Claudiu! Thanks again for your help... I think what I'll do is set up a test web service with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 levels of nested data making sure the data is basic and correct and will test it to see.
Thanks! :) Nick p.s. What country are you in? 2010/1/7 claudiu ursica <the_bran...@yahoo.com> > > > It is not normal to get a good xml for 2 levels and nor for 3 or 4 levels, > and here a really doubt that flex has an issue. So than it has to be a > server issue. The server needs to return valid xml no matter how many nested > levels are there. It can be an error on the server side logic or > something... I don't know because I am not able to run cod against your > server. > > C > > PS. > I believe there are 2 version of that utilities. If the link I gave you > does not work, buzz me and I'll look through my sources and try to find the > other one. However I use that utility to talk to a web service which return > plane objects to me. You should be able to parse that result as xml anytime. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nick Middleweek <n...@middleweek.co.uk> > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Thu, January 7, 2010 1:53:38 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [flexcoders] Problem Casting an > Object to a known type > > > > Hi Claudiu, thanks for your reply. > > I'm not sure what you mean proper data? It is real data that we want > returned. > > I will certainly look into using that Utility, thanks. > > > But is this a bug in Flex? has anyone else come across this? It seems odd > that it works with 3 levels of nested data but not 4 or 5... > > > Thanks, > Nick > > > > > > 2010/1/7 claudiu ursica <the_braniak@ yahoo.com <the_bran...@yahoo.com>> > >> >> >> Still you can try the utility I mentioned (http://www.darronsc hall.com/ >> weblog/2006/ 10/convert- generic-objects- into-class- instances. >> cfm<http://www.darronschall.com/weblog/2006/10/convert-generic-objects-into-class-instances.cfm>) >> or fix the service on the backend to answer with proper data. >> >> TH, >> Claudiu >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Nick Middleweek <n...@middleweek. co.uk <n...@middleweek.co.uk>> >> *To:* flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> >> *Sent:* Wed, January 6, 2010 5:13:46 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Spam] Re: [flexcoders] Problem Casting an Object to a >> known type >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for your reply... >> >> Our problem is that the http service isn't returning e4x or xml (even >> though the returnResult is set to that) if the data levels are 4 or more. >> It's coming back as untyped Objects. >> >> Normally we would call the HTTP Service asking for e4x, get the data back >> in the response and pass the XML through a parser so it returns a type >> Object. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Nick >> >> >> >> >> 2010/1/6 claudiu ursica <the_braniak@ yahoo.com <the_bran...@yahoo.com>> >> >>> >>> >>> You should have parser/unmarshaller for the e4x/xml returned by the >>> service and handle this situation in there. On the other hand what you are >>> trying to achieive doesn't work like that out of the box I mean the >>> conversion. Google for the ObjectTranslator utility for flex/as3 and use >>> that to convert your object. >>> >>> HTH, >>> C >>> >> >> > >
