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selectorFamily

Similarly to atomFamily, the use case for selectorFamily is mapping values to Stan primitives. It returns a memoized function that produces selectors based on a given parameter (which must be serializable).

Among other things, it can be especially useful for:

  • Building selectors with context-dependent behavior
  • Memoizing selectors that perform expensive computations, make API calls, and so on
const selectorFamily: <T, P extends SerializableParam>(
  selectorFamilyFn: SelectorFamilyFn<T, P>,
  options?: SelectorFamilyOptions<P>,
) => (param: P) => Scoped<ReadonlyState<T>>;
  • selectorFamilyFn - A function with the following signature: <T, P extends SerializableParam>(param: P) => SelectorFn<T>. It takes one serializable parameter and returns a selector function (see selector for details).
  • options? - Selector family configuration:
    • tag? - A string identifier (see selector for details). Alternatively, it can be a function with the following signature: <P extends SerializableParam>(param: P) => string. The function form is useful when the tag should depend on the parameter.
    • areValuesEqual? - A function used to determine whether two consecutive selector values are equal (see selector for details).
    • cachePolicy? - Configures the behavior of the selector family cache. Possible values:
      • { type: 'keep-all' } (default) - A selector instance will be cached for every parameter.
      • { type: 'most-recent' } - Only the last parameter's selector instance will be cached.
      • { type: 'lru'; maxSize: number } - Only the most recent maxSize selector instances will be cached.
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Stan does not rely on referential equality for selectorFamily parameters, so there's no need to maintain stable references. Cache keys are computed by serializing (stable stringification) the parameter values - hence the serializability requirement.

Example​

Get user by id:

const userById = selectorFamily<Promise<User>, string>(
  userId => () => getUser(userId),
);

Same, but abort the pending request:

const userById = selectorFamily<Promise<User>, string>(
  userId =>
    ({ signal }) =>
      getUser(userId, { signal }),
);

Same, but let's cache only up to 5 requests:

const userById = selectorFamily<Promise<User>, string>(
  userId =>
    ({ signal }) =>
      getUser(userId, { signal }),
  {
    cachePolicy: {
      type: 'lru',
      maxSize: 5,
    },
  },
);

Map the result to a different value:

const userNameById = selectorFamily<Promise<string>, string>(
  userId =>
    async ({ get }) => {
      const { name } = await get(userById(userId));

      return name;
    },
);

Render with React:

const MyComponent: FC<{ userId: string }> = ({ userId }) => {
  const result = useStanValueAsync(userNameById(userId));

  switch (result.type) {
    case 'loading':
      return <p>Loading&hellip;</p>;

    case 'error':
      return <p>Nope</p>;

    case 'ready':
      return <p>Name: {result.value}</p>;
  }
};

See also​