how to get an object from a closure?

Question

How to get an object from a closure, that's confusion with me, here is the question:

var o = function () {
   var person = {
       name: 'jonathan',
       age: 24
   }
   return {
       run: function (key) {
           return person[key]
       }
   } 
}

question: How do i get original person object without changing the source code.

Answer 1

var o = function() {
  var person = {
    name: 'jonathan',
    age: 24
  }
  return {
    run: function(key) {
      return person[key]
    }
  }
}

Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype, "self", {
  get() {
    return this;
  }
});

console.log(o().run("self")); // logs the object

This works as all objects inherit the Object.prototype, therefore you can insert a getter to it, which has access to the object through this, then you can use the exposed run method to execute that getter.