How to call a method inside getDerivedStateFromProps in ReactJS?

Question

I have a method inside my React class eg someMethod() . I also have a getDerivedStateFromProps() method in which I want to call someMethod() . Yes I need to do this in getDerivedStateFromProps and not in componentDidUpdate() for example because I do change the state in someMethod() .

someMethod() {
    this.setState({worked: true});
    return 'worked';
}

static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) {
    console.log(someMethod());
}

I would like for the log of worked to be displayed.

Answer 1

In getDerivedStateFromProps you don't have an access to the component's instance. So, basically, you can't. But what you can do is return an object to update the state.

static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) {
    return { worked: true }
}