Cleaning out my list mail and came across this ... I have a sample of this, I put together awhile back, if anyone's interested. It's a JSON implementation, but it piggy-backs on all the same principles here.
http://booleanbetrayal.com/2007/05/18/httpservice-xmldecode-objecttranslator-and-rabidsquirrels/ On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:34 PM, bpjadam <[email protected]> wrote: > > So as a followup to my own thread, I've written a drop-in replacement for > SimpleXMLDecoder / Encoder that I call TypedXMLDecoder/Encoder.. > > Rather than turning an XML doc into a tree of plain-jane Object (or > ObjectProxy) instances, it directly creates a graph of typed instances > using > a simple XML element -> AS type mapping table you provide. Thus, each chunk > of XML is only examined once and unmarshalled directly into an AS3 typed > instance object. > > It's also smart enough to use the reflective machinery in AS3 > (specifically, > DescribeTypeCache and friends) to figure out what AS type you *really* want > for nested objects based on their declared type in your AS class > definitions, thereby saving you the trouble of putting all possible types > into the mapping table. You only need to specify the possible "root" > element > to type mappings and you do *not* have to put helper methods in your AS > classes to deal with the marshalling/unmarshalling. > > I've got it handling Array and ArrayCollection properly as well as > respecting the [Transient] metadata tag when encoding as XML. > > XML attributes can either be handled as properties (the default) or can be > handled specially as "meta" and stashed in a distinct attributes dict > handing off the instances. This latter option allows for symmetry with > encoding the objects back into XML. > > And finally, if no type map entry can be figured out, it falls back to > creating regular Object (or ObjectProxy) instances. > > So far, it's working well in our project against a nice REST service > interface we've built for our application. If there's enough interest out > there and I can get clearance from my employer, I'll open source the thing. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Creating-strongly-typed-objects-from-HTTPService-results-tp16182400p20847252.html > Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >
