The dependency with this is that any changes to the UI - additional
views being added or removed, requires that the controller be changed
too. Any change to a view could cause the controller to become broken.
For this reason, I would say it's bad practice.
Not necessarily so.
But.. you'd use an interface, which the view implements.
In which case you'd probably be talking about a Presenter rather than a
Controller :)
pseudo code:
// PRESENTER
private var view:IView;
public function ViewPresenter(v:IView) {
view = v;
// add listeners and whatnot..
}
onSomeEventHandler(event:SomeEvent):void {
view.update();
}
================================
// VIEW
public class MyView implements IView {
public function update()(// do stuff);
}
================================
// VIEW INTERFACE
public interface IView {
public function update();
}
GWT uses this kind of architecture:
http://code.google.com/intl/nl/webtoolkit/articles/mvp-architecture.html
http://code.google.com/intl/nl/webtoolkit/articles/mvp-architecture.html#binding
http://code.google.com/intl/nl/webtoolkit/articles/mvp-architecture-2.html
http://www.google.com/intl/nl/events/io/2009/sessions/GoogleWebToolkitBestPractices.html
So in GWT I usually have:
(only 1) AppController
(several) Presenter + View + Model triads
A view dispatches events to which the presenter listens.
Presenter talks to view via its interface.
View doesn't know the presenter,
Presenter doesn't know the view, only its interface.
regards,
Muzak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Andrews" <p...@ipauland.com>
To: <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] MVC style Correction
The dependency with this is that any changes to the UI - additional
views being added or removed, requires that the controller be changed
too. Any change to a view could cause the controller to become broken.
For this reason, I would say it's bad practice.
On 05/03/2012 13:57, Merrill, Jason wrote:
tutor mentions Controller can update View, but that example is not included.
If anyone can give me a little example of how that is done in MVC, don't
hasitate
In about the simplest form:
//In the controller:
onSomeEventHandler(event:SomeEvent):void
{
_someViewInstance.update();
}
//In the view:
public function update():void
{
//Do stuff to change the view
}
Hope that helps.
Jason Merrill
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