Can stores store components?

Question

React

I ask the question not in the context of flux or redux, but in the context of the React ideology itself.
Can a store store components? I have a PagesContainer component that, when changing path, removes one page and adds another. Where should these pages be located? Lie in the store?

Answer 1

Since a component is a JavaScript object, technically it can be stored in a store.
But you shouldn't do this, because React components have a very specific life cycle, which does not include the "component lying around in the store" state. Components can be easily created and deleted on the fly as needed.
If desired, you can store any data necessary to create your components in the store.