Strongly-Typed Javascript (STJS) Bridge to Facebook's react JS

The STJS bridge to Facebook's React JS gives you access to this great library using a Java syntax.

Supports both React.createClass and extends React.Component

extends React.Component style

@SyntheticType
@STJSBridge
public class HelloMessageProps extends Props{
    public String name;
}

public class HelloMessage extends Component<HelloMessageProps, State> {

    public String displayName = "HelloMessage";

    public static Map<String, TypeChecker> propTypes = $map("name", React.PropTypes.string.isRequired);

    @Override
    public ReactElement<?> render() {
        return React.createElement("div", null, "Hello ", this.props.name);
    }
}

React.render(React.createElement(HelloMessage, new HelloMessageProps() {{ name = "John"; }}), document.getElementById("reactContainer"));

React.createClass style

This type of class is a bit more tricky to use but looks the same as the ES6 style classes, even if it is a React.createClass behind

@SyntheticType
@STJSBridge
public class HelloMessageProps extends Props{
    public String name;
}

@IsReactClass
public class HelloMessage extends ReactClass<HelloMessageProps, State> {

    public String displayName = "HelloMessage";

    public static Map<String, TypeChecker> propTypes = $map("name", React.PropTypes.string.isRequired);

    @Override
    public ReactElement<?> render() {
        return React.createElement("div", null, "Hello ", this.props.name);
    }
}

React.render(React.createElement(HelloMessage, new HelloMessageProps() {{ name = "John"; }}), document.getElementById("reactContainer"));

Differences to notice :

1. the component extends ReactClass instead of Component
2. there is a @IsReactClass annotation
3. propTypes is declared as static

Install

1. Add the maven dependency to your project.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.st-js.bridge</groupId>
    <artifactId>react</artifactId>
    <version>0.13.3.bv1</version>
</dependency>

2. Enjoy, you're good to go if you don't wish to use React.createClass; read-on if you do.

Only for React.createClass style

• Add the following snippet to your stjs-maven-plugin in your project

<annotations>
    <annotation>IsReactClass</annotation>
    <annotation>IsReactMixin</annotation>
</annotations>

• Include stjs-react.js in your page after stjs.js but before your generated classes