Ideas for Arc XP

Hi JP,

useContent relies on React Context internally when it is bundled via Webpack. It calls useContext(Fusion.contexts.app) to get the content fetching machinery. That context only exists when the JSX engine renders a full React tree. JSON output types run as plain JS functions, no React tree, so hooks have nothing to pull from.

But this isn't a functional gap. The JS engine passes context through props directly, and the Consumer HOC exposes it as this.getContent(). Same capability, different API:

import Consumer from 'fusion:consumer';

class MyJsonOutputType extends Consumer(React.Component) {
  render() {
    const { cached } = this.getContent({ source: 'my-content-source', query: { id: this.props.id }, });
    return JSON.stringify({ data: cached });
  }
}

export default MyJsonOutputType;

The limitation is ergonomics. I agree, class components feel dated compared to hooks.

Fatih, can you elaborate on your comment? What do you mean by "but should consistently support useContent for feature-level content consumption". An example perhaps.

I'm trying to get clarification on if/how to use functional components to render JSON:

https://github.com/orgs/arcxp/discussions/79#discussioncomment-15563475

Any update on this? Or related docs?

Hi Santo, thanks for submitting this idea.

We've reviewed this with the team and confirm that JS components currently only support global content source, but should consistently support useContent for feature-level content consumption. Team will prioritize this product gap.