How to properly type a React ErrorBoundary class component in Typescript?

Question

Here is my current attempt on how to properly type a React ErrorBoundary class component in Typescript:

import React from "react";
import ErrorPage from "./ErrorPage";
import type { Store } from "redux";   // I'M PASSING THE REDUX STORE AS A CUSTOM PROP

interface Props {
  store: Store         // THIS IS A CUSTOM PROP THAT I'M PASSING
}

interface State {      // IS THIS THE CORRECT TYPE FOR THE state ?
  hasError: boolean
}

class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component<Props,State> {
  
  constructor(props: Props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = { hasError: false };
  }

  static getDerivedStateFromError(error): State {
    // Update state so the next render will show the fallback UI.
    return { hasError: true };
  }

  componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo: React.ErrorInfo): void {
    // You can also log the error to an error reporting service
    // logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
    console.log("error: " + error);
    console.log("errorInfo: " + JSON.stringify(errorInfo));
    console.log("componentStack: " + errorInfo.componentStack);
  }

  render(): React.ReactNode {
    if (this.state.hasError) {
      // You can render any custom fallback UI
      return(
        <ErrorPage
          message={"Something went wrong..."}
        />
      );
    }

    return this.props.children;
  }
}

export default ErrorBoundary;

This question is about the types for this ErrorBoundary class component. I'm breaking it into parts to make it easier.

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PART A: Types for props and state

Is what I'm doing right?

interface Props {
  store: Store         // THIS IS A CUSTOM PROP THAT I'M PASSING
}

interface State {      // IS THIS THE CORRECT TYPE FOR THE state ?
  hasError: boolean
}

class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component<Props,State> {}

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PART B: getDerivedStateFromError(error)

What type should I choose for the error parameter? The return type should be the State type, right?

static getDerivedStateFromError(error): State {
    // Update state so the next render will show the fallback UI.
    return { hasError: true };
  }

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PART C: componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo: React.React.ErrorInfo)

What type should I choose for the error parameter? For the errorInfo, React does have a ErrorInfo type that seems to be correct. Is it? The return type should be void, correct?

componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo: React.ErrorInfo): void {
    console.log("error: " + error);
    console.log("errorInfo: " + JSON.stringify(errorInfo));
    console.log("componentStack: " + errorInfo.componentStack);
}

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PART D: the render() method

Should the return type be ReactNode ?

render(): React.ReactNode {
    if (this.state.hasError) {
      // You can render any custom fallback UI
      return(
        <ErrorPage
          message={"Something went wrong..."}
        />
      );
    }

    return this.props.children;
  }

Answer 1

You will get all your answers in the file index.d.ts from @types/react. If you are using an IDE like VSCode, you can Ctrl+click on a type to directly go to its definition.

Here is the precise answers to your questions, but before, let me advise you to prefer using react hooks instead of classes.

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EDIT by OP: I never use class components, always prefer function and hooks, but from React docs on Error Boundaries:

Error boundaries work like a JavaScript catch {} block, but for components. Only class components can be error boundaries.

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The lines I give are the one from index.d.ts in version 16.9.49.

Part A: yes, that's the way to do.

Part B: as you can see at line 658, error is of type any and the return type is a partial of the state or null.

Part C: at line 641, you will see that error is of type Error and return type is void.

Part D: at line 494, you can see that render should return a ReactNode…