<mx:Label text="{ MyUtilityClass.formatDataToSomethingSimpler(
ModelLocator.getInstance().complexData ) }" />
I think it is not good when view knows something about how to parse data.
View should be decoupled from this. This is not clear solution.
What do you think?
Best regards
Stanislav
On 5/16/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Alistar,
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> That seems like a cleaner way to handle things.
>
> - mike
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> "Alistair McLeod" To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
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> Hi Michael,
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> In your complex value object case, here's what we'd recommend now.
>
> In your command, put the complex object in your model (ModelLocator),
> eg.
>
> ModelLocator.getInstance().complextData = theResultFromTheServer;
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> Now, in your view, you bind to that model item, but call a utility class
> to massage the results into the format you want. eg,
>
> <mx:Label text="{ MyUtilityClass.formatDataToSomethingSimpler(
> ModelLocator.getInstance().complexData ) }" />
>
> Now, you could possibly call MyUtilityClass a view helper, in the broad
> sense of the pattern, but extracting it this way lets you, for example,
> unit tests it's functionality and keeps the Model and View separate.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ali
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> Alistair McLeod
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 16 May 2006 13:14
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
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> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Are ViewHelper and ViewLocator deprecated in
> Cairngorm 2?
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> I am using the viewLocator and viewHelper in a fds2b3 prototype, and
> they function correctly, although a post from Steve Webster states
> that:
>
> "My quick response is that we really don't anticipate you needing to use
> ViewHelpers as much (if at all). Use ModelLocator instead (that's why I
> left it out the article series"
>
> However, I think I understand when you say that:
>
> "It seems that the command class has no idea where the view is."
>
> Thus I use the command class to set the variable, and that is all. If I
> have a complex value object that I need to iterate through to get single
> value to be displayed in a view (although I know that there might be
> arguments for doing all this on the java layer, however ...), I would
> rather call a viewHelper to handle this (one that is linked
> intrinsically with a view) rather than fill the command class with
> business logic.
>
> So ... this is probably a long winded way to say that, 'yes' the
> viewHelper and viewLocator work fine in fds2b3.
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> "Larry Liang" To:
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> Sent by: Subject: [flexcoders]
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> 05/15/2006 07:52 AM
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> Please respond to
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> flexcoders
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> Hi all,
>
> I just donwloaded the latest cairngorm framework for fb2 beta 3. I found
> that the viewhelper and viewlocator are still included in the package. I
> remeber (please correct me if I'm wrong) that these two classes are
> deprecated for flex 2.
>
> If this is the case, then suppose a command class needs to update a
> view, should it only do that throuhg ModelLocator class. It seems that
> the command class has no idea where the view is. For example, if a
> command class need to set a label on a view to say "downloading..."
> before start a webservice call and after the rpc call comes back, the
> command class sets the label text to be empty. How should the command
> class handle this situation if it does not know where the view is.
>
> The only way that I can think of is to have a string variable in
> ModelLocator class which is bound to the label text property. and then
> command class can update the label text through this string variable.
> I'm sure there is a better (best practice) way to update a view in a
> command class. Please give me some hints.
>
> Thanks
> Larry
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