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Mocking Custom Element Lifecycle Registrations via Proxy Objects for React DOM Interop Tests
When testing React components that mount or interface with Web Components / Custom Elements, wrapping the global CustomElementRegistry with an ES6 Proxy enables intercepting registration calls, asserting class inheritance invariants, and invoking test lifecycle hooks.
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import React from 'react';export function createCustomElementRegistryProxy(onRegister) {const targetRegistry = window.customElements;if (!targetRegistry) {throw new Error('CustomElementRegistry is missing from window environment.');}return new Proxy(targetRegistry, {get(target, prop, receiver) {if (prop === 'define') {return function (tagName, constructorClass, options) {if (!(constructorClass.prototype instanceof HTMLElement)) {throw new TypeError('Custom element constructor must extend HTMLElement.');}if (typeof onRegister === 'function') {onRegister(tagName, constructorClass);}return Reflect.apply(target.define, target, [tagName, constructorClass, options]);};}const value = Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver);return typeof value === 'function' ? value.bind(target) : value;}});}
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if (!targetRegistry) {
Guards against execution in non-browser unit test runtime environments missing window object API.
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return new Proxy(targetRegistry, {
Constructs ES6 Proxy wrapping global customElements object to trap member accesses dynamically.
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if (!(constructorClass.prototype instanceof HTMLElement)) {
Asserts OOP inheritance contract to ensure provided constructor derives from standard HTMLElement.
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return Reflect.apply(target.define, target, [tagName, constructorClass, options]);
Delegates method invocation safely to original registry target with proper context and parameters.
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return typeof value === 'function' ? value.bind(target) : value;
Binds method references back to original registry target to prevent illegal invocation errors.