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What is mapDispatchToProps?
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What's the difference between mapStateToProps
and mapDispatchToProps
arguments to the connect
function in react redux ?? Can anyone give a suitable explanation with examples
mapStateToProps
is a function that you would use to provide the store data to your component, whereas mapDispatchToProps
is something that you will use to provide the action creators as props to your component.
According to the docs:
If mapStateToProps
argument is specified, the new component will
subscribe to Redux store updates. This means that any time the store
is updated, mapStateToProps
will be called. The results of
mapStateToProps
must be a plain object, which will be merged into
the component’s props.
With mapDispatchToProps
every action creator wrapped into a dispatch
call so they may be invoked directly, will be merged into the
component’s props.
A simple example would be
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return { todos: state.todos }
}
function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
return { addTodo: bindActionCreators(addTodo, dispatch) }
}
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Todos);
In a very simple term,
mapStateToProps: It connects redux state to props of react component.
mapDispatchToProps: It connects redux actions to react props.
A really light example: ( I hope, you know what I mean)
// state
const mapStateToProps = state => {
return { lists: state.lists };
};
// props
const mapDispatchToProps = ({ lists }) => (
<ul>
{
lists.map(el => (
<li key={ el.id }>
{ el.heading }
</li>
)
}
</ul>
);
// Now, connect state to prop
const List = connect(mapStateToProps)(mapDispatchToProps);
In very simple terms:
mapStateToProps
is called when you want to get the value of the global state from your component
function mapStateToProps(state) {
return {
message: state.message
};
}
The value of the global state is only changed with the help of an action. So if you want to change the value of global state you need an action. mapDispatchToProps
is used to bind action in your component.