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https://github.com/tvler/compose-state

Compose multiple setState or getDerivedStateFromProps updaters in React
https://github.com/tvler/compose-state

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Compose multiple setState or getDerivedStateFromProps updaters in React

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# ✍️ compose-state



`compose-state` is a library that composes multiple state updaters in React.



example



`compose-state` works with the standard `setState` parameters – objects or functions – so you don’t have to learn any new syntax. It’s also compatible with React’s new [`getDerivedStateFromProps`](https://reactjs.org/docs/react-component.html#static-getderivedstatefromprops) lifecycle method.



## Use



### Install



`yarn add compose-state` or `npm install compose-state`



### Import



```jsx

import composeState from 'compose-state';



// or



import {

  composeState,

  composeDerivedStateFromProps,

} from 'compose-state';

```



### API



#### `composeState([updaters])`



Returns an updater that can be used with `setState`. Calling this produces the same result as calling or accessing each given updater from right to left, merging each partial state. If a given updater is a function, its `prevState` value is the previous state merged with the current partial state.



##### Arguments



| Name | Type | Description |

| - | - | - |

| `[updaters]` | `(...Updater)` | Functions that can be used with `setState`, or partial state objects |



#### `composeDerivedStateFromProps([updaters])`



Returns an updater that can be set as a component's `getDerivedStateFromProps` static value. Calling this produces the same result as calling or accessing each given updater from right to left, merging each partial state. If a given updater is a function, its `prevState` value is the previous state merged with the current partial state.



##### Arguments



| Name | Type | Description |

| - | - | - |

| `[updaters]` | `(...Updater)` | Functions that can be set as a component's `getDerivedStateFromProps` static value, or partial state objects |



## Benefits



### Simplify your updaters and React code



Let's say you want to call `setState` and do two things



1. Increment a score value by 1

2. Log the current time to an array



Both of these updaters need to be functional, since they rely on the previous state for their return values.



```jsx

const updateScore = s => ({ score: s.score + 1 });

const logTime = s => ({ log: [...s.log, Date.now()] });

```



Normally, we would need to call `setState` for both of these functions



```jsx

class Game extends Component {

  onScore = () => {

    this.setState(updateScore);

    this.setState(logTime);

  };

  // ...

}

```



...or we rewrite the two updaters into one larger function.



```jsx

const updateScoreLogTime = s => ({

  score: s.score + 1,

  log: [...s.log, Date.now()],

});

```



But with `compose-state`, we can keep these two updaters independent, _and_ we won't have to bulk up our component code with more `setState` calls.



```jsx

const updateScoreLogTime = composeState(updateScore, logTime);



class Game extends Component {

  onScore = () => {

    this.setState(updateScoreLogTime);

  };

  // ...

}

```



`compose-state` isn't dependent on React at all, it's just a big reducer function. This allows you to build and compose as many updaters as you want while keeping your actual component code simple and maintainable.



### Easily mix functional and object updaters



`compose-state` accepts both objects and functions, just like `setState`. This allows you to mix static and dynamic updaters without increasing the complexity of any individual parameter.



```jsx

const defaultValue = { value: 0 };

const incrementOther = s => ({ other: s.other + 1 });



this.setState(

  composeState(defaultValue, incrementOther)

);

```



### Compatibility with getDerivedStateFromProps



`compose-state` comes with a `composeDerivedStateFromProps` function to use with React's new [`getDerivedStateFromProps`](https://reactjs.org/docs/react-component.html#static-getderivedstatefromprops) lifecycle method.



```jsx

const updater1 = (nextProps, prevState) => {

  // ...

}

const updater2 = (nextProps, prevState) => {

  // ...

}



class App extends Component {

  static getDerivedStateFromProps = composeDerivedStateFromProps(

    updater1, updater2

  )

  // ...

}

```



### It's just normal, [boring](https://twitter.com/jevakallio/status/987062864002342912) React



While more formal state managers push developers away from controlling state in React, `compose-state` simply enhances state control methods that are primitive to the platform.



`compose-state` is a lot like [Classnames](https://github.com/JedWatson/classnames). It's a helper function that makes `setState` calls more declarative and easier to construct, just like how Classnames is a helper function that makes `className` values more declarative and easier to construct.



## Further reading



[Functional setState is the future of React](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/functional-setstate-is-the-future-of-react-374f30401b6b) by [Justice Mba](https://twitter.com/Daajust)



[Best kept React secret: you can declare state changes separately from the component classes.](https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/824308413559668744) by [Dan Abramov](https://twitter.com/dan_abramov)