hi Ralf; in our case, we auto-generate the commanders; so we wouldn't need to test these parts. since calling a commander from another one without dispatching a new event does not violate the micro-architecture rules; we will choose it for efficiency; thanks a lot.
On Nov 16, 2007 2:09 PM, Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both is possible. > > However, in our practice we try to test as much as possible. > The call to a cairngorm command is rather difficult to test, > whereas you can easily test if a ciarngorm event is dispatched > by adding a listener to the CairngormEventDispatcher. > > Cheers > Ralf. > > > On Nov 16, 2007 12:34 PM, Yigit Boyar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<yboyar%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all; > > i work in a project which includes the implementation of a RIA > > application in which the user will generate an XML based on an XSD > > defined language using drag&drops and etc. (user never sees the xml). > > > > at first, we developed a code generator using AIR that takes the XSD and > > generates vo's, commaders, events,model & controller. so we just hand > > coded the views. and the demo was very successful. > > > > now the second phase of the project came and there are huge differences > > in the XSD, so we had to handcode additional things into commanders, > > which violated the auto-generation approach and resulted in some bugs & > > inefficiency. then we decided to upgrade the code generator to create > > more clever commanders and more specific events. > > > > we have an important debate here for which we need suggestions, so i'm > > presenting you our question. > > > > when an event is being handled, there may be need to do some more things > > which is done by another commander and has a specific event. in such a > > situation, > > -- should the commander call the other commander just creating the event > > and sending it to the other's execute method > > or > > --should the commander create the event and just dispatch. > > > > the second is the normal way for the cairngorm specs but the first is > > much more efficient. > > so which one do you suggest? > > > > thnks. > > > > p.s. commanders are specific to VO's a a commander just edit's it's VO's > > data on the model. > > > > -- > Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <ralf.bokelberg%40gmail.com>> > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany > >
