> From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] > OK, probably just wishful thinking on my part. I think we both agree > that it would be great if you could write a test on AS and have it run > in JS. I definitely agree, that would be great, that was what I initially thought we could do and what excited me. Alas now that I think more of it I do not see a reasonably easy way to achieve that.
> What I was trying to point out is that in FlexJS, the JS code for > Combobox, for example, is not generated by cross compiling the AS code > for ComboBox. > Instead, under the covers of the ComboBox API, we hand-wrote one that > works on Flash, and another one that works in JS (that uses the > HTMLSelect). Yes, I already know this. > We haven't implemented an API in ComboBox or one of its > plug-ins that plays back selection of an option, but if we did, and > called it maybe "playbackSelection", it would make the right calls in > AS and a different set of calls in JS, so theoretically, the test > script that calls playbackSelection would just "do the right thing". > But this may break down in more complex scenarios. Sure, this is technically possible, it is just not a trivial thing to do. Essentially it means implementing a full new automation API on all FlexJS components. I suspect it is too much effort for the current Apache Flex team. How many committers does the Flex team currently have anyway? > Just for my education, does the RTS file get "compiled" or is it > interpreted by the test engine? It is interpreted. I am actually the person who is responsible for the interpreter and the runtime, hence my interest in FalconJS. > And thanks for the list of things to keep in mind. That was very > helpful. You are welcome. Tigran.
