README.md

@lwc/engine-core

This package contains the core logic shared by different runtime environments. Examples of this include the rendering engine and the reactivity mechanism. Since this package only provides internal APIs for building custom runtimes, it should never be consumed directly in an application.

Usage of internal APIs are prevented by the compiler and are therefore not documented here.

Supported APIs

This package supports the following APIs.

@api

This decorator is used to mark the public fields and the public methods of an LWC component.

import { LightningElement, api } from 'lwc';

class LightningHello extends LightningElement {
    @api
    hello = 'default hello';
}

@track

This decorator should be used on private fields to track object mutations.

import { LightningElement, api, track } from 'lwc';

class LightningHello extends LightningElement {
    @api
    get name() {
        return name.raw;
    }
    set name(value) {
        name.normalized = normalize(value);
    }

    @track
    name = {
        raw: 'Web components ',
        normalized: 'Web Components',
    };
}

@wire

This decorator should be used to wire fields and methods to a wire adapter.

import { LightningElement, wire } from 'lwc';
import { getRecord } from 'recordDataService';

export default class Test extends LightningElement {
    @wire(getRecord, { id: 1 })
    recordData;
}

createContextProvider()

This function creates a context provider, given a wire adapter constructor.

LightningElement

This class should be extended to create an LWC constructor.

import { LightningElement } from 'lwc';

class LightningHello extends LightningElement {
    // component implementation
}

Experimental APIs

Experimental APIs are subject to change, may be removed at any time, and should be used at your own risk!

getComponentDef()

This experimental API provides access to internal component metadata.

isComponentConstructor()

This experimental API enables the identification of LWC constructors.

readonly()

This experimental API enables the creation of a reactive readonly membrane around any object value.

setHooks()

This experimental API allows setting overridable hooks with an application specific implementation.

List of overridable hooks:

1. sanitizeHtmlContent, see sanitizeHtmlContent.

sanitizeAttribute()

This experimental API enables the sanitization of HTML attribute values by external services.

sanitizeHtmlContent()

This experimental API enables the sanitization of HTML content by external services. The lwc:inner-html binding relies on this hook. This hook must be overridden (see setHooks ) as the default implementation is to throw an error.

unwrap()

This experimental API enables the removal of an object's observable membrane proxy wrapper.

setTrustedSignalSet()

This experimental API enables the addition of a signal as a trusted signal. If the ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_SIGNALS feature is enabled, any signal value change will trigger a re-render.

If setTrustedSignalSet is called more than once, it will throw an error. If it is never called, then no trusted signal validation will be performed. The same setTrustedSignalSet API must be called on both @lwc/engine-dom and @lwc/signals.

setTrustedContextSet()

This experimental API enables the addition of context as trusted context. If the ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_SIGNALS feature is enabled and context has been added to this set, the context object's connectContext and disconnectContext symbols will be called with a ContextConnector when the associated component is connected and disconnected.

If setTrustedContextSet is called more than once, it will throw an error. If it is never called, then context will not be connected.

ContextConnector

The context manager connectContext and disconnectContext symbols are called with this object when contextful components are connected and disconnected. The ContextConnector exposes provideContext and consumeContext, enabling the provision/consumption of a contextful Signal of a specified variety for the associated component.

setContextKeys

Enables a state manager context implementation to provide LWC with context Symbols, namely connectContext and disconnectContext. These symbols would then be defined on any context manager implementation, and will be called with a ContextConnector object when contextful components are connected and disconnected.