ReactJS: setState on parent inside child component

Question

What is the recommended pattern for doing a setState on a parent from a child component.

var Todos = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function() {
             


        

Answer 1

I found the following working and simple solution to pass arguments from a child component to the parent component:

//ChildExt component
class ChildExt extends React.Component {
    render() {
        var handleForUpdate =   this.props.handleForUpdate;
        return (<div><button onClick={() => handleForUpdate('someNewVar')}>Push me</button></div>
        )
    }
}

//Parent component
class ParentExt extends React.Component {   
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        var handleForUpdate = this.handleForUpdate.bind(this);
    }
    handleForUpdate(someArg){
            alert('We pass argument from Child to Parent: \n' + someArg);   
    }

    render() {
        var handleForUpdate =   this.handleForUpdate;    
        return (<div>
                    <ChildExt handleForUpdate = {handleForUpdate.bind(this)} /></div>)
    }
}

if(document.querySelector("#demo")){
    ReactDOM.render(
        <ParentExt />,
        document.querySelector("#demo")
    );
}

Look at JSFIDDLE