I think I found a bug (Not sure) When extending `RComponent` and you `override` methods with argum...

# react

[andylamax]

I think I found a bug (Not sure)

When extending RComponent and you override methods with arguments that are called from react directly (i.e. componentDidUpdate(prevProps,prevState,snapshot) or componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) ), generated javascript code always throws a ClassCastException.

Lets take a look at componentWillReceiveProps(next) . The IR Compiler generates javascript code similar to this

PaginatedGridComp.prototype.componentWillReceiveProps = function (nextProps) {
  return this.componentWillReceiveProps_17(nextProps instanceof Props_19 ? nextProps : THROW_CCE());
};

Since react creates nextProps internally, the check nextProps instanceof Props_19 always fails. Hence it throws CCE

Is there a work around to this problem?
IR Compiler Backend

[Marc Knaup]

Your component’s Props must be external.

[andylamax]

I figured. And marking it as @JsExport didn't solve the issue at all.

However, my use case need a class for my Props

[Marc Knaup]

That’s not possible with kotlin-react. You’ll have to wrap your class props in another RProps interface that’s external.

My library does that automatically and thus supports regular classes als Props. But it intentionally only supports functional components: https://github.com/fluidsonic/fluid-react