refactor: rename createComponent as defineComponent

README.md

@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ After installing the plugin you can use the [Composition API](https://vue-compos
 
 **This plugin requires TypeScript version >3.5.1. If you are using vetur, make sure to set `vetur.useWorkspaceDependencies` to `true`.**
 
-To let TypeScript properly infer types inside Vue component options, you need to define components with `createComponent`:
+To let TypeScript properly infer types inside Vue component options, you need to define components with `defineComponent`:
 
 ```ts
-import { createComponent } from '@vue/composition-api';
+import { defineComponent } from '@vue/composition-api';
 
-const Component = createComponent({
+const Component = defineComponent({
   // type inference enabled
 });
 

README.zh-CN.md

@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ Vue.use(VueCompositionApi);
 
 **请使用最新版的 TypeScript，如果你使用了 `vetur`，请将 `vetur.useWorkspaceDependencies` 设为 `true`。**
 
-为了让 TypeScript 正确的推导类型，我们必须使用 `createComponent` 来定义组件:
+为了让 TypeScript 正确的推导类型，我们必须使用 `defineComponent` 来定义组件:
 
 ```ts
-import { createComponent } from '@vue/composition-api';
+import { defineComponent } from '@vue/composition-api';
 
-const Component = createComponent({
+const Component = defineComponent({
   // 启用类型推断
 });
 

src/apis/computed.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getCurrentVue, getCurrentVM } from '../runtimeContext';
 import { createRef, Ref } from '../reactivity';
-import { createComponentInstance } from '../helper';
+import { defineComponentInstance } from '../helper';
 import { warn } from '../utils';
 
 interface Option<T> {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function computed<T>(
     set = options.set;
   }
 
-  const computedHost = createComponentInstance(getCurrentVue(), {
+  const computedHost = defineComponentInstance(getCurrentVue(), {
     computed: {
       $$state: {
         get,

src/apis/watch.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ComponentInstance } from '../component';
 import { Ref, isRef } from '../reactivity';
 import { assert, logError, noopFn } from '../utils';
-import { createComponentInstance } from '../helper';
+import { defineComponentInstance } from '../helper';
 import { getCurrentVM, getCurrentVue } from '../runtimeContext';
 import { WatcherPreFlushQueueKey, WatcherPostFlushQueueKey } from '../symbols';
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export function watch(
   let vm = getCurrentVM();
   if (!vm) {
     if (!fallbackVM) {
-      fallbackVM = createComponentInstance(getCurrentVue());
+      fallbackVM = defineComponentInstance(getCurrentVue());
     }
     vm = fallbackVM;
   } else if (!hasWatchEnv(vm)) {

src/component/component.ts

@@ -70,6 +70,31 @@ interface ComponentOptionsWithoutProps<Props = unknown, RawBindings = Data> {
   setup?: SetupFunction<Props, RawBindings>;
 }
 
+// overload 1: object format with no props
+export function defineComponent<RawBindings>(
+  options: ComponentOptionsWithoutProps<unknown, RawBindings>
+): VueProxy<unknown, RawBindings>;
+// overload 2: object format with object props declaration
+// see `ExtractPropTypes` in ./componentProps.ts
+export function defineComponent<
+  Props,
+  RawBindings = Data,
+  PropsOptions extends ComponentPropsOptions = ComponentPropsOptions
+>(
+  // prettier-ignore
+  options: (
+    // prefer the provided Props, otherwise infer it from PropsOptions
+    HasDefined<Props> extends true
+      ? ComponentOptionsWithProps<PropsOptions, RawBindings, Props>
+      : ComponentOptionsWithProps<PropsOptions, RawBindings>) &
+    Omit<Vue2ComponentOptions<Vue>, keyof ComponentOptionsWithProps<never, never>>
+): VueProxy<PropsOptions, RawBindings>;
+// implementation, close to no-op
+export function defineComponent(options: any) {
+  return options as any;
+}
+
+// createComponent is kept around for retro-compatibility
 // overload 1: object format with no props
 export function createComponent<RawBindings>(
   options: ComponentOptionsWithoutProps<unknown, RawBindings>
@@ -89,7 +114,10 @@ export function createComponent<
       : ComponentOptionsWithProps<PropsOptions, RawBindings>) &
     Omit<Vue2ComponentOptions<Vue>, keyof ComponentOptionsWithProps<never, never>>
 ): VueProxy<PropsOptions, RawBindings>;
-// implementation, close to no-op
+// implementation, deferring to defineComponent, but logging a warning in dev mode
 export function createComponent(options: any) {
-  return options as any;
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+    Vue.util.warn('`createComponent` has been renamed to `defineComponent`.');
+  }
+  return defineComponent(options);
 }

src/component/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export {
   Data,
   createComponent,
+  defineComponent,
   SetupFunction,
   SetupContext,
   ComponentInstance,

