Component

Component is a class that allows to implement advanced rendering operations, such as lifecycle methods.

Component: A base class that is usually subclassed to create stateful Preact components.

Name	Type & Description
static defaultProps	!Object
	Properties that will be assigned upon construction of the component.
static getDerivedStateFromProps	(props: !Object, state: !Object) => Object
	The function to compute the state from properties.
_disable __x	boolean
	Turns off stateful re-rendering.
context*	!Object
	The context.
props*	!Object
	The properties.
state*	!Object
	The state.
setState*	(state: !Object, callback?: function(): void) => void
forceUpdate*	(callback?: function(): void) => void
render*	(props?: !Object, state?: !Object, context?: !Object) => VNode
	The render() function is required for all components. It can inspect the props and state of the component, and should return a Preact element or null.
componentWillMount*	() => void
	Called before the component gets mounted to the DOM.
componentDidMount*	() => void
	Called after the component gets mounted to the DOM.
componentWillUnmount*	() => void
	Called prior to removal from the DOM.
getChildContext*	() => Object
componentWillReceiveProps*	(nextProps?: !Object, nextContext?: !Object) => void
	Called before new props get accepted.
shouldComponentUpdate*	(nextProps?: !Object, nextState?: !Object, nextContext?: !Object) => boolean
	Called before render(). Should return false to skip render.
componentWillUpdate*	(nextProps?: !Object, nextState?: !Object, nextContext?: !Object) => void
	Called before render().
componentDidUpdate*	(prevProps?: !Object, prevState?: !Object, prevContext?: !Object) => void
	Called after render().