A brief discussion on the role of Vue3 defineComponent

export function defineComponent(options: unknown) {
  return isFunction(options) ? { setup: options } : options
}

// overload 1: direct setup function
// (uses user defined props interface)
export function defineComponent<Props, RawBindings = object>(
  setup: (
    props: Readonly<Props>,
    ctx: SetupContext
  ) => RawBindings | RenderFunction
): DefineComponent<Props, RawBindings>

// overload 2: object format with no props
// (uses user defined props interface)
// return type is for Vetur and TSX support
export function defineComponent<
  Props = {},
  RawBindings = {},
  D = {},
  C extends ComputedOptions = {},
  M extends MethodOptions = {},
  Mixin extends ComponentOptionsMixin = ComponentOptionsMixin,
  Extends extends ComponentOptionsMixin = ComponentOptionsMixin,
  E extends EmitsOptions = EmitsOptions,
  EE extends string = string
>(
  options: ComponentOptionsWithoutProps<Props,RawBindings,D,C,M,Mixin,Extends,E,EE>
): DefineComponent<Props, RawBindings, D, C, M, Mixin, Extends, E, EE>

// overload 3: object format with array props declaration
// props inferred as { [key in PropNames]?: any }
// return type is for Vetur and TSX support
export function defineComponent<
  PropNames extends string,
  RawBindings,
  D,
  C extends ComputedOptions = {},
  M extends MethodOptions = {},
  Mixin extends ComponentOptionsMixin = ComponentOptionsMixin,
  Extends extends ComponentOptionsMixin = ComponentOptionsMixin,
  E extends EmitsOptions = Record<string, any>,
  EE extends string = string
>(
  options: ComponentOptionsWithArrayProps<
    PropNames,
    RawBindings,...>
): DefineComponent<
  Readonly<{ [key in PropNames]?: any }>,
  RawBindings,...>

// overload 4: object format with object props declaration
// see `ExtractPropTypes` in ./componentProps.ts
export function defineComponent<
  // the Readonly constraint allows TS to treat the type of { required: true }
  // as constant instead of boolean.
  PropsOptions extends Readonly<ComponentPropsOptions>,
  RawBindings,
  D,
  C extends ComputedOptions = {},
  M extends MethodOptions = {},
  Mixin extends ComponentOptionsMixin = ComponentOptionsMixin,
  Extends extends ComponentOptionsMixin = ComponentOptionsMixin,
  E extends EmitsOptions = Record<string, any>,
  EE extends string = string
>(
  options: ComponentOptionsWithObjectProps<
    PropsOptions, RawBindings, D, C, M, Mixin, Extends, E, EE>
): DefineComponent<PropsOptions, RawBindings, D, C, M, Mixin, Extends, E, EE>

<script lang="tsx">
import { noop, trim } from 'lodash';
import {
  inject, Ref, defineComponent, getCurrentInstance, ref
} from '@vue/composition-api';
import filters from '@/filters';
import CommonDialog from '@/components/CommonDialog';
import ChildTable, { getEmptyModelRow } from './ChildTable.vue';
 
export interface IParentDialog {
  show: boolean;
  specFn: (component_id: HostComponent['id']) => Promise<{ data: DictSpecs }>;
}
 
export default defineComponent<IParentDialog>({
  // Custom components in tsx still need to register components: {
    ChildTable
  },
  props: {
    show: {
      type: Boolean,
      default: false
    },
    specFn: {
      type: Function,
      default: noop
    }
  },
 
  // note: setup must use arrow function setup: (props, context) => {
 
    // Fix the problem that 'h' function cannot be automatically injected in tsx // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
    const h = getCurrentInstance()!.$createElement;
 
    const { emit } = context;
    const { specFn, show } = props;
 
    // Usage of filter const { withColon } = filters;
 
    // inject usage const pageType = inject<CompSpecType>('pageType', 'foo');
    const dictComponents = inject<Ref<DictComp[]>>('dictComponents', ref([]));
    
    // ref type constraint const dictSpecs = ref<DictSpecs>([]);
    const loading = ref(false);
 
    const _lookupSpecs = async (component_id: HostComponent['id']) => {
      loading.value = true;
      try {
        const json = await specFn(component_id);
        dictSpecs.value = json.data;
      finally
        loading.value = false;
      }
    };
 
    const formdata = ref<Spec>({
      component_id: '',
      specs_id: '',
      model: [getEmptyModelRow()]
    });
    const err1 = ref('');
    const err2 = ref('');
    
    const _doCheck = () => {
      err1.value = '';
      err2.value = '';
      
      const { component_id, specs_id, model } = formdata.value;
      if (!component_id) {
        err1.value = 'Please select a component';
        return false;
      }
      for (let i = 0; i < model.length; i++) {
        const { brand_id, data } = model[i];
        if (!brand_id) {
          err2.value = 'Please select a brand';
          return false;
        }
        if (
          formdata.value.model.some(
            (m, midx) => midx !== i && String(m.brand_id) === String(brand_id)
          )
        ) {
          err2.value = 'Brand duplicate';
          return false;
        }
      }
      return true;
    };
 
    const onClose = () => {
      emit('update:show', false);
    };
    const onSubmit = async () => {
      const bool = _doCheck();
      if (!bool) return;
      const params = formdata.value;
      emit('submit', params);
      onClose();
    };
 
    // note: In tsx, globally registered components such as element-ui still need to use kebab-case format????‍
    return () => (
      <CommonDialog
        class="comp"
        title="New"
        width="1000px"
        labelCancel="Cancel"
        labelSubmit="OK"
        vLoading={loading.value}
        show={show}
        onClose={onClose}
        onSubmit={onSubmit}
      >
        <el-form labelWidth="140px" class="create-page">
         <el-form-item label={withColon('Component type')} required={true} error={err1.value}>
            <el-select
              class="full-width"
              model={{
                value: formdata.value.component_id,
                callback: (v: string) => {
                  formdata.value.component_id = v;
                  _lookupSpecs(v);
                }
              }}
            >
              {dictComponents.value.map((dictComp: DictComp) => (
                <el-option key={dictComp.id} label={dictComp.component_name} value={dictComp.id} />
              ))}
            </el-select>
          </el-form-item>
          {formdata.value.component_id ? (
              <el-form-item labelWidth="0" label="" required={true} error={err2.value}>
                <child-table
                  list={formdata.value.model}
                  onChange={(v: Spec['model']) => {
                    formdata.value.model = v;
                  }}
                  onError={(err: string) => {
                    err3.value = err;
                  }}
                  scopedSlots={{
                      default: (scope: any) => (
                        <p>{ scope.foo }</p>
                      )
                  }}
                />
              </el-form-item>
          ) : null}
        </el-form>
      </CommonDialog>
    );
  }
});
</script>
 
<style lang="scss" scoped>
</style>