I am building a full featured file explorer and I am stuck on one part of
the application. On the left hand side I will have a base root directory
(root) and a listing of all directories that fall under it (no end). When
you click on a folder they will show up in the datagrid to the right. My
question is actually 2 parts.
1.) What approach should I take. Do I make one call to my server and build
the entire folder structure, then return either and arraycollection or
xmllistcollection or should I just grab the list of directories and show an
arrow next to directories with sub directories indicating that there are sub
directories. When you click on that folder make another call to the server
to grab that sub directory list and so on.
2.) The second part of the question is i heard that If I am going to be
updating this collection (deleting / adding / renaming directories) that I
should be using an ArrayCollection. The question is when I have data like
there is below, how do I break it down into parent/child nodes? Every
example I have seen of the tree always uses xml as the data and in those
examples its clear how to break down child / parent relationships.
** Any help on this how to move forward with this would be great help **
[0] (Object)#3
Attributes = ""
DateLastModified = Sat Nov 1 13:21:02 GMT-0400 2008
Directory = "H:\JRun4"
hasDirs = 0
Mode = ""
Name = "bin"
Path = "H:\JRun4\bin"
Size = 0
Type = "Dir"
[1] (Object)#4
Attributes = ""
DateLastModified = Fri Aug 3 21:55:23 GMT-0400 2007
Directory = "H:\JRun4"
hasDirs = 1
Mode = ""
Name = "docs"
Path = "H:\JRun4\docs"
Size = 0
Type = "Dir"
Thank You
Dan Vega
[email protected]
http://www.danvega.org
