TypeError.prototype

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

Description

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

Properties

TypeError.prototype.constructor

Specifies the function that created an instance's prototype.

TypeError.prototype.message

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

TypeError.prototype.name

Error name. Inherited from Error.

TypeError.prototype.fileName

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

TypeError.prototype.lineNumber

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

TypeError.prototype.columnNumber

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

TypeError.prototype.stack

Stack trace. Inherited from Error.

Methods

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

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
ECMAScript 3rd Edition (ECMA-262) The definition of 'NativeError.prototype' in that specification.	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

Browser compatibility

See also

• Error.prototype
• Function.prototype