Hello again, I did some additional tests, and have realized that I _have to_ explicitely implement the Externalizable interface on the Java side to be able to use custom serialization / deserialization on the Flex side. So apparently it is not possible to use a standard class (like HashMap, or the Hibernate PersistantMap) and map it to my custom class in Flex (i.e. customize only the client part). Is this something you have noticed?
Regards, -- Sébastien 2010/1/16 Sébastien Tromp <[email protected]> > Bumping the question, since I still have not resolved the issue. > > If there really is no other way I will try and revert back to an Object (or > Dictionary) to store the data, and use the HashCollection simply as a > wrapper around it. > > Thanks, > -- > Sébastien > > > 2010/1/10 Sébastien Tromp <[email protected]> > >> (sorry, mislicked on the send button). >> >> What I want to do is to map all instances of java.util.Map coming from my >> server (as well as its Hibernate counterpart, the >> org.hibernate.collection.PersistentMap) to this HashCollection. >> >> To experiment in doing so, I am trying to add custom serialization to the >> HashCollection: >> >> [RemoteClass(alias="org.hibernate.collection.PersistentMap")] >> public class HashCollection extends ArrayCollection implements IMap, >> IExternalizable >> { >> >> public function HashCollection(source:Array = null) >> { >> super(source); >> } >> >> ... >> >> public override function readExternal(input:IDataInput):void >> { >> trace("read external"); >> var test:Object = input.readObject(); >> var otherTest:Object = input.readUTF(); >> } >> >> public override function writeExternal(output:IDataOutput):void >> { >> trace("write external"); >> super.writeExternal(output); >> trace("test"); >> } >> } >> >> However I never go in the overridden readExternal and writeExternal - I >> always end up in the ArrayCollection methods. >> >> Does anyone has a clue either on my general issue (map PersistentMap and >> Map to my HashCollection class), or on why the overridden read- and >> writeExternal are never called? >> >> Regards, >> -- >> Sebastien >> >> 2010/1/10 Sébastien Tromp <[email protected]> >> >> Hello, >>> >>> I am currently working with a Java server implementation, talking to a >>> Flex client using BlazeDS. >>> On my client side, I have implemented a custom HashCollection ( >>> http://code.google.com/p/agricola-online/source/browse/trunk/agricola-online-flex/src/main/flex/org/liveboardgames/common/dictionary/collections/HashCollection.as). >>> Wh >>> >> >> >
