From 416d31b1adab551d3d3f17ffc7c348357126a0b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: trans_soup <>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 04:32:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add function elements and global state.

function elements as in, when `json_to_html` encounters a function,
it'll evaluate it and then use that value as input instead.

global state as in, a single state accessible by all nodes that are
created from a `json_to_html` call.
---
 js/main.mjs | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/main.mjs b/js/main.mjs
index 20ef980..e4947fd 100644
--- a/js/main.mjs
+++ b/js/main.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ function use_as_array (val) {
 	return Array.isArray(val) ? val : [val];
 }
 
-function json_as_html (json) {
+function json_as_html (json, state = new Map()) {
 	if (json instanceof Node) {
 		return json;
 	}
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ function json_as_html (json) {
 		return document.createTextNode(json);
 	}
 
+	if (typeof json === "function") {
+		return json_as_html(json(state), state);
+	}
+
 	const [type, attributes, children] = json;
 
 	const elem = document.createElement(type);
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ function json_as_html (json) {
 		elem[key] = value);
 		// elem.setAttribute(key, value));
 
-	const child_nodes = use_as_array(children).map(json_as_html)
+	const child_nodes = use_as_array(children).map(child => json_as_html(child, state))
 	child_nodes.forEach(child => elem.appendChild(child));
 	
 	return elem;
@@ -36,10 +40,21 @@ const demo = [
 		["h1", [], "header :)"],
 		["p", [], "paragraph! meow"],
 		["p", [], "another paragraph!! this is so cool"],
-		["button", [
-			["onclick", _ => alert("see? it works!")]
+		state => ["button", [
+			["onclick", _ => {
+				state.set("clicked", true);
+				render();
+			}]
 		], "it can even do buttons!"],
+		state => ["p", [], state.get("clicked") ? "clicked" : "not clicked"],
 	],
 ];
 
-document.body.appendChild(json_as_html(demo));
+const state = new Map();
+
+function render () {
+	document.body.innerHTML = "";
+	document.body.appendChild(json_as_html(demo, state));
+}
+
+render();