ES6 replace default object-to-primitive conversion logic using Symbol.toPrimitive method

es6-symbol-toprimitive.js

class Disk {
  constructor(capacity){
    this.capacity = capacity;
  }

  [Symbol.toPrimitive](hint){
    switch (hint) {
      case 'string':
        return 'Capacity: ' + this.capacity + ' bytes';

      case 'number':
        // convert to KiB
        return this.capacity / 1024;

      default:
        // assume numeric conversion as a default
        return this.capacity / 1024;
    }
  }
}

// 1MiB disk
let disk = new Disk(1024 * 1024);

console.log(String(disk))  // Capacity: 1048576 bytes
console.log(disk + '')     // '1024'
console.log(+disk);        // 1024
console.log(disk > 1000);  // true