[flexcoders] Sending custom clases (value objects) to remote services

[mleembruggen]

I have made a custom class to use like a valueobject. I want to use 
it as the URLRequest.data property ... but it doesn't work. 
 
If I create a new Object() and populate it with variables it does 
work.... ??? I can't see what the difference is between these objects 
and why the server would care what type of object it is.

Here is a code example:
 

package com.paypal.vo
{
 public class RecurringBilling
 {
    
  public var cmd:String = "_xclick-subscriptions";
  public var business:String = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
  public var a3:String ="120";
  public var p3:String = "1";
  public var t3:String = "Y";
  public var no_note:String = "1";
  
  public var item_name:String = "Recurring Fee";
  public var item_number:String;
  
  public var no_shipping:String = "1";
  public var currency_code:String = "AUD";
  public var custom:String;
  public var src:String = "1";
  public var sra:String = "1";
 }
}
 
 
 
 
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; 
layout="absolute" creationComplete="init()">
 <mx:Script>
  <![CDATA[
   import flash.net.navigateToURL;
   import com.paypal.vo.RecurringBilling;
   
   private function init():void{
    var paypalURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest
("https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr";);
    paypalURL.method = "POST";
 
//this is the object I would like to send
    var recurringBilling:Object = new RecurringBilling();
    
    
    var recurringBillingVariables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
    recurringBillingVariables.cmd = "_xclick-subscriptions";
    recurringBillingVariables.business = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
    recurringBillingVariables.a3 ="120";
    recurringBillingVariables.p3 = "1";
    recurringBillingVariables.t3 = "Y";
    recurringBillingVariables.no_note = "1";
    recurringBillingVariables.item_name = "Recurring Fee";
    recurringBillingVariables.no_shipping = "1";
    recurringBillingVariables.currency_code = "AUD";
    recurringBillingVariables.src = "1";
    recurringBillingVariables.sra = "1";
    
    paypalURL.data = recurringBillingVariables; //I want to use 
recurringBilling custom class here
    
    navigateToURL(paypalURL);
   }
  ]]>
 </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>