Using React hooks to prevent React re-rendering of a D3 chart

问题

I have been using React and D3 separately and now have a project where I need low level control over the plotting function of an application. Basically, I need to be able to go and fetch higher resolution data from a database as the user zooms in, and vice versa as the user zooms out, on a plot.

I have found a few methods to use D3 and React together. I wanted to try and keep all of my React code based around the hooks API as that is what is used for the rest of the code base. I am struggling to get the hooks equivalent for the specific cases that I am facing. The documentation on React hooks is great but I think my situation is more of an edge case and I have not seen any discussion relating to similar use cases to what I have.

The logic of the code is fairly straight forward: I have a main container, call it App.js, that hold some state. App.js renders a Wrapper component (which is where the challenge is occurring) and then the Wrapper.js file simply creates the D3 Plot. The D3 plot is just typical D3 code for a line plot with some zoom events.

The Wrapper code:

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import Plot from './Plot'; // D3 plot

class Wrapper extends Component {

    // Sets up plot when Wrapper first added to DOM tree
    componentDidMount(){
        this.setState({
            plot: new Plot(this.refs.plot, this.props.data, this.props.updateData)
        });
    };

    // Do not allow React to re-render the Wrapper and therefore the Plot
    shouldComponentUpdate(){
        return false;
    };

    // When the data prop changes, execute the update() method in the plot file
    componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps){
        this.state.plot.update(nextProps.data) // the .update() method calls props.updateData()
    }

    render(){
        return <div ref="plot"></div>
    }
}

export default Wrapper;

I have started putting together the hooks version below but I cannot come up with suitable emthods that meet the specific requirements of what I am after for the cases of the shouldComponentUpdate and componentWIllReceiveProps blocks.

hooks version:

import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
import Plot from './Plot'; // D3 plot

const Wrapper = props => {

    // destruct props
    const { 
        data = props.data,
        fields = props.fields,
        click = props.click
    } = props

    // initialise empty ref
    const plotRef= useRef(null);

    // ComponentDidMount translated to hooks
    useEffect(() => {
        new Plot(plotRef, data, updateData)
    },[]) // empty array ensures the plot object is only created once on initial mounting

    // shouldComponentUpdate
    useEffect(...) // This won't work because render has already occurred before useEffect dependency array diffed?

    // ComponentWIllReceiveProps
    useEffect(() => {
        plot.update(data)
    }, [data]) // This won't work because component needs to have re-rendered

    return (
        <div ref= {plotRef}></div>
    )


};

export default Wrapper;

What I am trying to achieve is blocking any rendering of the D3 chart after the initial mount, but then if the data props changes in the parent component, execute a method in the D3 class without allowing React to re-render the Wrapper component.

Is this at all possible or am I better off leaving this as a class based component?

I have been banging my head against a wall trying to get the logic without any success so any input would be greatly appreciated.

回答1:

you can wrap your return value in React useMemo with suitable dependencies.

https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-reference.html#usememo

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59302794/using-react-hooks-to-prevent-react-re-rendering-of-a-d3-chart

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