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DumbContextFactory: Enables easy React Context creation with optional browser storage or custom storage options
import { FC } from "react";
import { UserContextProvider, useUserContext } from "./UserContext";
const Component1: FC = () => {
const { user } = useUserContext();
return user.loaded ? (
<h1>
Hello {user.firstName} {user.lastName}
</h1>
) : (
<div>loading...</div>
);
};
const Component2: FC = () => {
const { user, setUser } = useUserContext();
return (
<div>
<input
placeholder="first name"
value={user.firstName}
onChange={(ev) => setUser({ firstName: ev.target.value })}
/>
<input
placeholder="last name"
value={user.lastName}
onChange={(ev) => setUser({ lastName: ev.target.value })}
/>
</div>
);
};
export default function App() {
return (
<UserContextProvider>
<div className="App">
<Component1 />
<Component2 />
</div>
</UserContextProvider>
);
}
import React, { useState, FC, useContext, useEffect } from "react";
export interface IContext<T> {
state: T;
setState: (state: T) => void;
}
export type CustomStorage<T> = {
save: (state: T) => Promise<void>;
hydrate: () => Promise<T>;
};
export type BrowserStorage = {
type: "session" | "local";
key: string;
};
type Options<T> = {
persist: BrowserStorage | CustomStorage<T> | "none";
};
type ContextState<T> = {
state: T;
setState: (state: T) => void;
};
export default function DumbContextFactory<T>(
nameOfContext: string,
defaultState: T,
options?: Options<T>
) {
function getDefaultState() {
return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(defaultState)) as T;
}
function getHydrate(): () => Promise<T> {
if (!options || options?.persist === "none") {
return () => Promise.resolve(getDefaultState());
}
const browserStorage = options.persist as BrowserStorage;
if (browserStorage.type) {
const storage = window[`${browserStorage.type}Storage`];
return () => {
let state: T;
try {
state = JSON.parse(storage.getItem(browserStorage.key) || "") as T;
} catch (err) {
state = getDefaultState();
}
return Promise.resolve({ ...getDefaultState(), ...state });
};
}
const customStorage = options.persist as CustomStorage<T>;
return customStorage.hydrate;
}
const hydrate = getHydrate();
function getSave(): (state: T) => Promise<void> {
if (!options || options?.persist === "none") {
return (_state: T) => Promise.resolve();
}
const browserStorage = options.persist as BrowserStorage;
if (browserStorage.type) {
const storage = window[`${browserStorage.type}Storage`];
return (state: T) => {
storage.setItem(browserStorage.key, JSON.stringify(state));
return Promise.resolve();
};
}
const customStorage = options.persist as CustomStorage<T>;
return customStorage.save;
}
const save = getSave();
const DumbContext = React.createContext<ContextState<T>>({
state: getDefaultState(),
setState: (_state: T) => {}
});
const DumbContextProvider: FC = ({ children }) => {
const [state, setState] = useState(getDefaultState());
useEffect(() => {
async function callHydrate() {
const hydrated = await hydrate();
setState(hydrated);
}
callHydrate();
}, []);
useEffect(
function onStateChange() {
save(state);
},
[state]
);
return (
<DumbContext.Provider value={{ state, setState }}>
{children}
</DumbContext.Provider>
);
};
const capitalizedName =
nameOfContext.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + nameOfContext.slice(1);
const useDumbContext = () => {
const context = useContext(DumbContext);
if (!context) {
throw new Error(
`use${capitalizedName} must be used in a component wrapped with ${capitalizedName}Provider`
);
}
return context;
};
return {
DumbContextProvider,
useDumbContext
};
}
import DumbContextFactory from "./DumbContextFactory";
export type UserState = {
loaded: boolean;
firstName: string;
lastName: string;
};
const defaultState: UserState = {
loaded: true,
firstName: "",
lastName: ""
};
const { DumbContextProvider, useDumbContext } = DumbContextFactory<UserState>(
"UserContext",
defaultState,
{
persist: {
type: "local",
key: "user"
}
}
);
const useUserContext = () => {
const { state, setState } = useDumbContext();
return {
user: state,
setUser: (newState: Partial<UserState>) => {
setState({ ...state, ...newState });
}
};
};
export { DumbContextProvider as UserContextProvider, useUserContext };
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