Do ES2015 Classes “not autobind”?

Question

I have been using React for a while now, and I have become comfortable with the concept that I must manually bind my component methods to my component instance, as React made th

Answer 1

You can make you ES6 class methods auto-bind with a little boiler-plate in the constructor:

function autobind() {
  for (let prop of Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Object.getPrototypeOf(this))) {
    if (prop === 'constructor' || typeof this[prop] !== 'function') continue;
    this[prop] = this[prop].bind(this);
  }
}

class Test {
  constructor() {
    autobind.call(this);
    this.message = 'hello all!';
  }
  method1(){ return this.method2(); }
  method2(){ console.log(this.message);}
}
let test = new Test();
let b = test.method1;
b();

UPDATE:

I have since found a Babel Plugin that translates the upcomping ES Class Fields & Static Properties which you can use for functions that need to be bound to the this

class Bork {
    //Property initializer syntax
    instanceProperty = "bork";
    boundFunction = () => {
      return this.instanceProperty;
    }

    //Static class properties
    static staticProperty = "babelIsCool";
    static staticFunction = function() {
      return Bork.staticProperty;
    }
}

let myBork = new Bork;

//Property initializers are not on the prototype.
console.log(myBork.__proto__.boundFunction); // > undefined

//Bound functions are bound to the class instance.
console.log(myBork.boundFunction.call(undefined)); // > "bork"

//Static function exists on the class.
console.log(Bork.staticFunction()); // > "babelIsCool"