Hi all
I found recently that binding had stopped working when we were using private
variables, for example:
<test:TestComponent id="testing" width="100" height="20"
boundValue="{_model.value}">
where we declare:
private var _model : Model = Model.getModel();
However it works with protected/public variables..
The reason is clear when you look at the generated _bindings array, which
contains:
function() { return this.test_MainView__model.value; },
and then
"_model",
"valueChange",
So basically the watcher list is using "_model" whereas the property is
actually generated as "test_MainView__model".
Looking at the compiler code, there's a function on the emitter which does this
translation:
public String formatPrivateName(String className, String name) {
return className.replace(".", "_") + "_" + name;
}
However I can't work out how to get the watcher analyser class to access the
emitter.. I think this is where the logic should go, because within
"WatcherAnalyzer. analyzeIdentifierNode" we're getting the name as a string and
creating the watcher object based on this string. So I want to do:
name = def.getBaseName();
if (def.isPrivate() && project.getAllowPrivateNameConflicts())
{
name =
getEmitter().formatPrivateName(def.getParent().getQualifiedName(), name);
}
My issue is that there's no access that I can see to the Emitter.
So I thought I'd ask:
1. does anyone know how I could actually get a valid reference to the
emitter from this point in the code? i.e. just through the JSRoyaleProject
object from what I can see..
2. or is there a better place where this should be? e.g. within getBaseName
itself, or where the base name is set up on the definition..?
3. or could we move the "formatPrivateName" method to somewhere more
accessible?
4. or can I just reproduce the "formatPrivateName" functionality here, and
add comments so that future maintainers know to update two locations in case
this changes?
The last option is simplest but very hacky.. but would appreciate thoughts on
the best approach.
thanks
Andrew
