I am facing a challenge in finding a suitable solution that involves advanced parent-child communication in Vue.js. The scenario is such that there are multiple parent components, each with its own logic on how to save data. On the other hand, there is only one child component that houses a list of elements and a form for creating new elements, but lacks knowledge on how to save the data.
The dilemma is: Is there an alternative (better) approach to achieve the same functionality without relying on this.$refs.child references? I am contemplating if it's possible to simply pass a function (SaveParent1(...) or SaveParent2(...)) to the child component. However, the issue lies in the fact that these functions contain certain variables from the parent that may not be accessible in the child context and these variables could change during runtime.
Some clarifications:
- In reality, the methods
SaveParent1andSaveParent2return a Promise (axios). - The
child-componentserves as a CRUD used throughout different sections.
Currently, the communication pattern looks like this: CHILD -event-> PARENT -ref-> CHILD.
Below is an example:
<div id="app">
<h2>😀Advanced Parent-Child Communication:</h2>
<parent-component1 param1="ABC"></parent-component1>
<parent-component2 param2="XYZ"></parent-component2>
</div>
Vue.component('parent-component1', {
props: { param1: { type: String, required: true } },
methods: {
onChildSubmit(p) {
// Here will be some logic to save the param. Many different parents might have different logic and all of them use the same child component. So child-component contains list, form and validation message but does not know how to save the param to the database.
var error = SaveParent1({ form: { p: p, param1: this.param1 } });
if (error)
this.$refs.child.paramFailed(error);
else
this.$refs.child.paramAdded(p);
}
},
template: `<div class="parent"><p>Here is parent ONE:</p><child-component ref="child" @submit="onChildSubmit"></child-component></div>`
});
Vue.component('parent-component2', {
props: { param2: { type: String, required: true } },
methods: {
onChildSubmit(p) {
// Here is a different logic to save the param. In practice it is going to be different requests to the server.
var error = SaveParent2({ form: { p: p, param2: this.param2 } });
if (error)
this.$refs.child.paramFailed(error);
else
this.$refs.child.paramAdded(p);
}
},
template: `<div class="parent"><p>Here is parent TWO:</p><child-component ref="child" @submit="onChildSubmit"></child-component></div>`
});
Vue.component('child-component', {
data() {
return {
currentParam: "",
allParams: [],
errorMessage: ""
}
},
methods: {
submit() {
this.errorMessage = "";
this.$emit('submit', this.currentParam);
},
paramAdded(p) {
this.currentParam = "";
this.allParams.push(p);
},
paramFailed(msg) {
this.errorMessage = msg;
}
},
template: `<div><ol><li v-for="p in allParams">{{p}}</li></ol><label>Add Param: <input v-model="currentParam"></label><button @click="submit" :disabled="!currentParam">Submit</button><p class="error">{{errorMessage}}</p></div>`
});
function SaveParent1(data) {
// Axios API to save data. Below is a simulation.
if (Math.random() > 0.5)
return null;
else
return 'Parent1: You are not lucky today';
}
function SaveParent2(data) {
// Axios API to save data. Below is a simulation.
if (Math.random() > 0.5)
return null;
else
return 'Parent2: You are not lucky today';
}
new Vue({
el: "#app"
});
A live demo is also available: https://jsfiddle.net/FairKing/novdmcxp/