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resolveForwardRef

Lazily retrieves the reference value from a forwardRef.

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resolveForwardRef(type: any): any
      
      resolveForwardRef(type: any): any

Parameters

type

Type: any.

Returns

any

See also

Description

Acts as the identity function when given a non-forward-ref value.

Usage notes

Example

const ref = forwardRef(() => 'refValue'); expect(resolveForwardRef(ref)).toEqual('refValue'); expect(resolveForwardRef('regularValue')).toEqual('regularValue'); 
      
      const ref = forwardRef(() => 'refValue');
expect(resolveForwardRef(ref)).toEqual('refValue');
expect(resolveForwardRef('regularValue')).toEqual('regularValue');