Unmount by react component name, not just by node

[AdamKyle]

I have some components that are done such that:

var Example = React.createClass({
   render: function(){
    return(
      <div>
        ...
        <SomeComponentName />
     </div>
    );
  }
});

When this component is mounted is there away to say unmount the SomeComponentName? Can I do that on the fly or do I have top find the node that SomeComponentName is attached to and then unmount it via the node like the docs state.

Right now it only seems like you can unmount by node but if you could unmount by component name that would make life a lot easier in some cases where on route change you only ant to unmount specific components via their name.

Maybe I missing something?

[gaearon]

If it's inside render, you shouldn't (and can't) unmount it. What happens in React, stays in React.
Just let the state changes drive the DOM:

var Example = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function () {
    return {
      showSomeComponent: true
    };
  },

  render: function () {
    return(
      <div>
        <button onClick={this.handleToggleClick}>
          Toggle
        </button>

        {/* wanna hide something? you got conditions! */}

        {this.state.showSomeComponent &&
          <SomeComponentName />
        }
     </div>
    );
  },

  handleToggleClick: function () {
    this.setState({
      showSomeComponent: !this.state.showSomeComponent
    });
  }
});

Top-level methods such as render and unmountComponentAtNode are only used with top-level nodes which are "entry points" for React.

Below the top-level node managed by React, every change should be caused by some component's state change and expressed declaratively in its render. Parent component's state change can propagate down as prop change for children.

[zpao]

Hopefully @gaearon's answer helped, he explained this probably better than I would have :)

Explicit unmounting is only done on the roots and that's just how React works. If it's not clear why I'm closing this out, let use know! Good luck!