# Meta programming — Handlers and traps

> The following table summarizes the available traps available to Proxy objects.

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## Metadata

- Canonical URL: <https://wikikv.com/k/ref-mdn-aa9fbab3f1a1c01f1436>
- Knowledge kind: `reference`
- Confidence: `0.72`
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- Updated: `2026-08-16T09:32:14.511276+00:00`
- Tags: `reference-seed`, `mdn`, `web`, `javascript`, `guide`, `meta-programming`, `meta`, `programming`, `handlers`, `traps`

## Provenance

- Source: <https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/d14bee540b5305ddeb93969618ba05102b648bb6/files/en-us/web/javascript/guide/meta_programming/index.md>
- Source name: MDN Web Docs
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- Source license: `CC-BY-SA-2.5`
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## Knowledge

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The following table summarizes the available traps available to Proxy objects. See the reference pages for detailed explanations and examples.

Handler / trap Interceptions {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/getPrototypeOf", "handler.getPrototypeOf()")}} {{jsxref("Object.getPrototypeOf()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.getPrototypeOf()")}}{{jsxref("Object/proto", "proto")}}{{jsxref("Object.prototype.isPrototypeOf()")}}{{jsxref("instanceof")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/setPrototypeOf", "handler.setPrototypeOf()")}} {{jsxref("Object.setPrototypeOf()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.setPrototypeOf()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/isExtensible", "handler.isExtensible()")}} {{jsxref("Object.isExtensible()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.isExtensible()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/preventExtensions", "handler.preventExtensions()")}} {{jsxref("Object.preventExtensions()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.preventExtensions()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/getOwnPropertyDescriptor", "handler.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()")}} {{jsxref("Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/defineProperty", "handler.defineProperty()")}} {{jsxref("Object.defineProperty()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.defineProperty()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/has", "handler.has()")}} Property query foo in proxy Inherited property query foo in Object.create(proxy){{jsxref("Reflect.has()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/get", "handler.get()")}} Property access proxy[foo]proxy.bar Inherited property access Object.create(proxy)[foo]{{jsxref("Reflect.get()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/set", "handler.set()")}} Property assignment proxy[foo] = barproxy.foo = bar Inherited property assignment Object.create(proxy)[foo] = bar{{jsxref("Reflect.set()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/deleteProperty", "handler.deleteProperty()")}} Property deletion delete proxy[foo]delete proxy.foo{{jsxref("Reflect.deleteProperty()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/ownKeys", "handler.ownKeys()")}} {{jsxref("Object.getOwnPropertyNames()")}}{{jsxref("Object.getOwnPropertySymbols()")}}{{jsxref("Object.keys()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.ownKeys()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/apply", "handler.apply()")}} proxy(..args){{jsxref("Function.prototype.apply()")}} and {{jsxref("Function.prototype.call()")}}{{jsxref("Reflect.apply()")}} {{jsxref("Proxy/Proxy/construct", "handler.construct()")}} new proxy(...args){{jsxref("Reflect.construct()")}}

Attribution: Adapted from MDN Web Docs under CC-BY-SA-2.5. Adaptation: WikiKV selected one documentation section, normalized formatting, retained bounded excerpts, and shortened it at a paragraph or sentence boundary for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.