Hi, Basically, I would like to apply some (of my own) metadata to a component instance inside the mxml. Like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:ApplicationControlBar> <mx:Metadata>[MyMetadata]</mx:Metadata> <mx:Button id="foo" label="Blah"/> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> </mx:Application> And then only have the [MyMetadata] applied to the foo button instance. Is this possible? Placing it there makes the compiler bark. I guess this is due to the fact, that mxmlc will put it before a class definition. I then tried something like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:ApplicationControlBar> <mx:Script>[MyMetadata]</mx:Script> <mx:Button id="foo" label="Blah"/> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> </mx:Application> but this made the compiler bark too :-) about metadata requiring an associated definition. And of course it is right. My guess is the mxmlc compiler is translating the above to something like: acb = new ApplicationControlBar(); [MyMetadata] b = new Button(); acb.add(b); and of course then it is wrong with the metadata element there. Am I right? Can I do it some other way? I came up with this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:ApplicationControlBar> <myns:MetadataButton id="foo" label="Blah"/> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> </mx:Application> and then have a component MetadataButton.mxml with this content: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <mx:Button xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:Metadata>[MyMetadata]</mx:Metadata> </mx:Button> which works! But the MyMetadata annotation will change on the various buttons. So I would like to inline it, like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:ApplicationControlBar> <mx:Button xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:Metadata>[MyMetadata]</mx:Metadata> </mx:Button> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> </mx:Application> but this makes the compiler bark again. Any help?
