Usage with React propTypes

[Zalastax]

I would like to use propTypes (or some other type validation) together with cortex. Is there any way to do that currently without having to also specify __values?

[mquan]

you get to the value by either getValue() or val(), you shouldn't access __value

[Zalastax]

But then every propType will end in React.PropType.func which doesn't convey any information about the property. Look at http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/reusable-components.html and https://github.com/HurricaneJames/react-immutable-proptypes

[mquan]

Have you looked into custom type validation? Let me know if the following is what you're looking for.

cortexTypeOf(cortex, propType) {
  // this may be a little simplistic and need to be improved.
  // you can also create a bunch of helpers that are built on top of this function.
  // like cortexType.isNumber, cortexType.isString, etc.
  // ultimately this could become a lib similar to react-immutable-proptypes but for cortex. 
  return typeof cortex.getValue() === propType;
}

myCortexProp: function(props, propName, componentName) {
  if (!cortexTypeOf(props[propName], yourPropType) {
   return new Error('Validation failed!');
  }
}

[Zalastax]

Yes, this is what I need!
The main problematic areas are arrays and objects, but it shouldn't be too hard to copy the implementation from react-immutable-proptypes. I don't think I'll have time to implement this in the near future but I'll see what I can do since cortex looks great otherwise.

[mquan]

I'm closing this since there's a solution and it isn't a core problem in cortex