How to wrap a store without losing reactivity

Given a store like this:

const [store setStore] = createStore({
  users: [
    { firstName: 'William', lastName: 'Shakespeare' },
    { firstName: 'Charles', lastName: 'Darwin' }
  ]
})

const [store setStore] = createStore({
  users: [
    { firstName: 'William', lastName: 'Shakespeare' },
    { firstName: 'Charles', lastName: 'Darwin' }
  ]
})

How can I do the following without losing reactivity?

const userWrapper = {
  ...store[0],
  get fullName() {
    return store[0].firstName + store[0].lastName;
  }
}

const userWrapper = {
  ...store[0],
  get fullName() {
    return store[0].firstName + store[0].lastName;
  }
}

9 Replies

REEEEE•3mo ago

make userWrapper a function

João Bezerra•3mo ago

Isn't there a way to do this with userWrapper being a proxy?

Katja (katywings)•3mo ago

You could indeed use a real proxy for userWrapper, like:

new Proxy({}, {
  get(target, prop, receiver) {
    if (prop === "fullName") {
      return store[0].firstName + store[0].lastName;
    }
    return store[0][prop];
  },
});

new Proxy({}, {
  get(target, prop, receiver) {
    if (prop === "fullName") {
      return store[0].firstName + store[0].lastName;
    }
    return store[0][prop];
  },
});

P.S. this example is incomplete and would need additional code if the proxy has to feel like a real object.

João Bezerra•3mo ago

Interesting. Can you clarify what you mean by "feel like a real object"?

Katja (katywings)•3mo ago

The proxy handler would have to include things like ownKeys, has and stuff like that, otherwise Object.keys(theProxy) would return the wrong thing

mdynnl•3mo ago

There's a builtin helper for cases like this 😁 but the original use case was for something fundamental. 🥁 🥁 🥁

mergeProps(() => store[0], { // this needs to be an accessor, but don't have to if you're just using wrapping `store`
  get fullName() {
    ...
  }
})

mergeProps(() => store[0], { // this needs to be an accessor, but don't have to if you're just using wrapping `store`
  get fullName() {
    ...
  }
})

Katja (katywings)•3mo ago

Clever, i never had the idea to use mergeProps like this 😆

mdynnl•3mo ago

Yeah, it's the same trick https://playground.solidjs.com/anonymous/2505074a-ab78-42e9-af76-6537ebd107a4 (check output tab) It's the reactivity's equivalent of js native spread

João Bezerra•3mo ago

I was gonna say it would be cool if there was an utility for this. Also didn't know mergeProps could be used here. Nice! I guess this answers my question 🙂

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