virtual-attach

Attach a virtual dom element to the DOM and sync changes

Install

$ npm install --save virtual-attach

Usage

var attach = require('virtual-attach')
var Struct = require('observ-struct')
var h = require('virtual-dom/h')

function Component () {
  return Struct({
    foo: 'bar'
  })
}

Component.render = function render (state) {
  return h('div', state.foo)
}

// dom element whose contents match the vtree returned from component.render,
// which will be updated when state changes
var element = attach(Component(), Component.render)

API

var element = attach(state, render)

Returns a DOM element matching the vtree returned from render when called with state.

state

An observable state

render

A render function that takes in a state object and returns a virtual DOM tree. Render will be called with the observable state whenever the state changes.

attach.unlisten(element)

When called with an element returned from attach, will stop listening for changes to state.

License

MIT © Andrew Joslin