generic-jsx-loader

generic-jsx-loader

A webpack loader for custom JSX. Can be used to represent custom data as raw XML inside JavaScript code.

This is a simple wrapper for generic-jsx-tranpiler npm package

How can this be used?

This can be used to use JSX to turn XML inside JavaScript into any type of data. For example React transforms JSX into raw JavaScript function calls React.createElement function calls (React Without JSX). This package can be used to easily transform raw XML in JavaScript (JSX) into custom data such as custom function calls, JSON, or other JS code/data.

Setup

npm install generic-jsx-transpiler

Usage

In your own JSX webpack loader

Writing a Loader

I have created a HyperScript loader

import genericJsxloader from 'generic-jsx-loader'

function serialize(component) {
    // This is where you can do custom transformations on the JSX
    //      'component' is a JS object with information on parsed XML
    // This function should return a string containing valid javascript code
    return "'JSX_REPLACEMENT'";
}

export default function loader(source) {
    const options = {
        serialize,
        // All options are passed to generic-jsx-transpiler
        //      new Parser({ serializer: options });
    };
    
    return genericJsxLoader(source, options);
}

In a single project

To use this generic loader in a single project add it to webpack.config.js:

module.exports = {
    ...
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.gjsx$/, //Replace this with any file extension including .js
                loader: 'jsx-hyperscript-loader',
                options: {
                    serialize: function(component) {
                        return "'JSX_REPLACEMENT'[";
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}