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useResultTableListener

The useResultTableListener hook registers a listener function with a Queries object that will be called whenever data in a ResultTable changes.

useResultTableListener(
  queryId: IdOrNull,
  listener: ResultTableListener,
  listenerDeps?: DependencyList,
  queriesOrQueriesId?: any,
): void
TypeDescription
queryIdIdOrNull

The Id of the query to listen to, or null as a wildcard.

listenerResultTableListener

The function that will be called whenever data in the matching ResultTable changes.

listenerDeps?DependencyList

An optional array of dependencies for the listener function, which, if any change, result in the re-registration of the listener. This parameter defaults to an empty array.

queriesOrQueriesId?any

The Queries object to register the listener with: omit for the default context Queries object, provide an Id for a named context Queries object, or provide an explicit reference.

returnsvoid

This has no return value.

This hook is useful for situations where a component needs to register its own specific listener to do more than simply tracking the value (which is more easily done with the useResultTable hook).

You can either listen to a single ResultTable (by specifying a query Id as the method's first parameter) or changes to any ResultTable (by providing a null wildcard).

Unlike the addResultTableListener method, which returns a listener Id and requires you to remove it manually, the useResultTableListener hook manages this lifecycle for you: when the listener changes (per its listenerDeps dependencies) or the component unmounts, the listener on the underlying Queries object will be deleted.

Example

This example uses the useResultTableListener hook to create a listener that is scoped to a single component. When the component is unmounted, the listener is removed from the Queries object.

const App = ({queries}) => (
  <Provider queries={queries}>
    <Pane />
  </Provider>
);
const Pane = () => {
  useResultTableListener('petColors', () =>
    console.log('Result table changed'),
  );
  return <span>App</span>;
};

const store = createStore().setTable('pets', {
  fido: {species: 'dog', color: 'brown'},
  felix: {species: 'cat', color: 'black'},
  cujo: {species: 'dog', color: 'black'},
});
const queries = createQueries(store).setQueryDefinition(
  'petColors',
  'pets',
  ({select}) => select('color'),
);
const app = document.createElement('div');
const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(app);
root.render(<App queries={queries} />);
console.log(queries.getListenerStats().table);
// -> 1

store.setCell('pets', 'fido', 'color', 'walnut');
// -> 'Result table changed'

root.unmount();
console.log(queries.getListenerStats().table);
// -> 0

Since

v2.0.0