Call class child component method from parent functional component

Question

i have two components:

Parent.js

import React from 'react
import Child from './Child'

function Parent() {

return (
    <div> 
         <Child />
         <button onClick={invoke child method onClick} > Button </button>
    </div>
 )
}

export default Parent

Child.js

import React from 'react

class Child extends Component {

getAlert() {
    console.log("called from parent")
}

render() {
    return (
        <div> 
          This is from child
        </div>
    )
  }
}

export default Child

Now, I want to call getAlert() method from parent component we can say i want to call a child method from parent. Please notice Parent is functional and child is class.

Answer 1

Here is how you can do it.

import React from 'react'
import Child from './Child'

function Parent() {
  const handleAlert=(paramfn?:any)=>{
     if(paramfn){
         paramfn();
     }
  }

return (
    <div> 
         <Child onAlert={handleAlert} />
         <button onClick={invoke child method onClick} > Button </button>
    </div>
 )
}

export default Parent

/*********Child**********/

import React from 'react'

class Child extends Component {

getAlert() {
    console.log("called from parent")
}

render() {
    return (
        <div onClik ={()=>this.props.onAlert(getAlert);}> 
          This is from child
        </div>
    )
  }
}

export default Child