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useTableListener

The useTableListener hook registers a listener function with a Store that will be called whenever data in a Table changes.

useTableListener(
  tableId: IdOrNull,
  listener: TableListener,
  listenerDeps?: DependencyList,
  mutator?: boolean,
  storeOrStoreId?: StoreOrStoreId,
): void
TypeDescription
tableIdIdOrNull

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

listenerTableListener

The function that will be called whenever data in the Table 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.

mutator?boolean

An optional boolean that indicates that the listener mutates Store data.

storeOrStoreId?StoreOrStoreId

The Store to register the listener with: omit for the default context Store, provide an Id for a named context Store, 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 useTable hook).

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

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

Example

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

import {Provider, useTableListener} from 'tinybase/ui-react';
import React from 'react';
import {createRoot} from 'react-dom/client';
import {createStore} from 'tinybase';

const App = ({store}) => (
  <Provider store={store}>
    <Pane />
  </Provider>
);
const Pane = () => {
  useTableListener('pets', () => console.log('Table changed'));
  return <span>App</span>;
};

const store = createStore().setTables({pets: {fido: {color: 'brown'}}});
const app = document.createElement('div');
const root = createRoot(app);
root.render(<App store={store} />);
console.log(store.getListenerStats().table);
// -> 1

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

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

Since

v1.0.0