'How do I conditionally wrap a React component?

I have a component that will sometimes need to be rendered as an <anchor> and other times as a <div>. The prop I read to determine this, is this.props.url.

If it exists, I need to render the component wrapped in an <a href={this.props.url}>. Otherwise it just gets rendered as a <div/>.

Possible?

This is what I'm doing right now, but feel it could be simplified:

if (this.props.link) {
    return (
        <a href={this.props.link}>
            <i>
                {this.props.count}
            </i>
        </a>
    );
}

return (
    <i className={styles.Icon}>
        {this.props.count}
    </i>
);

UPDATE:

Here is the final lockup. Thanks for the tip, @Sulthan!

import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
import classNames from 'classnames';

export default class CommentCount extends Component {

    static propTypes = {
        count: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
        link: PropTypes.string,
        className: PropTypes.string
    }

    render() {
        const styles = require('./CommentCount.css');
        const {link, className, count} = this.props;

        const iconClasses = classNames({
            [styles.Icon]: true,
            [className]: !link && className
        });

        const Icon = (
            <i className={iconClasses}>
                {count}
            </i>
        );

        if (link) {
            const baseClasses = classNames({
                [styles.Base]: true,
                [className]: className
            });

            return (
                <a href={link} className={baseClasses}>
                    {Icon}
                </a>
            );
        }

        return Icon;
    }
}

javascript reactjs

Solution 1:^[1]

Create a HOC (higher-order component) for wrapping your element:

const WithLink = ({ link, className, children }) => (link ?
  <a href={link} className={className}>
    {children}
  </a>
  : children
);

return (
  <WithLink link={this.props.link} className={baseClasses}>
    <i className={styles.Icon}>
      {this.props.count}
    </i>
  </WithLink>
);

Solution 2:^[2]

Here's an example of a helpful component I've seen used before (not sure who to accredit it to) which might be more declarative:

const ConditionalWrap = ({ condition, wrap, children }) => (
  condition ? wrap(children) : children
);

Use case:

// This children of this MaybeInAModal component will appear as-is or within a modal
// depending on whether "shouldOpenInModal" is truthy
const MaybeInAModal = ({ children, shouldOpenInModal }) => {
  return (
    <ConditionalWrap
      condition={shouldOpenInModal}
      wrap={wrappedChildren => (<Modal>{wrappedChildren}</Modal>)}
        {children}
    </ConditionalWrap>
  );
}

Solution 3:^[3]

There's another way you could use a reference variable

let Wrapper = React.Fragment //fallback in case you dont want to wrap your components

if(someCondition) {
    Wrapper = ParentComponent
}

return (
    <Wrapper parentProps={parentProps}>
        <Child></Child>
    </Wrapper>

)

Solution 4:^[4]

const ConditionalWrapper = ({ condition, wrapper, children }) => 
  condition ? wrapper(children) : children;

The component you wanna wrap as

<ConditionalWrapper
   condition={link}
   wrapper={children => <a href={link}>{children}</a>}>
   <h2>{brand}</h2>
</ConditionalWrapper>

Maybe this article can help you more https://blog.hackages.io/conditionally-wrap-an-element-in-react-a8b9a47fab2

Solution 5:^[5]

You should use a JSX if-else as described here. Something like this should work.

App = React.creatClass({
    render() {
        var myComponent;
        if(typeof(this.props.url) != 'undefined') {
            myComponent = <myLink url=this.props.url>;
        }
        else {
            myComponent = <myDiv>;
        }
        return (
            <div>
                {myComponent}
            </div>
        )
    }
});

Solution 6:^[6]

You could also use a util function like this:

const wrapIf = (conditions, content, wrapper) => conditions
        ? React.cloneElement(wrapper, {}, content)
        : content;

Solution 7:^[7]

Using react and Typescript

let Wrapper = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => <>{children} </>

if (this.props.link) {
    Wrapper = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => <Link to={this.props.link}>{children} </Link>
}

return (
    <Wrapper>
        <i>
            {this.props.count}
        </i>
    </Wrapper>
)

Solution 8:^[8]

A functional component which renders 2 components, one is wrapped and the other isn't.

Method 1:

// The interesting part:
const WrapIf = ({ condition, With, children, ...rest }) => 
  condition 
    ? <With {...rest}>{children}</With> 
    : children

 
    
const Wrapper = ({children, ...rest}) => <h1 {...rest}>{children}</h1>


// demo app: with & without a wrapper
const App = () => [
  <WrapIf condition={true} With={Wrapper} style={{color:"red"}}>
    foo
  </WrapIf>
  ,
  <WrapIf condition={false} With={Wrapper}>
    bar
  </WrapIf>
]

ReactDOM.render(<App/>, document.body)

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>

This can also be used like this:

<WrapIf condition={true} With={"h1"}>

Method 2:

// The interesting part:
const Wrapper = ({ condition, children, ...props }) => condition 
  ? <h1 {...props}>{children}</h1>
  : <React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>;   
    // stackoverflow prevents using <></>
  

// demo app: with & without a wrapper
const App = () => [
  <Wrapper condition={true} style={{color:"red"}}>
    foo
  </Wrapper>
  ,
  <Wrapper condition={false}>
    bar
  </Wrapper>
]

ReactDOM.render(<App/>, document.body)

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>

Solution 9:^[9]

With provided solutions there is a problem with performance: https://medium.com/@cowi4030/optimizing-conditional-rendering-in-react-3fee6b197a20

React will unmount <Icon> component on the next render. Icon exist twice in different order in JSX and React will unmount it if you change props.link on next render. In this case <Icon> its not a heavy component and its acceptable but if you are looking for an other solutions:

https://codesandbox.io/s/82jo98o708?file=/src/index.js

https://thoughtspile.github.io/2018/12/02/react-keep-mounted/

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