I'm new to using react.js, and am trying to write a re-usable component that has an optional property passed to it. In the component, that optional property pulls data from a db using meteor, then I want to check if a property exists on the returned object (parent_task exists on task), and if exists, adds a link. This seems fairly simple, but I keep getting errors. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might be missing? Is there a jsx gotcha that I'm missing?
<Header task={params.task_id} /> // rendering component with property
// Task List Header
Header = React.createClass({
mixins: [ReactMeteorData],
getMeteorData() {
var handle = Meteor.subscribe('tasks');
return {
taskLoading: ! handle.ready(),
task: Tasks.findOne({_id: this.props.task})
}
},
getParentTaskLink() {
if (!this.data.taskLoading) {
var current_task = this.data.task;
if (parent_task in current_task) { // or current_task.hasOwnProperty(parent_task)
console.log("parent_task exists!");
}
}
},
render() {
return (
<div className="bar bar-header bar-calm">
{this.getParentTaskLink()} // eventually return anchor element here
<h1 className="title">Hello World</h1>
</div>
)
}
});
what is the prop in question? how about
{this.props.propInQuestion ? <a href="#">link</a> : null}