Is it possible to declare the components we defined in XML?

[freewind]

I see in the examples, we can just declare in XML with the standard HTML tags, like:

@scalax
  def render(self: This) = {
    <div>Hello {self.props.name}</div>
  }

Is it possible to use the components we defined? like:

@scalax
  def render(self: This) = {
    <MyComponent>Hello {self.props.name}</MyComponent>
  }

[kanterov]

It's not possible to use XML syntax for this; there is an example demonstrating embedding other components: https://github.com/xored/scala-js-react/blob/master/scalajs-react-examples/src/main/scala/com/xored/scalajs/react/examples/children/Children.scala.

[freewind]

Thanks, just wondering the reason of "It's not possible to use XML syntax". Is it because the macro provided by Scala is not power enough to implement it?

(I'm not familiar with Scala's macro, but really hope that's possible)

[kanterov]

It doesn't implement it, I found it not much practical while robust implementation isn't so easy because TypedReactspec#Props is a reference to a type. It doesn't have to be case class, or have single apply method, for example, define type Props = Unit.

[freewind]

Thanks !