I have found that inspecting the Boolean property "initialized" in UIComponent is equivalent to determining if the creation complete event has fired for a UIComponent...from the docs for Flex SDK 3.5:
initialized:Boolean A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout: commitment, measurement, and layout (provided that any were required). http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flex I have a base ViewMediator that injects views and performs the following check: [Autowire( view="true" )] public function set view( value:* ):void { logger.debug("AUTOWIRE :: view = " + value); this._view = value; // determine if the view has been initialized... // NO...listen for it's creation complete event if(this._view.initialized == false) { this._view.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, onCreationComplete); } // YES...call the init() method to kick off the initialization of the view mediator else { this.init(); } // don't get in GC's way if the view is removed this._view.addEventListener(Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE, cleanup); } -riley --- In [email protected], "dfalling" <dfall...@...> wrote: > > I have a custom tab navigator that will be attached to a viewstack. It needs > to know if the viewstack's children have been created or not. This could > happen before it is attached to the viewstack or some time after due to > creationPolicy, so I absolutely can't just listen for the creationComplete > event. Once I know it hasn't been created, I can watch it (and am planning > to), but I need a way to check beforehand. > > --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote: > > > > So, I still don't understand. How would you create a component without > > having a reference to it? > > > > Also, if you have a public var thisComponentIsComplete:Boolean in your > > component that gets set when the creationComplete event fires, why can't > > you just ask the component if it has been created? > > > > if(theNewComponentIJustGotAReferenceTo.thisComponentIsComplete) > > { > > trace("This Component has been created"); > > } > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "dfalling" <dfalling@> wrote: > > > > > > Man, I'm doing a terrible job communicating my problems. > > > > > > So I want way for other components to inspect each other to see if > > > they've completed. I can't just listen to the event, because the > > > creation could have happened before I ever had a reference to the > > > component to start listening. I'm wondering if there's a way to inspect > > > a component that you've just now been given a reference to, that may or > > > may not have created itself already. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I should probably clarify a bit. > > > > > > > > You could create your own creationComplete flag. > > > > > > > > private var thisComponentIsComplete:Boolean = false; > > > > > > > > then set it in your creationComplete event handler > > > > > > > > private function onCreationComplete():void > > > > { > > > > thisComponentIsComplete = true; > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If it has already fired then your event handler will have run. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "dfalling" <dfalling@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a publicly-exposed property on components that can be > > > > > > inspected to determine if they have finished creation yet? I know > > > > > > I can listen for creationComplete, but what can I do if it may have > > > > > > already been fired? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
