createFactory
lets you create a function that produces React elements of a given type.
const factory = createFactory(type)
Reference
createFactory(type)
Call createFactory(type)
to create a factory function which produces React elements of a given type
.
import { createFactory } from 'react';
const button = createFactory('button');
Then you can use it to create React elements without JSX:
export default function App() {
return button({
onClick: () => {
alert('Clicked!')
}
}, 'Click me');
}
Parameters
type
: Thetype
argument must be a valid React component type. For example, it could be a tag name string (such as'div'
or'span'
), or a React component (a function, a class, or a special component likeFragment
).
Returns
Returns a factory function. That factory function receives a props
object as the first argument, followed by a list of ...children
arguments, and returns a React element with the given type
, props
and children
.
Usage
Creating React elements with a factory
Although most React projects use JSX to describe the user interface, JSX is not required. In the past, createFactory
used to be one of the ways you could describe the user interface without JSX.
Call createFactory
to create a factory function for a specific element type like 'button'
:
import { createFactory } from 'react';
const button = createFactory('button');
Calling that factory function will produce React elements with the props and children you have provided:
import { createFactory } from 'react'; const button = createFactory('button'); export default function App() { return button({ onClick: () => { alert('Clicked!') } }, 'Click me'); }
This is how createFactory
was used as an alternative to JSX. However, createFactory
is deprecated, and you should not call createFactory
in any new code. See how to migrate away from createFactory
below.
Alternatives
Copying createFactory
into your project
If your project has many createFactory
calls, copy this createFactory.js
implementation into your project:
import { createFactory } from './createFactory.js'; const button = createFactory('button'); export default function App() { return button({ onClick: () => { alert('Clicked!') } }, 'Click me'); }
This lets you keep all of your code unchanged except the imports.
Replacing createFactory
with createElement
If you have a few createFactory
calls that you don’t mind porting manually, and you don’t want to use JSX, you can replace every call a factory function with a createElement
call. For example, you can replace this code:
import { createFactory } from 'react';
const button = createFactory('button');
export default function App() {
return button({
onClick: () => {
alert('Clicked!')
}
}, 'Click me');
}
with this code:
import { createElement } from 'react';
export default function App() {
return createElement('button', {
onClick: () => {
alert('Clicked!')
}
}, 'Click me');
}
Here is a complete example of using React without JSX:
import { createElement } from 'react'; export default function App() { return createElement('button', { onClick: () => { alert('Clicked!') } }, 'Click me'); }
Replacing createFactory
with JSX
Finally, you can use JSX instead of createFactory
. This is the most common way to use React:
export default function App() { return ( <button onClick={() => { alert('Clicked!'); }}> Click me </button> ); };