fix: update alias and jsdoc, closes #283

Author: bahmutov

README.md

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Look at the examples in [cypress/component](cypress/component) folder. Here is t
 <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 Spec | Description
 --- | ---
+[alias](cypress/component/basic/alias) | Retrieve mounted component by its name or alias
 [alert-spec.js](cypress/component/basic/alert-spec.js) | Component tries to use `window.alert`
 [counter-set-state](cypress/component/basic/counter-set-state) | Counter component that uses `this.state`
 [counter-use-hooks](cypress/component/basic/counter-use-hooks) | Counter component that uses `useState` hook

cypress/component/basic/alias/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# alias
+
+You can retrieve the created component using default constructor function name or an alias. See [alias-spec.js](alias-spec.js) for examples.
+
+![Alias tests](images/alias.png)

cypress/component/basic/alias/alias-spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/// <reference types="cypress" />
+import React from 'react'
+import { mount } from 'cypress-react-unit-test'
+
+describe('Alias', () => {
+  it('returns component by its name', () => {
+    const Greeting = () => <div>Hello!</div>
+    mount(<Greeting />)
+    // get the component instance by name "Greeting"
+    cy.get('@Greeting')
+      .its('props')
+      .should('be.empty')
+    // the component was constructed from the function Greeting
+    cy.get('@Greeting')
+      .its('type')
+      .should('equal', Greeting)
+  })
+
+  it('returns component by given display name', () => {
+    const GreetingCard = props => <div>Hello {props.name}!</div>
+    mount(<GreetingCard name="World" />, { alias: 'Hello' })
+    cy.get('@Hello')
+      .its('props')
+      .should('deep.equal', {
+        name: 'World',
+      })
+  })
+})

cypress/component/basic/alias/images/alias.png

@@ -29,34 +29,40 @@ const injectStyles = (options: MountOptions) => () => {
 /**
  * Mount a React component in a blank document; register it as an alias
  * To access: use an alias or original component reference
- *  @function   cy.mount
- *  @param      {React.ReactElement}  jsx - component to mount
- *  @param      {string}  [Component] - alias to use later
- *  @example
+ * @function   mount
+ * @param      {React.ReactElement}  jsx - component to mount
+ * @param      {MountOptions}  [options] - options, like alias, styles
+ * @see https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-react-unit-test
+ * @see https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/my-vision-for-component-tests/
+ * @example
  ```
- import Hello from './hello.jsx'
- // mount and access by alias
- cy.mount(<Hello />, 'Hello')
- // using default alias
- cy.get('@Component')
- // using original component
- cy.get(Hello)
+  import Hello from './hello.jsx'
+  import {mount} from 'cypress-react-unit-test'
+  it('works', () => {
+    mount(<Hello onClick={cy.stub()} />)
+    // use Cypress commands
+    cy.contains('Hello').click()
+  })
  ```
  **/
 export const mount = (jsx: React.ReactElement, options: MountOptions = {}) => {
   checkMountModeEnabled()
 
   // Get the display name property via the component constructor
   // @ts-ignore FIXME
-  const displayName = getDisplayName(jsx.type, options.alias)
+  const componentName = getDisplayName(jsx.type, options.alias)
+  const displayName = options.alias || componentName
+  const message = options.alias
+    ? `<${componentName} ... /> as "${options.alias}"`
+    : `<${componentName} ... />`
   let logInstance: Cypress.Log
 
   return cy
     .then(() => {
       if (options.log !== false) {
         logInstance = Cypress.log({
           name: 'mount',
-          message: [`<${displayName} ... />`],
+          message: [message],
         })
       }
     })
@@ -85,7 +91,11 @@ export const mount = (jsx: React.ReactElement, options: MountOptions = {}) => {
       }
 
       const reactComponent = React.createElement(React.Fragment, props, jsx)
-      const CypressTestComponent = reactDomToUse.render(reactComponent, el)
+      // since we always surround the component with a fragment
+      // let's get back the original component
+      // @ts-ignore
+      const userComponent = reactComponent.props.children
+      reactDomToUse.render(reactComponent, el)
 
       if (logInstance) {
         const logConsoleProps = {
@@ -109,8 +119,8 @@ export const mount = (jsx: React.ReactElement, options: MountOptions = {}) => {
 
       return (
         cy
-          .wrap(CypressTestComponent, { log: false })
-          .as(options.alias || displayName)
+          .wrap(userComponent, { log: false })
+          .as(displayName)
           // by waiting, we give the component's hook a chance to run
           // https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-react-unit-test/issues/200
           .wait(1, { log: false })
@@ -129,7 +139,7 @@ export const mount = (jsx: React.ReactElement, options: MountOptions = {}) => {
 }
 
 /**
- * Removes any mounted component
+ * Removes the mounted component
  * @see https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-react-unit-test/tree/master/cypress/component/basic/unmount
  * @example
   ```