Hey Mike, You'll see VO and DTO used interchangeably, I believe this is because Cairngorm used to use Data Transfer Object and then switched to Value Objects at some point.
That being said... this article gives a very basic example of passing data to and from a server strictly typed, which is what you are trying to accomplish. http://flex.sys-con.com/node/505875 ( ick syscon... anyone know where the real article is? ) The key is the using the [RemoteClass(alias="java.package.Class")], so that when Flex serializes and de-serializes the object, it knows what corresponding class on the server your object represents. I seem to recall that when creating VOs (or DTOs) with a ColdFusion service, you needed to add extra methods to assist in the serialization. Maybe someone else add to this? I've been out of CF for a while now. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:42 PM, mikeashields <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I've come via a MySql to CF to Flex learning path. > > As such, 1.) my flex app uses <mx:RemoteObject> with source= pointing at a > CFC (in wwwroot/test/cfcs directory). > > 2.) Said cfc calls a MySql STORED PROCEDURE which returns (say) a list of > "owners" (id, firstname, lastname, etc). > > 3.) CF passes this back to Flex (apparently in the form of an Object?). > > 4.) Flex then binds this returned data to a <mx:DataGrid>. > > Now I've read extensively on VOs (as well as Cairngorm/MVC) yet don't fully > understand either the "why" or the "how". > > Assuming as basic an example as possible, I need to use AS3 to first define > then instantiate an ownerVO, then a function to populate the ownerVO with > the results of the RemoteObject then I populate the DataGrid with > ownerVOs???? > > Comments and/or directions to appropriate learning resources appreciated. > > > -- Cheers, Nate ---------------------------------------- http://blog.natebeck.net
