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# @vue/composition-api

Vue 2 plugin for **Composition API**

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English | [中文](./README.zh-CN.md) ・ [**Composition API Docs**](https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/composition-api-introduction.html)

> ⚠️ With the release of [Vue 2.7](https://blog.vuejs.org/posts/vue-2-7-naruto.html), which has Composition API built-in, **you no longer need this plugin**. Thereby this plugin has entered maintenance mode and will only support Vue 2.6 or earlier. This project will reach End of Life by the end of 2022.

## Installation

### NPM

```bash
npm install @vue/composition-api
# or
yarn add @vue/composition-api
```

You must install `@vue/composition-api` as a plugin via `Vue.use()` before you can use the [Composition API](https://composition-api.vuejs.org/) to compose your component.

```js
import Vue from 'vue'
import VueCompositionAPI from '@vue/composition-api'

Vue.use(VueCompositionAPI)
```

```js
// use the APIs
import { ref, reactive } from '@vue/composition-api'
```

> :bulb: When you migrate to Vue 3, just replacing `@vue/composition-api` to `vue` and your code should just work.

### CDN

Include `@vue/composition-api` after Vue and it will install itself automatically.

```html

```

`@vue/composition-api` will be exposed to global variable `window.VueCompositionAPI`.

```ts
const { ref, reactive } = VueCompositionAPI
```

## TypeScript Support

> TypeScript version **>4.2** is required

To let TypeScript properly infer types inside Vue component options, you need to define components with `defineComponent`

```ts
import { defineComponent } from '@vue/composition-api'

export default defineComponent({
// type inference enabled
})
```

### JSX/TSX

JSX is now officially supported on [vuejs/jsx](https://github.com/vuejs/jsx). You can enable it by following [this document](https://github.com/vuejs/jsx/tree/dev/packages/babel-preset-jsx#usage). A community maintained version can be found at [babel-preset-vca-jsx](https://github.com/luwanquan/babel-preset-vca-jsx) by [@luwanquan](https://github.com/luwanquan).

To support TSX, create a declaration file with the following content in your project.

```ts
// file: shim-tsx.d.ts
import Vue, { VNode } from 'vue';
import { ComponentRenderProxy } from '@vue/composition-api';

declare global {
namespace JSX {
interface Element extends VNode {}
interface ElementClass extends ComponentRenderProxy {}
interface ElementAttributesProperty {
$props: any; // specify the property name to use
}
interface IntrinsicElements {
[elem: string]: any;
}
}
}
```

## SSR

Even if there is no definitive Vue 3 API for SSR yet, this plugin implements the `onServerPrefetch` lifecycle hook that allows you to use the `serverPrefetch` hook found in the classic API.

```js
import { onServerPrefetch } from '@vue/composition-api'

export default {
setup(props, { ssrContext }) {
const result = ref()

onServerPrefetch(async () => {
result.value = await callApi(ssrContext.someId)
})

return {
result,
}
}
}
```

## Browser Compatibility

`@vue/composition-api` supports all modern browsers and IE11+. For lower versions IE you should install `WeakMap` polyfill (for example from `core-js` package).

## Limitations

> :white_check_mark: Support     :x: Not Supported

### `Ref` Unwrap

Should NOT use ref in a plain object when working with Array

```js
const a = {
count: ref(0),
}
const b = reactive({
list: [a], // `a.count` will not unwrap!!
})

// no unwrap for `count`, `.value` is required
b.list[0].count.value === 0 // true
```

```js
const b = reactive({
list: [
{
count: ref(0), // no unwrap!!
},
],
})

// no unwrap for `count`, `.value` is required
b.list[0].count.value === 0 // true
```

Should always use ref in a reactive when working with Array

```js
const a = reactive({
list: [
reactive({
count: ref(0),
}),
]
})
// unwrapped
a.list[0].count === 0 // true

a.list.push(
reactive({
count: ref(1),
})
)
// unwrapped
a.list[1].count === 1 // true
```

### Template Refs

✅ String ref && return it from setup()

```html

export default {
setup() {
const root = ref(null)

onMounted(() => {
// the DOM element will be assigned to the ref after initial render
console.log(root.value) // <div/>
})

return {
root,
}
},
}

```

✅ String ref && return it from setup() && Render Function / JSX

```jsx
export default {
setup() {
const root = ref(null)

onMounted(() => {
// the DOM element will be assigned to the ref after initial render
console.log(root.value) //


})

return {
root,
}
},
render() {
// with JSX
return () =>


},
}
```

❌ Function ref

```html

export default {
setup() {
const root = ref(null)

return {
root,
}
},
}

```

❌ Render Function / JSX in setup()

```jsx
export default {
setup() {
const root = ref(null)

return () =>
h('div', {
ref: root,
})

// with JSX
return () =>


},
}
```

⚠️ $refs accessing workaround


> :warning: **Warning**: The `SetupContext.refs` won't exist in `Vue 3.0`. `@vue/composition-api` provide it as a workaround here.

