# handler.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() — Invariants

> The proxy's [[GetOwnProperty]] internal method throws a {{jsxref("TypeError")}} if the handler definition violates one of the following invariants The result must be either an {{jsxref("Object")}} or undefined.

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The proxy's [[GetOwnProperty]] internal method throws a {{jsxref("TypeError")}} if the handler definition violates one of the following invariants

The result must be either an {{jsxref("Object")}} or undefined. A property cannot be reported as non-existent, if it exists as a non-configurable own property of the target object. That is, if {{jsxref("Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()")}} returns configurable: false for the property on target, then the trap must not return undefined. A property cannot be reported as non-existent, if it exists as an own property of a non-extensible target object. That is, if {{jsxref("Reflect.isExtensible()")}} returns false for the target object, then the trap must not return undefined. A property cannot be reported as existent, if it does not exist as an own property of the target object and the target object is not extensible. That is, if {{jsxref("Reflect.isExtensible()")}} returns false for the target object, and {{jsxref("Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()")}} returns undefined for the property on target, then the trap must return undefined. A property cannot be reported as non-configurable, unless it exists as a non-configurable own property of the target object. That is, if {{jsxref("Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()")}} returns undefined or configurable: true for the property on target, then the trap must not return configurable: false. A property cannot be reported as both non-configurable and non-writable, unless it exists as a non-configurable, non-writable own property of the target object. That is, in addition to the previous invariant, if {{jsxref("Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()")}} returns configurable: false, writable: true for the property on target, then the trap must not return configurable: false, writable: false. If a property has a corresponding property on the target object, then the target object property's descriptor must be compatible with descriptor. That is, pretending target is an ordinary object, then {{jsxref("Object/defineProperty", "Object.defineProperty(target, property, resultObject)")}} must not throw an error. The Object.defineProperty() reference contains more information, but to summarize, when the target property is non-configurable, the following must hold: configurable, enumerable, get, and set must be the same as original. …

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