Wrong use of ‘this’ for static method¶
ID: js/mixed-static-instance-this-access
Kind: problem
Security severity:
Severity: error
Precision: high
Tags:
- correctness
- methods
Query suites:
- javascript-security-and-quality.qls
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A method of a class can be either a static method or an instance method. For a static method, the value of this is the enclosing class. For an instance method, the value of this is the object instance itself. It is therefore not possible to refer to a static method from an instance method using this, and vice versa.
Recommendation¶
A reference to an instance method from within a static method needs to be qualified with an instance of the class, and not this.
Example¶
In the following code snippet, the bar method is an instance method and it attempts to use the static baz method through this. That is not possible, so the call will fail at runtime.
class Foo {
bar(){
this.baz(42);
}
static baz(x){
// ...
}
}
The code should be changed to use the enclosing class instead of this: Foo.baz(42).
References¶
Mozilla Developer Network: Classes and static methods.