The key word is "asynchronous". "httpsrv.send()" is asynchronous so it gets executed after all synchronous statements (addResponder is synchronous) in the same block.
cheers, Adnan --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Mehdi" <elextra...@...> wrote: > > This is a question that has been bothered me for some time. > You know how in Flex you can invoke a service (say httpservice for instance) > which returns a token. After that you set the responder on the token. I.e.: > > var asyncToken:ASyncToken = httpsrv.send(); > asyncToken.addResponder(...) > > We set the responder/handler AFTER the call has been set. Its very awkward > but it does work. I was hoping someone could explain this to me. Thank you. > > Flex being single threaded, the call to httpsrv.send() should actually > invokes the server and not get into the second line about the responder until > the call has been at least issued. > But that's not how it works I guess. So, I am assuming the call is queued > somewhere, until....until when??? > > Cheers >
