Converting React function component to class component issue

Question

I have the following react functional component to help support authentication required routes with react-router.

const PrivateRoute = ({ component: Componen         


        

Answer 1

The functional component is the render function, therefore:

class PrivateRoute extends React.Component {
    render() {
       const {component: Component, ...rest} = this.props;

       return (
           <Route {...rest} render={props => (
               isAuthenticated() ? ( 
                 <Component {...props}/>
           ) : (
            <Redirect to={{
                pathname: '/login', 
                state: {from: props.location }
            }}/>
           )
         )}/>
       );
    }
}

or, written a bit more readable:

class PrivateRoute extends React.Component {
    render() {
       const {component: Component, ...rest} = this.props;

       const renderRoute = props => {
           if (isAuthenticated()) {
              return (
                  <Component {...props} />
              );
           }

           const to = {
               pathname: '/login', 
               state: {from: props.location}
           };

           return (
               <Redirect to={to} />
           );
       }

       return (
           <Route {...rest} render={renderRoute}/>
       );
    }
}

Answer 2

A nice, clean refactor by extending the Route component:

class PrivateRoute extends Route {

    render() {
        return isAuthenticated()
            ? super.render()
            : <Redirect to={{
                pathname: '/login',
                state: {from: props.location}
            }}/>;
    }
}

If you use this, you have to wrap your <PrivateRoute/>s in a <Switch/>, as below. Otherwise, you will have duplicate redirects and the page will fail to load.

<Router>
    <Navbar/>
    <SideDrawer/>
    <Switch>
        <Route              path="/tokens"   component={Login}/>
        <PrivateRoute exact path="/"         component={ExampleComponent}/>
        <PrivateRoute       path="/users"    component={Users}/>
        <PrivateRoute       path="/software" component={Software}/>
    </Switch>                   
</Router>