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+import React from "react";
+import { EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
+import { EditorState } from "prosemirror-state";
+
+export interface ProseMirrorEditorViewProps {
+    /* EditorState instance to use. */
+    editorState: EditorState;
+    /* Called when EditorView produces new EditorState. */
+    onEditorState: (editorState: EditorState) => any;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This wraps ProseMirror's EditorView into React component.
+ * This code was found on https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/using-with-react/904
+ */
+export class ProseMirrorEditorView extends React.Component<ProseMirrorEditorViewProps>  {
+
+    private _editorView?: EditorView;
+
+    _createEditorView = (element: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+        if (element != null) {
+            this._editorView = new EditorView(element, {
+                state: this.props.editorState,
+                dispatchTransaction: this.dispatchTransaction,
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    dispatchTransaction = (tx: any) => {
+        // In case EditorView makes any modification to a state we funnel those
+        // modifications up to the parent and apply to the EditorView itself.
+        const editorState = this.props.editorState.apply(tx);
+        if (this._editorView != null) {
+            this._editorView.updateState(editorState);
+        }
+        this.props.onEditorState(editorState);
+    };
+
+    focus() {
+        if (this._editorView) {
+            this._editorView.focus();
+        }
+    }
+
+    componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps: { editorState: EditorState<any>; }) {
+        // In case we receive new EditorState through props — we apply it to the
+        // EditorView instance.
+        if (this._editorView) {
+            if (nextProps.editorState !== this.props.editorState) {
+                this._editorView.updateState(nextProps.editorState);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        if (this._editorView) {
+            this._editorView.destroy();
+        }
+    }
+
+    shouldComponentUpdate() {
+        // Note that EditorView manages its DOM itself so we'd ratrher don't mess
+        // with it.
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        // Render just an empty div which is then used as a container for an
+        // EditorView instance.
+        return (
+            <div ref={this._createEditorView} />
+        );
+    }
+}
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