I have an ActionScript class that creates a custom Review object, like so:
///// Review.as
///// Taken from one of Adobe's online samples
package samples.restaurant
{
import mx.formatters.DateFormatter;
////// [RemoteClass(alias="samples.restaurant.Review")]
[Bindable]
public class Review
{
public function Review(source:Object=null)
{
// some date formatting stuff happens here
}
public var restaurantId:int;
public var restaurantName:String;
public var restaurant:Object;
public var reviewDate:Date;
public var reviewer:String;
public var rating:Number;
public var title:String;
public var reviewText:String;
public var email:String;
}
}
This class lets me take an ArrayCollection of generic Objects from the
server, loop through it with something like "new Review(source[i])" and get
a bunch of Review objects in an ArrayCollection. Works perfectly.
I also need to be able to write a Review object (a Java object) to the
server, so I add "[RemoteClass(alias="samples.restaurant.Review")]" above
the ActionScript class declaration. This way I can declare a "public var
review:Review", call an "addReview(review)" on my RemoteObject service, and
my server receives a Review Java object. This works perfectly too.
The problem is that once I add this "[RemoteClass(alias="...")]" line, doing
"new Review(source[i])" no longer works as expected. Given the same
ArrayCollection of generic Objects as before, "new Review(source[i])" will
still create a Review object, but now all its properties are null.
If I comment out the "[RemoteClass(alias="...")]" line I can properly cast
generic objects to Review objects again (but then I am no longer able to
send a Review Java object to the server).
Is this the way it's supposed to work? (I hope I've stated my problem
clearly.) How can I accomplish both tasks using a single Review.as class?
Thanks for any help, folks.
John
PS. I am using the Flex 3.5 SDK.
