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VNode Augmentation via Render Functions

Manually manipulating VNodes allows for the creation of Higher-Order Components that inject behavior or styles into slot content without adding extra DOM wrapper elements. This technique uses cloneVNode to merge new properties into existing virtual nodes.

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import { h, cloneVNode, defineComponent } from 'vue';
 
export const AugmentedWrapper = defineComponent({
  setup(_, { slots }) {
    return () => {
      const defaultSlot = slots.default?.() || [];
      return defaultSlot.map(vnode => 
        cloneVNode(vnode, {
          onVnodeMounted: () => console.log('Node mounted'),
          class: 'enhanced-vnode'
        })
      );
    };
  }
});

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Breakdown

slots.default?.()

Executes the default slot function to retrieve the array of child VNodes.

cloneVNode(vnode, { ... })

Creates a shallow copy of the VNode while merging in new lifecycle hooks or attributes.

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