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268 changes: 268 additions & 0 deletions content/docs/tutorial/dynamic-enum.mdx
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---
id: dynamic-enum
title: Dynamic Renderers
description: This tutorial describes how to create a dynamic enum
---

import { WithRegionRenderer } from '../../../src/components/docs/tutorials/dynamic-enum';


In this tutorial, you will learn how to handle dynamic data in React using [custom renderers](./custom-renderers), React Context, and the `useJsonForms` hook.
This approach allows you to build flexible and interactive forms that adapt to user selections and API responses.

### Scenario

Imagine a form where users need to provide their location by selecting a country, a region and a city.
The options for countries and regions are fetched from an API.
The available regions depend on the selected country.
To address those requirements, we'll create custom renderers for country and region.

<WithRegionRenderer />


#### Schema

To begin, let's introduce the corresponding JSON schema.
We have created an object with properties for country, region, and city.
In our example, the schema also includes a property `x-url`, which specifies the entry point of the corresponding API.
Both `country` and `region` have a property `x-endpoint`, indicating the endpoint from which the data should be fetched.
Additionally, they have a field specifying which fields depend on the input.
In the case of the `country` field, the `region` and `city` fields depend on it and will get reset, if the value of the `country` changes.
The `city` field, in turn, is dependent on the `region` field.

```js
{
"type": "object",
"x-url": "www.api.com",
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"x-endpoint": "countries",
"x-dependents": ["region", "city"]
},
"region": {
"type": "string",
"x-endpoint": "regions",
"x-dependents": ["city"]
},
"city": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
```


### Accessing Schema Data and Initialising the React Context

In this step we will access the data from the schema and initialize the React context.

#### Accessing the API URL from Schema

To access the URL defined from the schema we can simply access the `x-url` attribute.

```js
const url = schema['x-url'];
```

#### Initializing the React Context

Now that we have access to the API URL, we can use React Context to make this data available across our renderers.
[React Context](https://react.dev/learn/passing-data-deeply-with-context) allows you to share data deep in the component tree to access data without needing to pass additional properties through the component hierarchy.
To set up the React Context for your API service, create it in your application as follows:

```js
export const APIContext = React.createContext(new API(url));

const App = () =>{

...
<JsonForms/>
}
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```

#### Accessing the API context


Access the API service using the context:

```js
const api = React.useContext(APIContext);
```

Changing the context's value will trigger a re-render of components that use it.


### The Country Renderer

The core of the country renderer is a dropdown, therefore we can reuse the MaterialEnumControl from the React Material renderer set.
To reuse material renderers, the Unwrapped renderers must be used. (more information regarding reusing renderers can be seen [here](./custom-renderers#reusing-existing-controls))

```js
import { Unwrapped, WithOptionLabel } from '@jsonforms/material-renderers';

const { MaterialEnumControl } = Unwrapped;

...

<MaterialEnumControl
{...props}
options = {options}
handleChange = {handleChange}
/>
...
```

With the `MaterialEnumControl`in place the main question remains how to set the `options` and the `handleChange` attribute.
To determine the available options, we need to access the API.
And to implement the `handleChange` function, we need access to the `x-dependents` field in the schema.

#### Accessing Schema Data

The `x-endpoint` and `x-dependents` fields can be obtained from the schema object provided to the custom renderer via JSON Forms.
Since these fields are not part of the standard JSON schema type in JSON Forms, we must add them to the schema's interface and access them as follows:

```js
type JsonSchemaWithDependenciesAndEndpoint = JsonSchema & {
dependent: string[];
endpoint: string;
};
const CountryControl = (
props: ControlProps & OwnPropsOfEnum & WithOptionLabel & TranslateProps
) => {
...

const schema = props.schema as JsonSchemaWithDependenciesAndEndpoint;
const endpoint = schema['x-endpoint'];
const dependent = schema['x-dependents'];
...
}
```

#### Country Renderer Implementation

The country renderer uses the `APIContext` to query the API and fetch the available options.
We utilize the `useEffect` hook to initialize the options.
While waiting for the API response, we set the available options to empty and display a loading spinner.
In the `handleChange` function, we set the new selected value and reset all dependent fields;
When changing the country, both the region and city will be reset to `undefined`.

