Issue (tl;dr)
How can we create a custom redux-orm reducer with redux-toolkit's createSlice?
Is there a simpler, recommended, more elegant or just other solution than the attempt provided in this question?
Details
The example of a custom redux-orm reducer looks as follows (simplified):
function ormReducer(dbState, action) {
const session = orm.session(dbState);
const { Book } = session;
switch (action.type) {
case 'CREATE_BOOK':
Book.create(action.payload);
break;
case 'REMOVE_AUTHOR_FROM_BOOK':
Book.withId(action.payload.bookId).authors.remove(action.payload.authorId);
break;
case 'ASSIGN_PUBLISHER':
Book.withId(action.payload.bookId).publisherId = action.payload.publisherId;
break;
}
return session.state;
}
It's possible to simplify reducers with the createSlice function of redux-toolkit (based on the redux-toolkit usage-guide):
const ormSlice = createSlice({
name: 'orm',
initialState: [],
reducers: {
createBook(state, action) {},
removeAuthorFromBook(state, action) {},
assignPublisher(state, action) {}
}
})
const { actions, reducer } = ormSlice
export const { createBook, removeAuthorsFromBook, assignPublisher } = actions
export default reducer
However, at the beginning of redux-orm reducer we need to create a session
const session = orm.session(dbState);
then we do our redux-orm reducer magic, and at the end we need to return the state
return session.state;
So we miss something like beforeEachReducer and afterEachReducer methods in the createSlice to add this functionality.
Solution (attempt)
We created a withSession higher-order function that creates the session and returns the new state.
const withSession = reducer => (state, action) => {
const session = orm.session(state);
reducer(session, action);
return session.state;
}
We need to wrap every reducer logic in this withSession.
import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
import orm from './models/orm'; // defined elsewhere
// also define or import withSession here
const ormSlice = createSlice({
name: 'orm',
initialState: orm.session().state, // we need to provide the initial state
reducers: {
createBook: withSession((session, action) => {
session.Book.create(action.payload);
}),
removeAuthorFromBook: withSession((session, action) => {
session.Book.withId(action.payload.bookId).authors.remove(action.payload.authorId);
}),
assignPublisher: withSession((session, action) => {
session.Book.withId(action.payload.bookId).publisherId = action.payload.publisherId;
}),
}
})
const { actions, reducer } = ormSlice
export const { createBook, removeAuthorsFromBook, assignPublisher } = actions
export default reducer
