TypeError: vm.refs is null

I have refs in my app which, in some circumstances, are not created (because the node they reference is not required). But other code tests for these refs, doing the obvious:

if(vm.refs.xyz) {
    ...
}

This, of course, breaks when there are no refs at all and the refs object is null.

Would it be undesirable to always have a refs object? Otherwise, I am just ensuring it exists in my render function.

[leeoniya]

i mean to test a plain refs obj that would be guaranteed not to be null

[leeoniya]

i’m gonna close this. if you really want this behavior, you can simply extend the ViewModel prototype with your own ES5 getter (via Object.defineProperty [1]) to get the desired effect: https://jsfiddle.net/v1ubxq7o/

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty