getReactRootElementInContainer.js

/**
 * Copyright 2013-2014, Facebook, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
 * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 *
 * @providesModule getReactRootElementInContainer
 */

"use strict";

var DOC_NODE_TYPE = 9;

/**
 * @param {DOMElement|DOMDocument} container DOM element that may contain
 *                                           a React component
 * @return {?*} DOM element that may have the reactRoot ID, or null.
 */
function getReactRootElementInContainer(container) {
  if (!container) {
    return null;
  }

  if (container.nodeType === DOC_NODE_TYPE) {
    return container.documentElement;
  } else {
    return container.firstChild;
  }
}

module.exports = getReactRootElementInContainer;