fluxible-plugin-copy-text

A fluxible plugin that adds the additional methods: getCopy and extendCopy to the contexts: ComponentContext, ActionContext, and StoreContext (note: not on FluxibleContext).

This allows easy access to copy for react components, actions, and stores without having to painfully pass it down through props and payloads.

Installation

npm install fluxible-plugin-copy-text

Usage

Adding the plugin to the app

var app = new Fluxible();
app.plug(require('fluxible-plugin-copy-text'));
var context = app.createContext();

Fluxible has an addon called provideContext(Component, customContextTypes) that gives Component access to context outside of props so within the context of Component, you could do this.context.<someContextType>. Well if you plan to be using this plugin within Component or within any of its children, you'd have to define customContextTypes every time like:

var PropTypes = require('react').PropTypes;
var Component = require('./Component');
var provideContext = require('fluxible-addons-react/provideContext');
Component = provideContext(Component, {
    getCopy: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    extendCopy: PropTypes.func.isRequired
});

Or alternatively, you could use a helper that comes with this plugin...

var PropTypes = require('react').PropTypes;
var Component = require('./Component');
var provideContext = require('fluxible-plugin-copy-text/helpers/provideContextWithCopy');
Component = provideContext(Component);

Note: the helper can still take customContextTypes as a second parameter and will add those context types as well as the copy context types.

To add global copy or server-vars paths, you can just do so using the actual copy-text module...

var app = new Fluxible();
app.plug(require('fluxible-plugin-copy-text'));
var context = app.createContext();
require('copy-text').addGlobalCopy({ copyKey: 'somecopy' });
context.getComponentContext().getCopy('copyKey'); // 'somecopy'

Also, don't forget to define contextTypes for your React components. We don't provide a helper for that (define ONLY what you're going to actually use).

// ...
Component.contextTypes = {
    executeAction: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
    getCopy: PropTypes.func.isRequired
};
// ...

Documentation

context.getCopy(copyKey)

Retrieves copy for the given key. Synonomous with copyText.get('someKey')

context.extendCopy(copyObj)

Extends copy with the copyObj. Synonomous with copyText.extend({ someKey: 'someCopy' }) Note: extending copy for a specific context (i.e. ComponentContext) means all components using ComponentContext will have access to it. (TODO: confirm this)

Notes

If you are not within a fluxible component (React component, action, or store) but something else (i.e. Backbone view) you should use copyText as normally, both have access to the same global copy.

Testing

To test run

npm test