*grin* Thanks. I guess I was freaking out a little - I'd finally thought I was getting a handle on the whole Mate thing, and then I hit this problem and realised I was much further away from understanding than I thought.
So let me see if I understand how this works, based on the examples I've seen: - I create a UserModel class which extends the InjectorTarget class. It has all of the user-related variables I want to pass around as bindable public variables, plus get and set functions. - As well as my regular Event Maps, I create a Model Event Map which has all of the different injectors that put data into the various models - When I perform the login function in the AuthorisationManager, the CFC returns me the details of the user who is logging in. I somehow call this UserModel and put all the data into the model's variables. - In the UserManager, when I want to run the GetKeywords function, for example, I can call on the data stored in the model to get the user's ID and pass it to the service I'm calling. Is that right? If it is, I think I need some help making the linkages between them all. I won't bother posting any code until I find out if I'm barking up the wrong tree, though. :) Thanks, Seona. 2009/4/15 Tim Hoff <timh...@aol.com> > Hi Seona, > > Let's start by taking a deep breath and don't freak out. Ok, wheeew! > > Mate is a little different than typical MVC; in that it seperates the > model into managers and presentation models (a manager holds data and a > presentation model holds an instance of the needed data and controls > constituant views). Let me elaborate a little, in that these two > factions of the model are also "smart" models; they don't just sit by > and hold data., they can also manipulate data/state as well. Yes, both > managers and presentation models are singletons; thus they persist. If > you place your user data in a userManager, then you can easily inject > that data into whatever object you want, be it a view or a presentation > model, via a map. > > I know that there aren't a lot of mate examples out there yet. But, > please be patient; more are coming...... > > -TH >
