VUE的渲染函数Render

在官方文档中对render的解释是:

类型

(createElement: () => VNode) => VNode

详细:

字符串模板的代替方案,允许你发挥 JavaScript 最大的编程能力。该渲染函数接收一个 createElement 方法作为第一个参数用来创建 VNode
如果组件是一个函数组件,渲染函数还会接收一个额外的 context 参数,为没有实例的函数组件提供上下文信息。

上面文档翻译成代码:

{{ message }}
// 等同于 render: function (createElement) { return createElement('div', { attrs: { id: 'app' }, }, this.message) }

在Vue源码里可以找到_render 方法,它是实例的一个私有方法,它用来把实例渲染成一个虚拟Node。
定义在 src/core/instance/render.js 文件中:

  Vue.prototype._render = function (): VNode {
    const vm: Component = this
    const { render, _parentVnode } = vm.$options

    if (_parentVnode) {
      vm.$scopedSlots = normalizeScopedSlots(
        _parentVnode.data.scopedSlots,
        vm.$slots
      )
    }

    // set parent vnode. this allows render functions to have access
    // to the data on the placeholder node.
    vm.$vnode = _parentVnode
    // render self
    let vnode
    try {
      vnode = render.call(vm._renderProxy, vm.$createElement)
    } catch (e) {
      handleError(e, vm, `render`)
      // return error render result,
      // or previous vnode to prevent render error causing blank component
      /* istanbul ignore else */
      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && vm.$options.renderError) {
        try {
          vnode = vm.$options.renderError.call(vm._renderProxy, vm.$createElement, e)
        } catch (e) {
          handleError(e, vm, `renderError`)
          vnode = vm._vnode
        }
      } else {
        vnode = vm._vnode
      }
    }
    // if the returned array contains only a single node, allow it
    if (Array.isArray(vnode) && vnode.length === 1) {
      vnode = vnode[0]
    }
    // return empty vnode in case the render function errored out
    if (!(vnode instanceof VNode)) {
      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && Array.isArray(vnode)) {
        warn(
          'Multiple root nodes returned from render function. Render function ' +
          'should return a single root node.',
          vm
        )
      }
      vnode = createEmptyVNode()
    }
    // set parent
    vnode.parent = _parentVnode
    return vnode
  }
vnode = render.call(vm._renderProxy, vm.$createElement)

可以看到,render函数中的createElement 方法就是 vm.$createElement 方法:


export function initRender (vm: Component) {
  vm._vnode = null // the root of the child tree
  vm._staticTrees = null // v-once cached trees
  const options = vm.$options
  const parentVnode = vm.$vnode = options._parentVnode // the placeholder node in parent tree
  const renderContext = parentVnode && parentVnode.context
  vm.$slots = resolveSlots(options._renderChildren, renderContext)
  vm.$scopedSlots = emptyObject
  // bind the createElement fn to this instance
  // so that we get proper render context inside it.
  // args order: tag, data, children, normalizationType, alwaysNormalize
  // internal version is used by render functions compiled from templates
  vm._c = (a, b, c, d) => createElement(vm, a, b, c, d, false)
  // normalization is always applied for the public version, used in
  // user-written render functions.
  vm.$createElement = (a, b, c, d) => createElement(vm, a, b, c, d, true)

  // $attrs & $listeners are exposed for easier HOC creation.
  // they need to be reactive so that HOCs using them are always updated
  const parentData = parentVnode && parentVnode.data

  /* istanbul ignore else */
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
    defineReactive(vm, '$attrs', parentData && parentData.attrs || emptyObject, () => {
      !isUpdatingChildComponent && warn(`$attrs is readonly.`, vm)
    }, true)
    defineReactive(vm, '$listeners', options._parentListeners || emptyObject, () => {
      !isUpdatingChildComponent && warn(`$listeners is readonly.`, vm)
    }, true)
  } else {
    defineReactive(vm, '$attrs', parentData && parentData.attrs || emptyObject, null, true)
    defineReactive(vm, '$listeners', options._parentListeners || emptyObject, null, true)
  }
}

vm.$createElement 方法定义是在执行initRender方法的时候,除了 vm.$createElement 方法,还有一个 vm._c 方法,它是被模板编译成的render 函数使用,而 vm.$createElement是用户手写render 方法使用的, 这俩个方法支持的参数相同,并且内部都调用了createElement方法。

vm._render 最终是通过执行createElement方法并返回的是vnode,它是一个虚拟 Node。接下来分析vm.$createElement


利用 createElement 方法创建 VNode,它定义在 src/core/vdom/create-elemenet.js 中:

// wrapper function for providing a more flexible interface
// without getting yelled at by flow
export function createElement (
  context: Component,
  tag: any,
  data: any,
  children: any,
  normalizationType: any,
  alwaysNormalize: boolean
): VNode | Array {
  if (Array.isArray(data) || isPrimitive(data)) {
    normalizationType = children
    children = data
    data = undefined
  }
  if (isTrue(alwaysNormalize)) {
    normalizationType = ALWAYS_NORMALIZE
  }
  return _createElement(context, tag, data, children, normalizationType)
}

createElement 方法实际上是对 _createElement 方法的封装,它允许传入的参数更加灵活,在处理这些参数后,调用真正创建 VNode 的函数 _createElement

export function _createElement (
  context: Component,
  tag?: string | Class | Function | Object,
  data?: VNodeData,
  children?: any,
  normalizationType?: number
): VNode | Array {
  if (isDef(data) && isDef((data: any).__ob__)) {
    process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && warn(
      `Avoid using observed data object as vnode data: ${JSON.stringify(data)}\n` +
      'Always create fresh vnode data objects in each render!',
      context
    )
    return createEmptyVNode()
  }
  // object syntax in v-bind
  if (isDef(data) && isDef(data.is)) {
    tag = data.is
  }
  if (!tag) {
    // in case of component :is set to falsy value
    return createEmptyVNode()
  }
  // warn against non-primitive key
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' &&
    isDef(data) && isDef(data.key) && !isPrimitive(data.key)
  ) {
    if (!__WEEX__ || !('@binding' in data.key)) {
      warn(
        'Avoid using non-primitive value as key, ' +
        'use string/number value instead.',
        context
      )
    }
  }
  // support single function children as default scoped slot
  if (Array.isArray(children) &&
    typeof children[0] === 'function'
  ) {
    data = data || {}
    data.scopedSlots = { default: children[0] }
    children.length = 0
  }
  if (normalizationType === ALWAYS_NORMALIZE) {
    children = normalizeChildren(children)
  } else if (normalizationType === SIMPLE_NORMALIZE) {
    children = simpleNormalizeChildren(children)
  }
  let vnode, ns
  if (typeof tag === 'string') {
    let Ctor
    ns = (context.$vnode && context.$vnode.ns) || config.getTagNamespace(tag)
    if (config.isReservedTag(tag)) {
      // platform built-in elements
      vnode = new VNode(
        config.parsePlatformTagName(tag), data, children,
        undefined, undefined, context
      )
    } else if ((!data || !data.pre) && isDef(Ctor = resolveAsset(context.$options, 'components', tag))) {
      // component
      vnode = createComponent(Ctor, data, context, children, tag)
    } else {
      // unknown or unlisted namespaced elements
      // check at runtime because it may get assigned a namespace when its
      // parent normalizes children
      vnode = new VNode(
        tag, data, children,
        undefined, undefined, context
      )
    }
  } else {
    // direct component options / constructor
    vnode = createComponent(tag, data, context, children)
  }
  if (Array.isArray(vnode)) {
    return vnode
  } else if (isDef(vnode)) {
    if (isDef(ns)) applyNS(vnode, ns)
    if (isDef(data)) registerDeepBindings(data)
    return vnode
  } else {
    return createEmptyVNode()
  }
}

_createElement 方法有 5 个参数:

  1. context 表示 VNode 的上下文环境,它是 Component 类型;
  2. tag 表示标签,它可以是一个字符串,也可以是一个 Component;
  3. data 表示 VNode 的数据,它是一个 VNodeData 类型,可以在 flow/vnode.js 中找到它的定义;
  4. children 表示当前 VNode 的子节点,它是任意类型的,它接下来需要被规范为标准的 VNode 数组;
  5. normalizationType 表示子节点规范的类型,类型不同规范的方法也就不一样,它主要是参考 render 函数是编译生成的还是用户手写的。

createElement 函数的流程略微有点多,接下来主要分析 2 个重点的流程 —— children 的规范化以及 VNode 的创建。

children 的规范化

从代码:

if (normalizationType === ALWAYS_NORMALIZE) {
    children = normalizeChildren(children)
  } else if (normalizationType === SIMPLE_NORMALIZE) {
    children = simpleNormalizeChildren(children)
  }

这里根据normalizationType 的不同,调用了 normalizeChildren(children) 和 simpleNormalizeChildren(children) 方法。
定义在src/core/vdom/helpers/normalize-children.js :

// The template compiler attempts to minimize the need for normalization by
// statically analyzing the template at compile time.
//
// For plain HTML markup, normalization can be completely skipped because the
// generated render function is guaranteed to return Array. There are
// two cases where extra normalization is needed:

// 1. When the children contains components - because a functional component
// may return an Array instead of a single root. In this case, just a simple
// normalization is needed - if any child is an Array, we flatten the whole
// thing with Array.prototype.concat. It is guaranteed to be only 1-level deep
// because functional components already normalize their own children.
export function simpleNormalizeChildren (children: any) {
  for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
    if (Array.isArray(children[i])) {
      return Array.prototype.concat.apply([], children)
    }
  }
  return children
}

// 2. When the children contains constructs that always generated nested Arrays,
// e.g.