[flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
What's about a Java primitive long ? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mike_Robinson_98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what exact number type you have in mind (Integer?BigDecimal?). The data is decimal data, no getting around that. There don't seem to many choices as far as what data type to use. What do flex programmers do in this situation when they want to serialize currency values, such as item prices which have 2 decimal precision? Convert to a String first? It seems to me that it boils down to one thing - the data will have to be manipulated in *some* way once it has been reconstituted on the client side. This manipulation might be converting the String back to a Number, rounding the Number to the desired precision, or any of several other methods. None of which, to me, are very desirable. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dave Wolf gatorj24@ wrote: Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: dave.wolf@ Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mike_Robinson_98 mike_robinson_98@ wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
It might for the marshalling, but don't go around doing currency calculations with a double. It is inexact like float. Then again. Maybe you could skim that 100ths of cents off and... -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mike_Robinson_98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that definitely does the trick. Thanks for your help. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland pfarland@ wrote: As a work around for now, try using double instead of float. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98 Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:00 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST) Dave, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what exact number type you have in mind (Integer?BigDecimal?). The data is decimal data, no getting around that. There don't seem to many choices as far as what data type to use. What do flex programmers do in this situation when they want to serialize currency values, such as item prices which have 2 decimal precision? Convert to a String first? It seems to me that it boils down to one thing - the data will have to be manipulated in *some* way once it has been reconstituted on the client side. This manipulation might be converting the String back to a Number, rounding the Number to the desired precision, or any of several other methods. None of which, to me, are very desirable. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Dave Wolf gatorj24@ wrote: Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: dave.wolf@ Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Mike_Robinson_98 mike_robinson_98@ wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mike_Robinson_98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
[flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
Dave, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what exact number type you have in mind (Integer?BigDecimal?). The data is decimal data, no getting around that. There don't seem to many choices as far as what data type to use. What do flex programmers do in this situation when they want to serialize currency values, such as item prices which have 2 decimal precision? Convert to a String first? It seems to me that it boils down to one thing - the data will have to be manipulated in *some* way once it has been reconstituted on the client side. This manipulation might be converting the String back to a Number, rounding the Number to the desired precision, or any of several other methods. None of which, to me, are very desirable. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Mike_Robinson_98 mike_robinson_98@ wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
RE: [flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
Mike, can you send me a clear and simple test case containing Java and AS source as an example of the issue? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98 Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:00 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST) Dave, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what exact number type you have in mind (Integer?BigDecimal?). The data is decimal data, no getting around that. There don't seem to many choices as far as what data type to use. What do flex programmers do in this situation when they want to serialize currency values, such as item prices which have 2 decimal precision? Convert to a String first? It seems to me that it boils down to one thing - the data will have to be manipulated in *some* way once it has been reconstituted on the client side. This manipulation might be converting the String back to a Number, rounding the Number to the desired precision, or any of several other methods. None of which, to me, are very desirable. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com, Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]. wrote: Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com, Mike_Robinson_98 mike_robinson_98@ wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
Peter, I would be happy to. Give me a little bit to put something togather. Do you want me to send it to you personally or post here? -Mike --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, can you send me a clear and simple test case containing Java and AS source as an example of the issue? From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98 Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:00 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST) Dave, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what exact number type you have in mind (Integer?BigDecimal?). The data is decimal data, no getting around that. There don't seem to many choices as far as what data type to use. What do flex programmers do in this situation when they want to serialize currency values, such as item prices which have 2 decimal precision? Convert to a String first? It seems to me that it boils down to one thing - the data will have to be manipulated in *some* way once it has been reconstituted on the client side. This manipulation might be converting the String back to a Number, rounding the Number to the desired precision, or any of several other methods. None of which, to me, are very desirable. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Dave Wolf gatorj24@ wrote: Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: dave.wolf@ Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Mike_Robinson_98 mike_robinson_98@ wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM ~- -- 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/
RE: [flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
As a work around for now, try using double instead of float. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98 Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:00 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST) Dave, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what exact number type you have in mind (Integer?BigDecimal?). The data is decimal data, no getting around that. There don't seem to many choices as far as what data type to use. What do flex programmers do in this situation when they want to serialize currency values, such as item prices which have 2 decimal precision? Convert to a String first? It seems to me that it boils down to one thing - the data will have to be manipulated in *some* way once it has been reconstituted on the client side. This manipulation might be converting the String back to a Number, rounding the Number to the desired precision, or any of several other methods. None of which, to me, are very desirable. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com, Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]. wrote: Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com, Mike_Robinson_98 mike_robinson_98@ wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST)
Yes, that definitely does the trick. Thanks for your help. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a work around for now, try using double instead of float. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike_Robinson_98 Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:00 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: AMF serialization of floats (REPOST) Dave, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what exact number type you have in mind (Integer?BigDecimal?). The data is decimal data, no getting around that. There don't seem to many choices as far as what data type to use. What do flex programmers do in this situation when they want to serialize currency values, such as item prices which have 2 decimal precision? Convert to a String first? It seems to me that it boils down to one thing - the data will have to be manipulated in *some* way once it has been reconstituted on the client side. This manipulation might be converting the String back to a Number, rounding the Number to the desired precision, or any of several other methods. None of which, to me, are very desirable. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Dave Wolf gatorj24@ wrote: Don't use floats. wink Seriously however, floats are inexact numeric types. They're not going to have a fixed precision in general and this is especially true when they are marshalled across languages. Can you use an exact numeric type instead? -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs Email: dave.wolf@ Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Mike_Robinson_98 mike_robinson_98@ wrote: My original post seems to have gotten removed, so I am posting again with hopes someone has experience with this issue. I am transfering float values from Java DTOs to corresponding AS objects using both FDS and remote objects. The Java float values have a precision of 4 decimal places (verified before serialization e.g. 0.4398) yet when they are created in AS they have 16 decimal places with values extending throughout the 16 digits (e.g. 0.4398283772047382). I suppose I can round the values when I receive them at the client, but can someone tell me if there's a better way to insure the destination values are the same as the source? Thanks, Mike -- 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/
