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extra Utility Module

This describes the smaller utilities in the extra module. Find links to the larger utilities from the main README.

libraryDependencies += "com.github.japgolly.scalajs-react" %%% "extra" % "2.0.0-RC3"

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Ajax

japgolly.scalajs.react.extra.Ajax is a helper for AJAX that is purely-functional in that it runs a Callback, and accepts XHR-callbacks as Callback instances.

Live demos with accompanying code are available here:

StateSnapshot

Consider:

  1. React has unidirectional flow (yay) and pure render methods (yay!).
  2. Stateful components are like mutable variables, stateless components are like immutable values. As such state should be avoided, externalised and pushed all the way up to the top of the component tree.

How does one write components that appear stateful yet maintain referential-transparency? By declaring the following in the component's props:

  1. S - The current state value to use in the view.
  2. (Option[S], Callback) => Callback - A function that accepts setState arguments (namely: an optional new state, and a callback for React to execute once the new state has been applied), and returns a Callback. The component calls this to request a new state be recorded and then just assumes that the function does something meaningful. This is great because no assumptions about the larger context are encoded; it has just enough to do its job.

StateSnapshot[S] encapsulates this (S, (Option[S], Callback) => Callback) pattern. It's called StateSnapshot because it takes a snapshot of state at its current value. It also supports optional Reusability.

Construction:

  • StateSnapshot(s)(setStateFn) - Provide a current value, and update function manually.
  • StateSnapshot(s).setStateVia($) - Provide a current value manually, and use the .setState on $.
  • StateSnapshot.of($) - Read the current value and the update function from $ (usually a lifecycle scope).
  • StateSnapshot.zoom(…) - Zooms into a subset of the total state. For example, you could create a StateSnapshot[Age] from Person.
    • StateSnapshot.zoom(…)(s)(setStateFn)
    • StateSnapshot.zoom(…)(s).setStateVia($)
    • StateSnapshot.zoom(…).of($)

A live demo with accompanying code is available here:
https://japgolly.github.io/scalajs-react/#examples/state-snapshot

Broadcaster and Listenable

These help your components listen and react to external events or data changes.

Usage
// A listening component
val component = ScalaComponent.builder[...]
  ...
  .backend(_ => new OnUnmount.Backend)
  ...
  .configure(Listenable.listen(...))
  ...

// A simple broadcaster
object HelloBroadcaster extends Broadcaster[String] {
  def sayHello(): Unit = broadcast("Hello!")
}
Features
  • Listenable: When component mounts, it registers itself as a listener.
  • Listenable: When component unmounts, it unregisters itself as a listener.
  • Broadcaster: Manages listener registration and unregistration.
  • Broadcaster: Provides a protected def broadcast(a: A): Unit for easy message broadcasting.

EventListener

  • Installs event listeners when component is mounted.
  • Uninstalls event listeners when component is unmounted.
  • By default, listens to the component node's events. Can specify other event targets (eg. window, document)

A live demo with accompanying code is available here:
https://japgolly.github.io/scalajs-react/#examples/event-listener

OnUnmount

Accrues procedures to be run automatically when its component unmounts.

Example
class MyBackend extends OnUnmount {
  def init: Callback =
    Callback.log("Initialising now...") >>
    onUnmount( Callback.log("Component unmounting...") )
}

val eg = ScalaComponent.builder[Unit]("Example")
  .stateless
  .backend(_ => new MyBackend)
  .render(_ => ???)
  .componentWillMount(_.backend.init)
  .configure(OnUnmount.install)
  .build

TimerSupport

Alternatives to window.setTimeout/window.setInterval that automatically unregister installed callbacks when the component unmounts

Example
import scala.concurrent.duration._

class MyBackend extends TimerSupport

val Timer = ScalaComponent.builder[Unit]("Timer")
  .initialState(0L)
  .backend(_ => new MyBackend)
  .render_S(s => <.div("Seconds elapsed: ", s))
  .componentDidMount(c => c.backend.setInterval(c.modState(_ + 1), 1.second))
  .configure(TimerSupport.install)
  .build