceError.prototype.name

Error name. Inherited from Error.

ReferenceError.prototype.fileName

Path to file that raised this error. Inherited from Error.

ReferenceError.prototype.lineNumber

Line number in file that raised this error. Inherited from Error.

ReferenceError.prototype.columnNumber

Column number in line that raised this error. Inherited from Error.

ReferenceError.prototype.stack

Stack trace. Inherited from Error.

Methods

Although the ReferenceError prototype object does not contain any methods of its own, ReferenceError instances do inherit some methods through the prototype chain.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
ECMAScript 3rd Edition (ECMA-262)	Standard	Initial definition.
ECMAScript 5.1 (ECMA-262) The definition of 'NativeError.prototype' in that specification.	Standard	Defined as NativeError.prototype.
ECMAScript 2015 (6th Edition, ECMA-262) The definition of 'NativeError.prototype' in that specification.	Standard	Defined as NativeError.prototype.
ECMAScript 2017 Draft (ECMA-262) The definition of 'NativeError.prototype' in that specification.	Draft	Defined as NativeError.prototype.

Browser compatibility

See also

• Error.prototype
• Function.prototype