src/createElement.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import { currentVM, getCurrentVue } from './runtimeContext';
-import { createComponentInstance } from './helper';
+import { defineComponentInstance } from './helper';
 import { warn } from './utils';
 
 type CreateElement = Vue['$createElement'];
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const createElement: CreateElement = function createElement(...args: any) {
   if (!currentVM) {
     warn('`createElement()` has been called outside of render function.');
     if (!fallbackCreateElement) {
-      fallbackCreateElement = createComponentInstance(getCurrentVue()).$createElement;
+      fallbackCreateElement = defineComponentInstance(getCurrentVue()).$createElement;
     }
 
     return fallbackCreateElement.apply(fallbackCreateElement, args);

src/helper.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function ensureCurrentVMInFn(hook: string): ComponentInstance {
   return vm!;
 }
 
-export function createComponentInstance<V extends Vue = Vue>(
+export function defineComponentInstance<V extends Vue = Vue>(
   Ctor: VueConstructor<V>,
   options: ComponentOptions<V> = {}
 ) {

src/index.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ if (currentVue && typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.Vue) {
 export default plugin;
 export { default as createElement } from './createElement';
 export { SetupContext };
-export { createComponent, ComponentRenderProxy, PropType, PropOptions } from './component';
+export {
+  createComponent,
+  defineComponent,
+  ComponentRenderProxy,
+  PropType,
+  PropOptions,
+} from './component';
 // For getting a hold of the interal instance in setup() - useful for advanced
 // plugins
 export { getCurrentVM as getCurrentInstance } from './runtimeContext';

src/reactivity/reactive.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { AnyObject } from '../types/basic';
 import { getCurrentVue } from '../runtimeContext';
 import { isPlainObject, def, hasOwn, warn } from '../utils';
-import { isComponentInstance, createComponentInstance } from '../helper';
+import { isComponentInstance, defineComponentInstance } from '../helper';
 import {
   AccessControlIdentifierKey,
   ReactiveIdentifierKey,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function observe<T>(obj: T): T {
   if (Vue.observable) {
     observed = Vue.observable(obj);
   } else {
-    const vm = createComponentInstance(Vue, {
+    const vm = defineComponentInstance(Vue, {
       data: {
         $$state: obj,
       },

test/types/createComponent.spec.ts → test/types/defineComponent.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createComponent, createElement as h, ref, SetupContext } from '../../src';
+import { createComponent, defineComponent, createElement as h, ref, SetupContext } from '../../src';
 import Router from 'vue-router';
 
 const Vue = require('vue/dist/vue.common.js');
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ const isSubType = <SuperType, SubType>(shouldBeEqual: SubType extends SuperType
   expect(true).toBe(true);
 };
 
-describe('createComponent', () => {
+describe('defineComponent', () => {
   it('should work', () => {
-    const Child = createComponent({
+    const Child = defineComponent({
       props: { msg: String },
       setup(props) {
         return () => h('span', props.msg);
       },
     });
 
-    const App = createComponent({
+    const App = defineComponent({
       setup() {
         const msg = ref('hello');
         return () =>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('createComponent', () => {
   });
 
   it('should infer props type', () => {
-    const App = createComponent({
+    const App = defineComponent({
       props: {
         a: {
           type: Number,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('createComponent', () => {
     interface IPropsType {
       b: string;
     }
-    const App = createComponent<IPropsType>({
+    const App = defineComponent<IPropsType>({
       props: {
         b: {},
       },
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('createComponent', () => {
   });
 
   it('no props', () => {
-    const App = createComponent({
+    const App = defineComponent({
       setup(props, ctx) {
         isTypeEqual<SetupContext, typeof ctx>(true);
         isTypeEqual<unknown, typeof props>(true);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe('createComponent', () => {
   });
 
   it('infer the required prop', () => {
-    const App = createComponent({
+    const App = defineComponent({
       props: {
         foo: {
           type: String,
@@ -138,10 +138,42 @@ describe('createComponent', () => {
           {
             path: '/',
             name: 'root',
-            component: createComponent({}),
+            component: defineComponent({}),
           },
         ],
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('retro-compatible with createComponent', () => {
+    it('should still work and warn', () => {
+      const warn = jest.spyOn(global.console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => null);
+      const Child = createComponent({
+        props: { msg: String },
+        setup(props) {
+          return () => h('span', props.msg);
+        },
+      });
+
+      const App = createComponent({
+        setup() {
+          const msg = ref('hello');
+          return () =>
+            h('div', [
+              h(Child, {
+                props: {
+                  msg: msg.value,
+                },
+              }),
+            ]);
+        },
+      });
+      const vm = new Vue(App).$mount();
+      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('span').textContent).toBe('hello');
+      expect(warn.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatch(
+        '[Vue warn]: `createComponent` has been renamed to `defineComponent`.'
+      );
+      warn.mockRestore();
+    });
+  });
 });