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Unit tests that demonstrate how `useMemo` in a parent is equivalent to `React.memo` on a child component
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import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'; | |
import * as React from 'react'; | |
type MemoOption = 'none' | 'hook' | 'HOC'; | |
function ParentComponent({ log, memo }: { log: (msg: string) => void; memo: MemoOption }) { | |
log('parent'); | |
// This value is not sent into the child, it's just used to rerender the parent. | |
const [value, setValue] = React.useState(0); | |
const memoizedChildWithHOC = <ChildMemo value="foo" log={log} />; | |
const memoizedChildWithHook = React.useMemo(() => <ChildComponent value="foo" log={log} />, [ | |
log, | |
]); | |
const plainChild = <ChildComponent value="foo" log={log} />; | |
let child: JSX.Element = <></>; | |
switch (memo) { | |
case 'HOC': | |
child = memoizedChildWithHOC; | |
break; | |
case 'hook': | |
child = memoizedChildWithHook; | |
break; | |
case 'none': | |
child = plainChild; | |
break; | |
} | |
return ( | |
<div> | |
<div>{value}</div> | |
{child} | |
<button onClick={() => setValue(v => v + 1)}>Increment</button> | |
</div> | |
); | |
} | |
ParentComponent.displayName = 'ParentComponent'; | |
function ChildComponent({ value, log }: { value: string | number; log: (msg: string) => void }) { | |
log('child'); | |
return <div>{value}</div>; | |
} | |
ChildComponent.displayName = 'ChildComponent'; | |
const ChildMemo = React.memo(ChildComponent); | |
describe('How does memoization of JSX work?', () => { | |
function renderIt(opts: { memo: MemoOption }) { | |
const ledger = []; | |
const log = ledger.push.bind(ledger); | |
render(<ParentComponent log={log} memo={opts.memo} />); | |
return { ledger }; | |
} | |
async function getButton() { | |
return await screen.findByText('Increment'); | |
} | |
afterEach(() => cleanup()); | |
it('rerenders the child when the child component is not memoized', async () => { | |
const { ledger } = renderIt({ memo: 'none' }); | |
(await getButton()).click(); | |
expect(ledger).toEqual(['parent', 'child', 'parent', 'child']); | |
}); | |
it('does not rerender the child when memoized with the hook', async () => { | |
const { ledger } = renderIt({ memo: 'hook' }); | |
(await getButton()).click(); | |
expect(ledger).toEqual(['parent', 'child', 'parent']); | |
}); | |
it('does not rerender the child when memoized with the HOC', async () => { | |
const { ledger } = renderIt({ memo: 'HOC' }); | |
(await getButton()).click(); | |
expect(ledger).toEqual(['parent', 'child', 'parent']); | |
}); | |
}); |
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