Time for you to read the presentation on Modules on my blog. It should explain why you're getting that error.
Alex Harui Flex SDK Developer Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of valdhor Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Why would "as" keyword not work Yes, I have an interface which I am implementing in the modules. It has a single set method that populates a single object with data. The data transfer is from application to modules only. --- In [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Pedro Sena <sena.pe...@...> wrote: > > Are you transfering data from one module to another(or to its parent) ? > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM, valdhor <valdhorli...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Also, I now have it working if I change from trying to coerce to a > > valueObject and just use a generic Object instead. > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Pedro > > Sena <sena.pedro@> wrote: > > > > > > Are you using modules? > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM, valdhor <valdhorlists@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hmmm. Looks like I misspoke. now I get... > > > > > > > > Type coercion failed. Cannot convert > > > > Model.ValueObjects::detaild...@11c0a941 to > > Model.ValueObjects.DetailData. > > > > > > > > What is the difference between a > > > > > > > > Model.ValueObjects::DetailData > > > > > > > > and a > > > > > > > > Model.ValueObjects.DetailData > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > > 40yahoogroups.com>, Alex > > > > Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Could be a compiler bug. If you look at the generated code you might > > get > > > > a clue (or the actual SWF bytes) > > > > > > > > > > Alex Harui > > > > > Flex SDK Developer > > > > > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> > > > > > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > > 40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > > > > [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <flexcoders% > > 40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of > > > > valdhor > > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:18 AM > > > > > To: [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Why would "as" keyword not work > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a bit of a perplexing problem (With a workaround). > > > > > > > > > > In a datagrid I have an itemRenderer that sets one column to a > > > > linkButton. In the constructor I have... > > > > > > > > > > addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, handleLinkClicked); > > > > > > > > > > I also have a valueObject imported... > > > > > > > > > > import Model.ValueObjects.DetailData; > > > > > > > > > > Now, in my eventListener I try to coerce the event.target.data to a > > > > detailData object like so... > > > > > > > > > > var currentItem:DetailData = event.target.data as DetailData; > > > > > > > > > > I have confirmed that event.target.data is an object of type > > > > Model.ValueObjects.DetailData. > > > > > > > > > > If I set a breakpoint here, then currentItem is null. > > > > > > > > > > If I try... > > > > > > > > > > var currentItem:* = event.target.data; > > > > > > > > > > then currentItem is properly populated as a > > Model.ValueObjects.DetailData > > > > object. > > > > > > > > > > The only way to get it to work properly is to do... > > > > > > > > > > var currentItem:DetailData = event.target.data as > > > > Model.ValueObjects.DetailData; > > > > > > > > > > Also, there is only one class file named DetailData. > > > > > > > > > > So, why is it that I import the correct class but it fails to coerce > > > > unless I set the full path to the class file? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > /** > > > * Pedro Sena > > > * Systems Architect > > > * Sun Certified Java Programmer > > > * Sun Certified Web Component Developer > > > */ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > /** > * Pedro Sena > * Systems Architect > * Sun Certified Java Programmer > * Sun Certified Web Component Developer > */ >

