RE: [flexcoders] arrayCollection to custom value object

[Peter Farland]

The item may not be an instance of user, but rather an anonymous Object that contains the correct properties that match the public interface of the user class. The “as” operator returns null if the instance cannot be coerced into the requested type… where as traditional casting syntax will throw an error. You can use getQualifiedClassName or the “is” operator to determine whether an instance is of a particular type before casting or using the as operator.   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Shannon Hicks Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:40 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] arrayCollection to custom value object   So, I've got an ArrayCollection and a defined value object. The ArrayCollection has just one record in it, and the data matches the valueObject perfectly. Here's my code:   If I do this, everything works:       model.currentUser.userID = loginResult.getItemAt(0).userID;       model.currentUser.username = loginResult.getItemAt(0).username;       model.currentUser.name = loginResult.getItemAt(0).name;       model.currentUser.email = loginResult.getItemAt(0).email;       model.currentUser.city = loginResult.getItemAt(0).city;       model.currentUser.state = loginResult.getItemAt(0).state;       model.currentUser.country = loginResult.getItemAt(0).country;       model.currentUser.approved = loginResult.getItemAt(0).approved;       model.currentUser.lastLogin = loginResult.getItemAt(0).lastLogin;       model.currentUser.createDate = loginResult.getItemAt(0).createDate; If I do EITHER OF THESE (not all at once), model.currentUser remains NULL: 1    model.currentUser = loginResult.getItemAt(0) as user; 2    model.currentUser = loginResult as user;   Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?   Shan   -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 7/4/2006 __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___