ReactContext.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 ReactContext
 */

"use strict";

var assign = require('Object.assign');

/**
 * Keeps track of the current context.
 *
 * The context is automatically passed down the component ownership hierarchy
 * and is accessible via `this.context` on ReactCompositeComponents.
 */
var ReactContext = {

  /**
   * @internal
   * @type {object}
   */
  current: {},

  /**
   * Temporarily extends the current context while executing scopedCallback.
   *
   * A typical use case might look like
   *
   *  render: function() {
   *    var children = ReactContext.withContext({foo: 'foo'}, () => (
   *
   *    ));
   *    return <div>{children}</div>;
   *  }
   *
   * @param {object} newContext New context to merge into the existing context
   * @param {function} scopedCallback Callback to run with the new context
   * @return {ReactComponent|array<ReactComponent>}
   */
  withContext: function(newContext, scopedCallback) {
    var result;
    var previousContext = ReactContext.current;
    ReactContext.current = assign({}, previousContext, newContext);
    try {
      result = scopedCallback();
    } finally {
      ReactContext.current = previousContext;
    }
    return result;
  }

};

module.exports = ReactContext;