Hi Dirk, Your # 1 is pretty close to how things work. If the fill params match then the items in the current collection will be refreshed to the latest values from the server, including the application of any pending deletes/updates/etc you'd made to the previous collection contents but haven't committed that can be applied to the new contents. If the params differ then the current items in the collection are fully released if there are no other refs to them (from a different fill() or getItem()) and the collection is cleared out and repopulated with the new set of managed items.
You should use releaseCollection() to un-manage a collection that you're done with; that lets the server know that it no longer needs to send you updates for those managed items when you have auto-sync enabled. Best, Seth ________________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Eismann Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 12:44 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Calling fill() on the same collection multiple times Hi, simple question - and hopefully a simple answer :) Imagine I have an ArrayCollection searchResult which is used to display results returned from a fill() method. This fill() method gets invoked with different additional arguments (the search query, additional filter settinsg etc.). What happens to the items in the ArrayCollection if I call fill() a second time and pass in an ArrayCollection that already is filled with different items? 1) they'll be released and removed from the DataStore automatically. 2) they won't be released - so over time the DataStore fills up with "old" search result items. I suspect 2) happens, right? In this case it seems to be a best practice to release all items in an ArrayCollection that is frequently filled with different item sets, right? Dirk. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
