Warning: String.x is deprecated; use String.prototype.x instead
The JavaScript warning about string generics occurs in Firefox versions prior to 68. String generics have been removed starting with Firefox 68.
Message
Warning: String.charAt is deprecated; use String.prototype.charAt instead
Warning: String.charCodeAt is deprecated; use String.prototype.charCodeAt instead
Warning: String.concat is deprecated; use String.prototype.concat instead
Warning: String.contains is deprecated; use String.prototype.contains instead
Warning: String.endsWith is deprecated; use String.prototype.endsWith instead
Warning: String.includes is deprecated; use String.prototype.includes instead
Warning: String.indexOf is deprecated; use String.prototype.indexOf instead
Warning: String.lastIndexOf is deprecated; use String.prototype.lastIndexOf instead
Warning: String.localeCompare is deprecated; use String.prototype.localeCompare instead
Warning: String.match is deprecated; use String.prototype.match instead
Warning: String.normalize is deprecated; use String.prototype.normalize instead
Warning: String.replace is deprecated; use String.prototype.replace instead
Warning: String.search is deprecated; use String.prototype.search instead
Warning: String.slice is deprecated; use String.prototype.slice instead
Warning: String.split is deprecated; use String.prototype.split instead
Warning: String.startsWith is deprecated; use String.prototype.startsWith instead
Warning: String.substr is deprecated; use String.prototype.substr instead
Warning: String.substring is deprecated; use String.prototype.substring instead
Warning: String.toLocaleLowerCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toLocaleLowerCase instead
Warning: String.toLocaleUpperCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase instead
Warning: String.toLowerCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toLowerCase instead
Warning: String.toUpperCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toUpperCase instead
Warning: String.trim is deprecated; use String.prototype.trim instead
Warning: String.trimLeft is deprecated; use String.prototype.trimLeft instead
Warning: String.trimRight is deprecated; use String.prototype.trimRight instead
Error type
Warning. JavaScript execution won't be halted.
What went wrong?
The non-standard generic String
methods are deprecated and have been
removed in Firefox 68 and later. String generics provide String
instance
methods on the String
object allowing String
methods to be
applied to any object.
Examples
Deprecated syntax
var num = 15;
String.replace(num, /5/, '2');
Standard syntax
var num = 15;
String(num).replace(/5/, '2');
Shim
The following is a shim to provide support to non-supporting browsers:
/*globals define*/
// Assumes all supplied String instance methods already present
// (one may use shims for these if not available)
(function() {
'use strict';
var i,
// We could also build the array of methods with the following, but the
// getOwnPropertyNames() method is non-shimable:
// Object.getOwnPropertyNames(String).filter(function(methodName) {
// return typeof String[methodName] === 'function';
// });
methods = [
'contains', 'substring', 'toLowerCase', 'toUpperCase', 'charAt',
'charCodeAt', 'indexOf', 'lastIndexOf', 'startsWith', 'endsWith',
'trim', 'trimLeft', 'trimRight', 'toLocaleLowerCase', 'normalize',
'toLocaleUpperCase', 'localeCompare', 'match', 'search', 'slice',
'replace', 'split', 'substr', 'concat', 'localeCompare'
],
methodCount = methods.length,
assignStringGeneric = function(methodName) {
var method = String.prototype[methodName];
String[methodName] = function(arg1) {
return method.apply(arg1, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
};
};
for (i = 0; i < methodCount; i++) {
assignStringGeneric(methods[i]);
}
}());