On this page:
- Extension ID
- What's new?
- Description
- Supported versions
- Files analyzed
- Function Point, Quality and Sizing support
- CAST AIP compatibility
- Supported DBMS servers
- Prerequisites
- Dependencies with other extensions
- Download and installation instructions
- Packaging, delivering and analyzing your source code
- What results can you expect?
- Known Limitations
Target audience:
Users of the extension providing ReactJS / React Native support for Web applications.
Summary: This document provides information about the extension providing ReactJS / React Native support for Web applications.
Extension ID
com.castsoftware.reactjs
What's new?
Please see ReactJS - 1.1 - Release Notes for more information.
Description
This extension provides support for the ReactJS and React Native framework.
When the source code is written in TypeScript, the support for React is provided by the TypeScript extension.
In what situation should you install this extension?
If your Web application contains ReactJS or React Native source code and you want to view these object types and their links with other objects, then you should install this extension:
- creates HTML fragments, ReactJS applications, ReactJS components and ReactJS Forms.
- creates links between these objects.
ReactJS Javascript Front-end connected to Node.js/Express/MongoDB Back-end |
ReactJS Application
This declaration will create a ReactJS application named App:
ReactDOM.render( <AppContainer> <Provider store={store}> <App version={appVersion} /> </Provider> </AppContainer>, appElement );
ReactJS Component
This declaration will create a ReactJS component named Sequence because the class inherits from Component or PureComponent. A component corresponds to a class which contains a render method. The render method is automatically called when the component is refered to in an HTML fragment:
import React, { Component } from 'react'; class Sequence extends Component { shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps) { return this.props.positionFrom !== nextProps.positionFrom || this.props.sequence !== nextProps.sequence || this.props.nucleotidesPerRow !== nextProps.nucleotidesPerRow || this.props.rowHeight !== nextProps.rowHeight; } render() { return ( <g> {this.props.sequence.map((nucleotide, index) => <Nucleotide type={nucleotide} position={this.props.positionFrom + index} key={index} index={index} onClick={this.props.onNucleotideClick} {...this.props} />, )} </g> ); } }
ReactJS Form
This declaration will create a ReactJS form named contact:
import React from 'react' import { Field, reduxForm } from 'redux-form' let ContactForm = props => { const { handleSubmit } = props return ( <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}> <div> <label htmlFor="firstName">First Name</label> <Field name="firstName" component="input" type="text" /> </div> <div> <label htmlFor="lastName">Last Name</label> <Field name="lastName" component="input" type="text" /> </div> <div> <label htmlFor="email">Email</label> <Field name="email" component="input" type="email" /> </div> <button type="submit">Submit</button> </form> ) } ContactForm = reduxForm({ // a unique name for the form form: 'contact' })(ContactForm) export default ContactFormrender() { return ( <g> {this.props.sequence.map((nucleotide, index) => <Nucleotide type={nucleotide} position={this.props.positionFrom + index} key={index} index={index} onClick={this.props.onNucleotideClick} {...this.props} />, )} </g> ); }
HTML fragment
This declaration will create a HTML fragment named render_fragment_1 starting with "<g>" and ending with "</g>". There can be several fragments in any function/method:
render() { return ( <g> {this.props.sequence.map((nucleotide, index) => <Nucleotide type={nucleotide} position={this.props.positionFrom + index} key={index} index={index} onClick={this.props.onNucleotideClick} {...this.props} />, )} </g> ); }
In the code example for the ReactJS application, we can see that it contains also a HTML fragment.
Supported versions
The following table displays the list of ReactJS versions that this extension supports:
Version | Supported |
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15.x | |
16.x |
Files analyzed
Icon(s) | File | Extension | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
HTML | *.html, *.htm, *.xhtml |
| |
Javascript | *.js |
| |
Cascading Style Sheet | *.css |
| |
Java Server Page | *.jsp | ||
JSX | *.jsx | ||
Active Server Page | *.asp, *.aspx | ||
HTML Components | *.htc | HTC files contain html, javascript fragments that will be parsed. Created objects will be linked to the HTC file. | |
.NET Razor | *.cshtml |
Function Point, Quality and Sizing support
- Function Points (transactions): a green tick indicates that OMG Function Point counting and Transaction Risk Index are supported
- Quality and Sizing: a green tick indicates that CAST can measure size and that a minimum set of Quality Rules exist
Function Points (transactions) | Quality and Sizing |
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CAST AIP release | Supported |
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8.3.x | |
8.2.x | |
8.1.x | |
8.0.x | |
7.3.4 and all higher 7.3.x releases |
Supported DBMS servers
This extension is compatible with the following DBMS servers:
CAST AIP release | CSS | Oracle | Microsoft |
---|---|---|---|
All supported releases |
Prerequisites
An installation of any compatible release of CAST AIP (see table above) |
Dependencies with other extensions
Some CAST extensions require the presence of other CAST extensions in order to function correctly. The ReactJS extension requires that the following other CAST extensions are also installed:
Download and installation instructions
Please see:
The latest release status of this extension can be seen when downloading it from the CAST Extend server.
Packaging, delivering and analyzing your source code
Once the extension is downloaded and installed, you can nowpackage your source code and run an analysis. The process of packaging, delivering and analyzing your source code is described below:
What results can you expect?
Once the analysis/snapshot generation has completed, you can view the results in the normal manner:
Objects
The following objects are identified:
Icon | Metamodel name |
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ReactJS Application | |
ReactJS Component | |
ReactJS Form | |
HTML5 HTML fragment |
Links
Links from the ReactJS application
- A relyon link is created from the application to the HTML fragment of the application.
- A call link is created from the fragment to the ReactJS component refered to in the fragment
- A call link is created from the component to the render method of the class representing the component (as render method is automatically called).
- A call link is created from the render method to the fragment contained inside the render method
Please remember that components are called mainly from html fragments, and render methods are implicitly called from ReactJS components.
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Links from a HTML fragment
Many links are created from fragments, for example:
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HTML tags present in HTML fragments are linked to ReactJS components if they exist, or else a JavaScript function:
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HTML atribute values present in HTML fragments are linked to methods when they are represented between { ... }:
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When you have purely javascript code inside an html fragment, the javascript code is analyzed and you have links as you would have in conventional javascript code. You may also have javascript functions inside html fragments, in this case, functions are children of the html fragment.
Structural Rules
The following structural rules are provided:
Known Limitations
React Without JSX is not supported