Is there a way to have/lock unique index values of the Enum object in Javascript? [duplicate]

Question

Reading the "recommended way" of dealing with ENUM Type in Javascript, I am still uncertain because I can compare the value with a forged value, while I should compare only to a "enum" type value:

 var DaysEnum = {"monday":1, "tuesday":2, "wednesday":3, ...} Object.freeze(DaysEnum) switch( day ){ case "monday": return "Hello" case "tuesday": return "Hi" case "blahblahday": return "No" } 

The strings I made the switch to compare against ("monday", "tuesday", "blahblahday") are totally free from my "enum type: DaysEnum", can be provided by the user and this could lead to some subtle errors not spotted by the interpreter (like typos).

Is there a way to have/lock unique index values of the Enum object?

Answer 1

A possible solution I found with ES2015 could be through Symbols

http://putaindecode.io/en/articles/js/es2015/symbols/

This way you have the unique "locked" values, like you have in other languages, like Java

 const DAY_MONDAY = Symbol(); const DAY_TUESDAY = Symbol(); switch(animal) { case DAY_MONDAY: return "Hello" case DAY_TUESDAY: return "Hi" //there is no way you can go wrong with DAY_BLAHBLAHDAY //the compiler will notice it and throw an error }