fix flickering for first check/validation of user role

example/src/App.tsx

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const App = () => {
           </Link>
         </li>
       </ul>
-      <fieldset>
+      <fieldset style={{minHeight: 100}}>
         <legend>pages wrapper</legend>
         <Routes />
       </fieldset>

package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "0.4.1",
+  "version": "0.4.2",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/index.d.ts",

src/hooks/use-role.hook.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import {useContext, useEffect, useState} from 'react';
-import {RouterContext} from "../context/context";
+import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { RouterContext } from '../context/context';
 
 /**
  * Custom hook that returns a boolean value if the user can access the specified route path,
@@ -17,50 +17,55 @@ export const useRole = (
 ) => {
   const ctx = useContext(RouterContext);
   if (!ctx) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `useRole hook must be used inside AppRouter provider!`,
-    );
+    throw new Error(`useRole hook must be used inside AppRouter provider!`);
   }
-  const [userHasRequiredRole, setUserHasRequiredRole] = useState(false);
   const { userRole } = ctx;
 
+  const [userHasRequiredRole, setUserHasRequiredRole] = useState(() =>
+    checkRole(path, routeRoles, userRole, allRolesRequired),
+  );
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    /** the route has some roles */
-    if (routeRoles && routeRoles.length) {
-      if (!userRole) {
-        /** but user has no role */
-        const errorMsg = `The path ${path} has some required roles: ${JSON.stringify(
-          routeRoles,
-        )}, but current user does not have a role!`;
-        console.error(errorMsg);
-        // throw new Error(errorMsg);
-      } else {
-        /** check against user role/s */
+    const canAccess = checkRole(path, routeRoles, userRole, allRolesRequired);
+    if (canAccess !== userHasRequiredRole) setUserHasRequiredRole(canAccess);
+  }, [userRole, routeRoles]);
+
+  return [userHasRequiredRole];
+};
 
-        if (Array.isArray(userRole)) {
-          /** user has multiple roles */
-          if (allRolesRequired) {
-            /** and all roles must be required */
-            const hasAllRoles = routeRoles.every((r) => userRole.includes(r));
-            setUserHasRequiredRole(hasAllRoles);
-          } else {
-            /** user must have at least one role */
-            const hasAtLeastOneRole = userRole.some((r) =>
-              routeRoles.includes(r),
-            );
-            setUserHasRequiredRole(hasAtLeastOneRole);
-          }
-        } else {
-          /** user has a single role */
-          const roleIsIncluded = routeRoles.includes(userRole);
-          setUserHasRequiredRole(roleIsIncluded);
+const checkRole = (
+  path: string,
+  routeRoles?: string[],
+  userRole?: string[] | string,
+  allRolesRequired?: boolean,
+): boolean => {
+  /** the route has some roles */
+  if (routeRoles && routeRoles.length) {
+    if (!userRole) {
+      /** but user has no role */
+      const errorMsg = `The path ${path} has some required roles: ${JSON.stringify(
+        routeRoles,
+      )}, but current user does not have a role!`;
+      console.error(errorMsg);
+      // throw new Error(errorMsg);
+    } else {
+      /** check against user role/s */
+      if (Array.isArray(userRole)) {
+        /** user has multiple roles */
+        if (allRolesRequired) {
+          /** and all roles must be required */
+          const hasAllRoles = routeRoles.every((r) => userRole.includes(r));
+          return hasAllRoles;
         }
+        /** user must have at least one role */
+        const hasAtLeastOneRole = userRole.some((r) => routeRoles.includes(r));
+        return hasAtLeastOneRole;
       }
-    } else {
-      /** the route has no roles */
-      setUserHasRequiredRole(true);
+      /** user has a single role */
+      const roleIsIncluded = routeRoles.includes(userRole);
+      return roleIsIncluded;
     }
-  }, [userRole, routeRoles]);
-
-  return [userHasRequiredRole];
+  }
+  /** the route has no roles */
+  return true;
 };

src/route/common.tsx

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const Common: FC<IRoute> = (props): ReactElement => {
     ? defaultFallback
     : null;
 
-  if (userHasRequiredRole === false) {
+  if (!userHasRequiredRole) {
     return InvalidUserRoleFallback ? (
       <InvalidUserRoleFallback
         currentUserRole={userRole}

src/route/private.tsx

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const Private: FC<IRoute> = (props): ReactElement => {
   }
 
   /** user must have the required role that matches a route role */
-  if (userHasRequiredRole === false) {
+  if (!userHasRequiredRole) {
     return InvalidUserRoleFallback ? (
       <InvalidUserRoleFallback
         currentUserRole={userRole}

src/route/public.tsx

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const Public: FC<IRoute> = (props): ReactElement => {
   }
 
   /** user must have the required role that matches a route role */
-  if (userHasRequiredRole === false) {
+  if (!userHasRequiredRole) {
     return InvalidUserRoleFallback ? (
       <InvalidUserRoleFallback
         currentUserRole={userRole}

src/shared/invalid-user-default-fallback.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const InvalidUserDefaultFallback: FC<MainProps> = ({
     </p>
     <br />
     <p>
-      Route required roles:{' '}
+      Route required roles:&nbsp;
       <strong>{JSON.stringify(routeRequiredRoles)}</strong>
     </p>
   </>