Make window.scrollTo declarative using a <WindowScrollTo> React component

WindowScrollTo.js

import React from 'react'
import warning from 'warning'

const { number, object } = React.PropTypes

const WindowScrollTo = React.createClass({

  contextTypes: {
    windowScrollTo: object
  },

  childContextTypes: {
    windowScrollTo: object.isRequired
  },

  getChildContext() {
    return {
      windowScrollTo: this
    }
  },

  propTypes: {
    x: number,
    y: number
  },

  updateScrollPosition() {
    let { x, y } = this.props

    if (typeof x !== 'number') {
      if (typeof y !== 'number')
        return // Nothing to do

      x = window.scrollX // Preserve existing window.scrollX
    }

    if (typeof y !== 'number')
      y = window.scrollY // Preserve existing window.scrollY

    window.scrollTo(x, y)
  },

  componentWillMount() {
    warning(
      this.context.windowScrollTo == null,
      'You should not render more than one <WindowScrollTo> in a tree; ' +
      'they will most likely conflict'
    )
  },

  componentDidMount() {
    this.updateScrollPosition()
  },

  componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
    if (prevProps.x !== this.props.x || prevProps.y !== this.props.y)
      this.updateScrollPosition()
  },

  render() {
    return null
  }

})

Is it just an example or can you find an example to use this?
I can't get my head around it. Usually, the need for window.scrollTo is relative to a specific component.

But still, if you have a use case for that, it could be useful.

@Fenntasy,

You might use it something like this:

{ someCondition &&  
  <WindowScrollTo x={44} y={44} > 
    <div class="beep">I like hummus</div> 
  </WindowScrollTo> 
}
<div class="beep">I like hummus</div> 

Or you might tweak updateScrollPosition() with a general truthy check such that you could use it this way:

<WindowScrollTo x={44} y={44} shouldScroll={someCondition}> 
  <div class="beep">I like hummus</div> 
</WindowScrollTo> 

Actually, without touching the original, you could even do this:

render () {

  const shouldScroll = someCondition ? 44 : NaN

  return (
    <WindowScrollTo x={shouldScroll} y={false} > 
       <div class="beep">I like hummus</div> 
     </WindowScrollTo> 
   )
}