Just to resume this thread, what I meant was to still use MXML and all the
Flex components, but to introduce common functionality to all our Views
(mxml files). Perhaps it's better to think of weaving this in than using
inheritance, since that would require multiple inheritance AFAICT.
I don't want anything fancy -- just a getter/setter pair:
public function get model():IViewModel
{
// some common code
}
private var _model:IViewModel;
public function set model(value:IViewModel):void
{
// more common code
}
To save writing out this code again and again, would I have to put this code
in an include file, and include from each View?
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 06:41, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote:
> In theory, if your base class implements IUIComponent, then your visual
> components will work in Flex
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Jules Suggate
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:56 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] Common base class for components
>
>
>
> Hi list, anyone know if it's possible to have all our components inherit
> from a common base component of our own making?
>
> There are some things in our app that every View component will have to do
> at loadtime, and it'd be nice to just write that code once and have all the
> other components inherit it...
>
> Last time I checked in Flex 3 Beta 2 there was some vague suggestion of
> using "Template Components", but that seemed like an afterthought in the SDK
> at the time. Just thought I'd check to see if you knew of any tricks for
> doing it :)
>
> Perhaps even an include file would be the way to go...
>
>
>
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Jules Suggate
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Uphill Sprint Limited
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