If you're that worried about it have your subcomponents implement a common interface to act as the contract between them and the parent which provides the api for the parent to pull the data out.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Laurence MacNeill <lmacne...@...> wrote: > > At 05:32 PM 5/14/2009, you wrote: > > > > >You can just handle the click event from your button and in the > >handler function pull the necessary information out of your 3 custom > >components and then do what you want with it. > > Right -- but don't I have to have those components dispatch their own > events in order to pull data from them? At least, as I understand > it, that's the best practice. What you're telling me to do (if I'm > understanding) would tightly couple my form with the components, > because I'd be accessing stuff that's supposed to be internal to the > components, right? > > The way I understand it, I need to get the components to dispatch an > event and pass a Value Object back to my main form. But I need it to > happen when I click a button on the form -- so I have no idea where > to put the Event Listener inside the components to cause them to > dispatch their events. That's where I'm getting confused. > > Thanks, > > Laurence MacNeill > Mableton, Georgia, USA >