```js
import { Unwrapped, WithOptionLabel } from '@jsonforms/material-renderers';

const { MaterialEnumControl } = Unwrapped;

type JsonSchemaWithDependenciesAndEndpoint = JsonSchema & {
dependent: string[];
endpoint: string;
};

const CountryControl = (
props: ControlProps & OwnPropsOfEnum & WithOptionLabel & TranslateProps
) => {
const { handleChange } = props;
const [options, setOptions] = useState<string[]>([]);
const api = React.useContext(APIContext);
const schema = props.schema as JsonSchemaDependenciesAndEndpoint;

const endpoint = schema['x-endpoint'];
const dependent: string[] = schema['x-dependents'] ? schema['x-dependents'] : [];

useEffect(() => {
api.get(endpoint).then((result) => {
setOptions(result);
});
}, []);

if (options.length === 0) {
return <CircularProgress />;
}

return (
<MaterialEnumControl
{...props}
handleChange={(path: string, value: any) => {
handleChange(path, value);
dependent.forEach((path) => {
handleChange(path, undefined);
});
}}
options={options.map((option) => {
return { label: option, value: option };
})}
/>
);
};

export default withJsonFormsEnumProps(
withTranslateProps(React.memo(CountryControl)),
false
);
```
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Please add the wrapping code for the renderers, i.e. withJsonFormsControlProps etc. here and in the other listings.


Now all that´s left to do is to [create a tester](./custom-renderers#2-create-a-tester) and [register](./custom-renderers#3-register-the-renderer) the new custom renderer in our application.

### The Region Renderer

The region renderer can be implemented similarly to the country renderer.
It also accesses the API via the context and includes `x-endpoint` and `x-dependents` fields defined in its schema.
However, the options, on the other hand, are also dependent on the selected country.
JSON Forms provides the `useJsonForms` hook, allowing you to access form data and trigger component rerenders when the data changes.
Let's use this hook in our region renderer to access the selected country:

```js
import { Unwrapped, WithOptionLabel } from '@jsonforms/material-renderers';
const { MaterialEnumControl } = Unwrapped;

type JsonSchemaWitDependenciesAndEndpont = JsonSchema & {
dependent: string[];
endpoint: string;
};

const RegionControl = (
props: ControlProps & OwnPropsOfEnum & WithOptionLabel & TranslateProps
) => {
const schema = props.schema as JsonSchemaWithDependenciesAndEndpoint;
const { handleChange } = props;
const [options, setOptions] = useState<string[]>([]);
const api = React.useContext(APIContext);
const country = useJsonForms().core?.data.country;
const [previousCountry, setPreviousCountry] = useState<String>();

const endpoint = schema['x-endpoint'];
const dependent: string[] = schema['x-dependents'] ? schema['x-dependents'] : [];

if (previousCountry !== country) {
setOptions([]);
setPreviousCountry(country);
api.get(endpoint + '/' + country).then((result) => {
setOptions(result);
});
}

if (options.length === 0 && country !== undefined) {
return <CircularProgress />;
}

return (
<MaterialEnumControl
{...props}
handleChange={(path: string, value: any) => {
handleChange(path, value);
dependent.forEach((path) => {
handleChange(path, undefined);
});
}}
options={options.map((option) => {
return { label: option, value: option };
})}
/>
);
};

export default withJsonFormsEnumProps(
withTranslateProps(React.memo(RegionControl)),
false
);
```
Again we need to create a [create a tester](./custom-renderers#2-create-a-tester) and [register](./custom-renderers#3-register-the-renderer) the new custom renderer.
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{
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from: '/docs/dynamic-enum',
},
{
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export class API {
url;

constructor(url) {
this.url = url;
}

async get(endpoint){
switch (this.url + '/' + endpoint) {
case 'www.api.com/regions/Germany':
return germanStates;
case 'www.api.com/regions/US':
return usStates;
case 'www.api.com/countries':
return ['Germany', 'US'];
default:
return [];
}
}
}

const germanStates = [
'Berlin',
'Bayern',
'Niedersachsen',
'Baden-Württemberg',
'Rheinland-Pfalz',
'Sachsen',
'Thüringen',
'Hessen',
'Nordrhein-Westfalen',
'Sachsen-Anhalt',
'Brandenburg',
'Mecklenburg-Vorpommern',
'Hamburg',
'Schleswig-Holstein',
'Saarland',
'Bremen',
];

const usStates = [
'Alabama',
'Alaska',
'Arizona',
'Arkansas',
'California',
'Colorado',
'Connecticut',
'Delaware',
'Florida',
'Georgia',
'Hawaii',
'Idaho',
'Illinois',
'Indiana',
'Iowa',
'Kansas',
'Kentucky',
'Louisiana',
'Maine',
'Maryland',
'Massachusetts',
'Michigan',
'Minnesota',
'Mississippi',
'Missouri',
'Montana',
'Nebraska',
'Nevada',
'New Hampshire',
'New Jersey',
'New Mexico',
'New York',
'North Carolina',
'North Dakota',
'Ohio',
'Oklahoma',
'Oregon',
'Pennsylvania',
'Rhode Island',
'South Carolina',
'South Dakota',
'Tennessee',
'Texas',
'Utah',
'Vermont',
'Virginia',
'Washington',
'West Virginia',
'Wisconsin',
'Wyoming',
];
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