buildLink gone?

[Jarzka]

Hi

After trying to upgrade from 0.0.1-beta.185 to 1.16.6 I noticed that buildLink function of useRouter is gone. We have used it to generate link props for our own Anchor component. Like this:

const { buildLink } = useRouter();

<Anchor
  {...linkInfoToAnchorProps(
    buildLink({
      to: userRouteId,
      params: {
        language
      },
    })
  )}
>

function linkInfoToAnchorProps(linkInfo: LinkInfo): Partial<AnchorProps> {
  if (linkInfo.type === "external") {
    return {
      href: linkInfo.href,
    };
  } else {
    return {
      href: linkInfo.next.href,
      onFocus: (event) => linkInfo.handleFocus(event),
      onClick: (event) => linkInfo.handleClick(event),
      onMouseEnter: (event) => linkInfo.handleEnter(event),
      onMouseLeave: (event) => linkInfo.handleLeave(event),
      onTouchStart: (event) => linkInfo.handleTouchStart(event),
    };
  }
}

I noticed that there is now a built-in Link component. However, we would prefer using our own Anchor component. It is defined in an external component library, which does and should not know anything about TanStack Router.

What is the current way to build custom links via props instead of using the built-in Link component?

EDIT: We have also used the useLinkProps hook function for generating link props. It could probably replace buildLink, but since it is a hook, it cannot be used inside utility functions which use buildLink for generating links with certain parameters. 😞

[Jarzka]

Since this function seems to be gone, we went and spent a whole work-week refactoring all our buildLink link props to Link component :feelsbadman:

[mrlubos]

Bumping this. Is there a recommended way to generate final route paths in a typesafe manner?