I am trying to store a socket created for the client in App.js in my Redux store? I am not sure if this is even a good idea or not, but I want to be able to access the same socket in multiple components, so I thought I could just do it like I did with other objects.
Howerever, the things I stored until now in my redux store are strictly objects with fields in them, I have never stored an object that had functions.
When I try to call a function of the stored socket, I get: TypeError: this.props.socket.emit is not a function.
Which I guess means that I can't store class entities using Redux. Is this correct?
What would be the right solution here?
The best method to do something like this would be to isolate all code that deals with sockets and expose only those functions that your components call (something like socket.send(message: string) to send message etc).
Don't worry about importing the same module/file again and again, as no matter how many times you import/require it, the same instance is returned. So it's safe to isolate the socket functions and import them wherever needed.
Also, Redux is a state management library, therefore please don't expect it to handle functions and other advanced functionality.