If you really want to use template refs in this case, you can access `vm.$refs` via `SetupContext.refs`

```jsx
export default {
setup(initProps, setupContext) {
const refs = setupContext.refs
onMounted(() => {
// the DOM element will be assigned to the ref after initial render
console.log(refs.root) //


})

return () =>
h('div', {
ref: 'root',
})

// with JSX
return () =>


},
}
```

### Reactive

⚠️ reactive() mutates the original object

`reactive` uses `Vue.observable` underneath which will ***mutate*** the original object.

> :bulb: In Vue 3, it will return a new proxy object.

⚠️ set and del workaround for adding and deleting reactive properties

> ⚠️ Warning: `set` and `del` do NOT exist in Vue 3. We provide them as a workaround here, due to the limitation of [Vue 2.x reactivity system](https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/reactivity.html#For-Objects).
>
> In Vue 2, you will need to call `set` to track new keys on an `object`(similar to `Vue.set` but for `reactive objects` created by the Composition API). In Vue 3, you can just assign them like normal objects.
>
> Similarly, in Vue 2 you will need to call `del` to [ensure a key deletion triggers view updates](https://vuejs.org/v2/api/#Vue-delete) in reactive objects (similar to `Vue.delete` but for `reactive objects` created by the Composition API). In Vue 3 you can just delete them by calling `delete foo.bar`.

```ts
import { reactive, set, del } from '@vue/composition-api'

const a = reactive({
foo: 1
})

// add new reactive key
set(a, 'bar', 1)

// remove a key and trigger reactivity
del(a, 'bar')
```

### Watch

onTrack and onTrigger are not available in WatchOptions

```js
watch(() => {
/* ... */
}, {
immediate: true,
onTrack() {}, // not available
onTrigger() {}, // not available
})
```

### `createApp`

⚠️ createApp() is global

In Vue 3, `createApp()` is introduced to provide context(plugin, components, etc.) isolation between app instances. Due the design of Vue 2, in this plugin, we provide `createApp()` as a forward compatible API which is just an alias of the global.

```ts
const app1 = createApp(RootComponent1)
app1.component('Foo', Foo) // equivalent to Vue.component('Foo', Foo)
app1.use(VueRouter) // equivalent to Vue.use(VueRouter)

const app2 = createApp(RootComponent2)
app2.component('Bar', Bar) // equivalent to Vue.component('Bar', Bar)
```

### `createElement` / `h`

⚠️ createElement / h workaround


`createElement` / `h` in Vue 2 is only accessable in `render()` function. To use it outside of `render()`, you can explicitly bind a component instance to it.

> :warning: **Warning**: This ability is provided as a workaround Vue 2, it's not part of the Vue 3 API.

```jsx
import { h as _h } from '@vue/composition-api'

export default {
setup() {
const vm = getCurrentInstance()
const h = _h.bind(vm)

return () =>
h('div', {
ref: 'root',
})
},
}
```

### `shallowReadonly`

⚠️ shallowReadonly() will create a new object and with the same root properties, new properties added will not be readonly or reactive.

> :bulb: In Vue 3, it will return a new proxy object.

### `readonly`

⚠️ readonly() provides only type-level readonly check.

`readonly()` is provided as API alignment with Vue 3 on type-level only. Use isReadonly() on it or it's properties can not be guaranteed.

### `props`

⚠️ toRefs(props.foo) will incorrectly warn when accessing nested levels of props.

    ⚠️ isReactive(props.foo) will return false.

```ts
defineComponent({
setup(props) {
const { bar } = toRefs(props.foo) // it will `warn`

// use this instead
const { foo } = toRefs(props)
const a = foo.value.bar
}
})
```

### `computed().effect`

⚠️ computed() has a property effect set to true instead of a ReactiveEffect.

Due to the difference in implementation, there is no such concept as a `ReactiveEffect` in `@vue/composition-api`. Therefore, `effect` is merely `true` to enable differentiating computed from refs:

```ts
function isComputed(o: ComputedRef | unknown): o is ComputedRef
function isComputed(o: any): o is ComputedRef {
return !!(isRef(o) && o.effect)
}
```

### Missing APIs

The following APIs introduced in Vue 3 are not available in this plugin.

- `onRenderTracked`
- `onRenderTriggered`
- `isProxy`

### Reactive APIs in `data()`

❌ Passing ref, reactive or other reactive apis to data() would not work.

```jsx
export default {
data() {
return {
// will result { a: { value: 1 } } in template
a: ref(1),
}
},
}
```

### `emits` Options

emits option is provided in type-level only, in order to align with Vue 3's type interface. Does NOT have actual effects on the code.

```ts
defineComponent({
emits: {
// has no effects
submit: (eventOption) => {
if (...) {
return true
} else {
console.warn('Invalid submit event payload!')
return false
}
}
}
})
```

### Performance Impact

Due the limitation of Vue2's public API. `@vue/composition-api` inevitably introduces some performance overhead. Note that in most scenarios, this shouldn't be the source of performance issues.

You can check the [benchmark results](https://antfu.github.io/vue-composition-api-benchmark-results/) for more details.