/* Copyright 2023, 2024 New Vector Ltd. SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details. */ import { DependencyList, Dispatch, SetStateAction, useCallback, useRef, useState, } from "react"; /** * Hook creating a stateful value that updates automatically whenever the * dependencies change. Or equivalently, a version of useMemo that takes its own * previous value as an input, and can be updated manually. */ export const useReactiveState = ( updateFn: (prevState?: T) => T, deps: DependencyList, ): [T, Dispatch>] => { const state = useRef(); if (state.current === undefined) state.current = updateFn(); const prevDeps = useRef(); // Since we store the state in a ref, we use this counter to force an update // when someone calls setState const [, setNumUpdates] = useState(0); // If this is the first render or the deps have changed, recalculate the state if ( prevDeps.current === undefined || deps.length !== prevDeps.current.length || // Deps might be NaN, so we compare with Object.is rather than === deps.some((d, i) => !Object.is(d, prevDeps.current![i])) ) { state.current = updateFn(state.current); } prevDeps.current = deps; return [ state.current, useCallback( (action) => { if (typeof action === "function") { state.current = (action as (prevValue: T) => T)(state.current!); } else { state.current = action; } setNumUpdates((n) => n + 1); // Force an update }, [setNumUpdates], ), ]; };