Thanks, and to summarize the other Thread, the answer to my question is no, but yes.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/65112 Really I was hoping for something more along the lines of Annotations like in Java 1.5. I think that I will probably try some other avenue since this appears to be a dead end. Paul Michael Schmalle wrote: > Well, don't have exactly what I wanted to say but, > > see > > Re: Flex 2 Compiler / Metadata Question > > Posts in flexcoders. > > I don't have the url to the thread. > > Peace, Mike > > On 6/8/07, Paul deCoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> You lost me.. I think either I need you to give me a concrete >> example or >> >> I need to better describe what I want to do. >> >> I have a java application that generates AS3 classes from an XML Schema >> source. Here is a simple example of one of those classes: >> >> public class Angle { >> >> public var activeaudioangle:String; >> >> public var activevideoangle:String; >> >> public var clip:com.decoursey.xmeml.Clip; >> >> public function Angle() { >> } >> >> >> >> } >> >> What I'd like to do is add metadata to properties(or to the class), for >> example: >> >> public class Angle { >> >> [XBElementSource(name="AAA")] >> public var activeaudioangle:String; >> >> [XBElementSource(name="AVA")] >> public var activevideoangle:String; >> >> public var clip:com.decoursey.xmeml.Clip; >> >> public function Angle() { >> } >> >> >> >> } >> >> And then at runtime I'd like to inspect the metadata, or even have the >> compiler generate some extra code based on the metadata. How do I do >> that? Can I do that? >> >> Michael Schmalle wrote: >> > Yes, >> > >> > use the xml reflection and there is a meta data node for the member it >> > was >> > defined on. >> > >> > Peace, Mike >> > >> > On 6/8/07, Paul deCoursey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <paul%40decoursey.net>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Does anybody know if it's possible to define our own metadata and >> >> access >> >> >> >> that info at runtime? For example, I'm writing a XML-Object binding >> >> framework and I'd like to add some metadata to some generated classes >> >> that I can access at runtime. The data I'd like to add is info about >> >> how the object should be read or written to and from XML. >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > > >
