Of course. It's declaratively extending a class and everything declaration enclosed is an instance of some (other) class. I totally forgot that you can also extend classes in mxml.
Thanks Shaun. That's the answer I was look for. On Dec 10, 2007 2:10 PM, shaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Velevitch wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2007 12:07 PM, Bjorn Schultheiss > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Add the -keep argument to the compiler options to see what goes on behind > >>the scenes. > >> > >>This will give you your answer. > > > > > > I'm looking for something at a higher level before I go for a deep > > dive into the inner workings of the Flex compiler. Besides, the > > compiler output won't explain the concepts and philosophy behind it. > > > > Chris > > I think(without looking at the generated code) its basically composition. > > As you are aware you have extended an existing class(ServiceLocator). > The wrapped tag (a RemoteObject) is an instance variable contained in > your ServiceLocator subclass. > I don't think there is much more to it than that but i'm pretty much > guessing as I havent actually looked at the generated code. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <cairngorm:ServiceLocator > xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > xmlns:cairngorm="com.adobe.cairngorm.business.*"> > <mx:RemoteObject > id="addcontactService" > destination="addcontactService" > showBusyCursor="true" > result="event.token.resultHandler( event );" > fault="event.token.faultHandler( event );"> > </mx:RemoteObject> > </cairngorm:ServiceLocator> > > Your component is extending ServiceLocator and I image it will have a > reference to a RemoteObject and the reference is called addcontactService. > > If it was as3 it might look something like: > > class Foo extends cairngorm.ServiceLocator{ > protected var addcontactService:RemoteObject; > //etc. etc. > } > > > I suppose I should actually check this for myself. :) > > HTH. > - shaun > -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group m: 0415 469 095 www.flashdev.org.au
