React / JSX Dynamic Component Name
<MyComponent />
compiles to React.createElement(MyComponent, {})
, which expects a string (HTML tag) or a function (ReactClass) as first parameter.
You could just store your component class in a variable with a name that starts with an uppercase letter. See HTML tags vs React Components.
var MyComponent = Components[type + "Component"];
return <MyComponent />;
compiles to
var MyComponent = Components[type + "Component"];
return React.createElement(MyComponent, {});
There is an official documentation about how to handle such situations is available here: https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/jsx-in-depth.html#choosing-the-type-at-runtime
Basically it says:
Wrong:
import React from 'react';
import { PhotoStory, VideoStory } from './stories';
const components = {
photo: PhotoStory,
video: VideoStory
};
function Story(props) {
// Wrong! JSX type can't be an expression.
return <components[props.storyType] story={props.story} />;
}
Correct:
import React from 'react';
import { PhotoStory, VideoStory } from './stories';
const components = {
photo: PhotoStory,
video: VideoStory
};
function Story(props) {
// Correct! JSX type can be a capitalized variable.
const SpecificStory = components[props.storyType];
return <SpecificStory story={props.story} />;
}