As long as you know the property you are GETTING is really a function. There's a bug in the Flash player/compiler - or at least some see it as a bug, but Adobe is convinced it's not.
This statement: this[myFunction](); will NOT call callProperty. It will instead call getProperty, for which you MUST return a function or an exception is thrown. Why is that a bug? Because this statement: this.myFunction(); calls callProperty, as expected, but the [] notation does not. You MUST know that when getProperty is being called that you are to return a function. If you are dealing with a known and limited set of methods/properties, then that can be worked around. However, if you're dealing with many methods/properties, or worse, if you are dealing with a dynamic set of methods/properties, then you're up the creek. There's a bug report here: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-2812 Note my arguments for why this is a bug and how it's very visible in the XML object. On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Corey Smaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > thanks Tracy, that did the trick! > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If the functions exist, and you have the names in the xml, you can use > > bracket notation to resolve the references: > > > > this[myFunction](); > > > > > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Corey Smaller > > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:14 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] calling different methods through XML and Flash > > Proxy class? > > > > > > > > ok, im a little confused. I need to be able to call many different > > methods based on whatever comes in through the XML (ie- the XML would > > have a "function" node that names a preexisting function to handle > > whatever data comes in). My idea is to have one class that sends and > > receives the XML (DatabaseRequest.as for example) and then calls > > whatever function/class to set up the proper swf based on the XML > > data. like this > > > > <function>createVideoSection</function> > > > > Instead of using a ton of if/then statements is there an easier way to > > just call the function (even though the data comes in as XML) or > > create a class that interprets it?? > > > > I read a few examples on the Proxy class and maybe i am going in the > > right direction? its friday, Im tired, and its raining. > > > > from what I have read on the Proxy class you need to override > > flash_proxy_function CallProperty like so (taken from livedocs): > > > > //code > > > > override flash_proxy function callProperty(methodName:*, ... args):* { > > var res:*; > > switch (methodName.toString()) { > > case 'clear': > > _item = new Array(); > > break; > > case 'sum': > > var sum:Number = 0; > > for each (var i:* in _item) { > > // ignore non-numeric values > > if (!isNaN(i)) { > > sum += i; > > } > > } > > res = sum; > > break; > > default: > > res = _item[methodName].apply(_item, args); > > break; > > } > > return res; > > } > > > > //end code > > > > -- Derek Vadneau
