@context-action/react

React integration for the Context-Action framework - providing React hooks, components, and patterns for type-safe action management and state isolation.

Features

• 🏭 Factory Functions: Type-safe context and store creation
• ⚡ Performance Optimized: Selective subscriptions and computed values
• 🎯 Action System: Centralized action dispatch with priority-based handlers
• 🏪 Store Management: Declarative stores with excellent type inference
• 📦 Self-Contained: No manual Provider wrapping required with HOCs
• 🧪 Testing Friendly: Full test coverage with 40+ passing tests
• 📝 TypeScript First: Complete type safety throughout

Quick Start

Installation

npm install @context-action/react @context-action/core
# or
pnpm add @context-action/react @context-action/core

Basic Usage

import { 
  createStoreContext,
  createActionContext,
  useStoreValue,
  ActionPayloadMap 
} from '@context-action/react';

// 1. Define your actions
interface AppActions extends ActionPayloadMap {
  updateUser: { name: string; email: string };
  resetUser: void;
}

// 2. Create Action Context
const {
  Provider: UserActionProvider,
  useActionDispatch,
  useActionHandler
} = createActionContext<AppActions>('UserActions');

// 3. Create Store Pattern
const {
  Provider: UserStoreProvider,
  useStore: useUserStore,
  withProvider
} = createStoreContext('User', {
  profile: { initialValue: { name: 'John Doe', email: '[email protected]' } }
});

// 4. Create component with automatic providers
const UserProfile = withProvider(() => {
  const dispatch = useActionDispatch();
  const profileStore = useUserStore('profile');
  const user = useStoreValue(profileStore);
  
  // Register action handler
  useActionHandler('updateUser', async (payload) => {
    profileStore.setValue(payload);
  });
  
  const handleUpdate = () => {
    dispatch('updateUser', { 
      name: 'Updated User', 
      email: '[email protected]' 
    });
  };
  
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Welcome, {user.name}!</h1>
      <p>Email: {user.email}</p>
      <button onClick={handleUpdate}>Update Profile</button>
    </div>
  );
});

// 5. Use with combined providers
function App() {
  return (
    <UserActionProvider>
      <UserStoreProvider>
        <UserProfile />
      </UserStoreProvider>
    </UserActionProvider>
  );
}

Core Patterns

1. Declarative Store Pattern (Recommended)

Create type-safe stores with excellent inference:

const AppStores = createStoreContext('App', {
  user: { initialValue: { id: '', name: '' } },
  settings: { initialValue: { theme: 'light' } },
  data: { initialValue: [] }
});

function MyComponent() {
  const userStore = AppStores.useStore('user');    // Fully typed
  const settingsStore = AppStores.useStore('settings');
  
  const user = useStoreValue(userStore);
  const settings = useStoreValue(settingsStore);
  
  return <div>User: {user.name}, Theme: {settings.theme}</div>;
}

// Automatic provider wrapping
const MyComponentWithProvider = AppStores.withProvider(MyComponent);

2. Action Context Pattern

Centralized action management with type safety:

interface UserActions extends ActionPayloadMap {
  login: { username: string; password: string };
  logout: void;
  updateProfile: { name: string; email: string };
}

const UserActions = createActionContext<UserActions>('UserActions');

function LoginComponent() {
  const dispatch = UserActions.useActionDispatch();
  
  // Register handlers with priorities
  UserActions.useActionHandler('login', async (payload) => {
    const response = await api.login(payload);
    // Handle login logic
  }, { priority: 10 });
  
  UserActions.useActionHandler('login', async (payload) => {
    analytics.track('login_attempt');
  }, { priority: 5 });
  
  const handleLogin = () => {
    dispatch('login', { username: 'user', password: 'pass' });
  };
  
  return <button onClick={handleLogin}>Login</button>;
}

3. Performance Optimized Patterns

Selective subscriptions and computed values:

function OptimizedComponent() {
  const userStore = useUserStore('profile');
  
  // Subscribe to specific field only
  const userName = useStoreSelector(userStore, user => user.name);
  
  // Computed values that auto-update
  const displayName = useComputedStore(
    userStore, 
    user => user.nickname || user.name || 'Anonymous'
  );
  
  // Component-local store
  const { value: localCount, setValue } = useLocalStore(0);
  
  return (
    <div>
      <p>Name: {userName}</p>
      <p>Display: {displayName}</p>
      <p>Local: {localCount}</p>
      <button onClick={() => setValue(prev => prev + 1)}>
        Increment Local
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

Essential Hooks (Must Learn)

Factory Functions

• createActionContext<T>() - Creates type-safe action system
• createStoreContext() - Creates type-safe store management

Core Hooks

• useStoreValue(store) - Subscribe to store changes
• useActionDispatch() - Dispatch actions to handlers
• useActionHandler() - Register action handlers
• useStore() - Access stores by name (from pattern)

Utility Hooks (Learn As Needed)

Performance

• useStoreSelector(store, selector) - Selective subscriptions
• useComputedStore(store, compute) - Derived state

Convenience

• useLocalStore(initialValue) - Component-local store

Advanced

• useActionDispatchWithResult() - Collect handler results

Helper Functions

• assertStoreValue(value, storeName) - Runtime type assertion
• shallowEqual(a, b) - Shallow object comparison
• deepEqual(a, b) - Deep object comparison

Advanced Features

Component Isolation

Each pattern instance provides complete isolation:

// Independent store contexts
const FeatureAStores = createStoreContext('FeatureA', {
  data: { initialValue: [] }
});

const FeatureBStores = createStoreContext('FeatureB', {
  data: { initialValue: [] }
});

// Components operate independently
const FeatureA = FeatureAStores.withProvider(MyComponent);
const FeatureB = FeatureBStores.withProvider(MyComponent);

HOC Pattern for Clean Components

// Automatic provider wrapping
const UserComponent = UserStores.withProvider(() => {
  const userStore = UserStores.useStore('profile');
  const user = useStoreValue(userStore);
  
  return <div>{user.name}</div>;
});

// No manual provider wrapping needed!
function App() {
  return <UserComponent />;
}

Priority-Based Action Handlers

function DataComponent() {
  const dispatch = useActionDispatch();
  
  // Validation (highest priority)
  useActionHandler('saveData', async (payload) => {
    if (!payload.id) throw new Error('ID required');
  }, { priority: 10 });
  
  // Main logic
  useActionHandler('saveData', async (payload) => {
    await api.saveData(payload);
  }, { priority: 5 });
  
  // Analytics (lowest priority)
  useActionHandler('saveData', async (payload) => {
    analytics.track('data_saved');
  }, { priority: 1 });
  
  return <button onClick={() => dispatch('saveData', { id: '1' })}>
    Save
  </button>;
}

Migration Guide

From Direct Store Usage

// Before
const userStore = createStore('user', { name: '' });

function UserComponent() {
  const user = useStoreValue(userStore);
  return <div>{user.name}</div>;
}

// After (Declarative Store Pattern)
const UserStores = createStoreContext('User', {
  profile: { initialValue: { name: '' } }
});

const UserComponent = UserStores.withProvider(() => {
  const profileStore = UserStores.useStore('profile');
  const user = useStoreValue(profileStore);
  return <div>{user.name}</div>;
});

Best Practices

✅ Do

• Use factory functions - Type-safe and organized
• Prefer Declarative Store Pattern - Excellent type inference
• Use HOC pattern - Automatic provider management
• Register handlers early - Use useActionHandler with useCallback
• Keep components simple - Business logic in action handlers

❌ Don't

• Mix business logic in components - Use action handlers instead
• Skip error handling - Always handle action errors
• Use deprecated hooks - Stick to essential and utility hooks
• Manually manage providers - Use factory patterns and HOCs

Testing

All essential hooks are thoroughly tested with 40+ passing tests:

# Run tests
pnpm test

# Core hooks tested:
# - useStoreValue (4 tests)
# - useLocalStore (4 tests) 
# - createActionContext (8 tests)
# - useActionDispatch (6 tests)
# - useComputedStore (5 tests)
# - Comparison utilities (13 tests)

Bundle Size

Optimized bundle size after cleanup:

• 87.13 kB (20.83 kB gzipped)
• 25+ focused hooks (down from 40+)
• No unnecessary dependencies

Framework Integration

The Context-Action framework follows MVVM principles:

• View: React components (pure UI)
• ViewModel: Action handlers (business logic)
• Model: Store system (state management)

Documentation

• Hooks Reference - Complete hook documentation
• Framework Guide - Overall architecture

TypeScript Support

Full type safety with excellent inference:

// Excellent type inference
const UserStores = createStoreContext('User', {
  profile: { initialValue: { id: '', name: '' } }
});

// userStore is fully typed as Store<{id: string, name: string}>
const userStore = UserStores.useStore('profile');

// Actions are type-checked
interface MyActions extends ActionPayloadMap {
  updateUser: { id: string; name: string };
  deleteUser: { id: string };
}

const dispatch = useActionDispatch<MyActions>();
dispatch('updateUser', { id: '1', name: 'John' }); // ✅ Type safe
dispatch('updateUser', { wrong: 'data' });         // ❌ Type error

License

Apache-2.0 - see LICENSE for details.