There is a decent chance I am wrong about this but I think when you use RemoteObject with FDS you set up some sort of Java <-> AS class mapping in a config file.
Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "grahampengelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Ben & Franck for your help. Like you Franck I couldn't see why > it would work to cast one completely unrelated thing to another but > this is the way it appeared to be being done in the samples. > > Of course, what I hadn't got to grips with is that the two samples > that I was studying are both using RemoteObject rather than WebService > calls and consequently are returning something that can be cast... > > Thanks... > > Graham > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ben.clinkinbeard" > <ben.clinkinbeard@> wrote: > > > > Nothing definitive here but I do have a couple of suggestions. Any > > time I see ObjectProxy mentioned in an error description, I > > immediately wonder if makeObjectsBindable is at fault. Try setting it > > to false on your WS and see what happens. > > > > Personally, I always use e4x as my resultFormat (for various reasons), > > so I don't have experience casting to a custom object but if you do > > end up needing to use Franck's suggested methodology I would certainly > > recommend creating a factory that will accept the SOAP return values > > and return an instance of your custom object. > > > > HTH, > > Ben > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "grahampengelly" <graham@> wrote: > > > > > > I am just getting up to speed with the Cairngorm architecture and have > > > been struggling with this problem for a while. I have got to the point > > > where I am getting a response from my web service call that has > the data > > > in that I expect but I cannot seem to get it to deserialize into the > > > object that I need. > > > > > > The code (I have used IResponder rather than the cairngorm Responder > > > here as suggested during an earlier post here > > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/47366> ) > > > > > > public function result( data:Object ):void > > > { > > > var event:ResultEvent = data as ResultEvent; > > > > > > var testString:String = ""; > > > for each(var thing:Object in event.result) > > > { > > > testString += " " + thing + " "; > > > } > > > //test alert 1 > > > Alert.show(testString); > > > //test alert 2 > > > Alert.show("event.result.Id = " + event.result.Id + ", > > > event.result.Name = " + event.result.Name); > > > > > > var tObj:TestObj = event.result as TestObj; > > > Alert.show("TestObj.Id = " + tObj.Id); > > > > > > } > > > The test alerts print out: > > > test 1: Graham 1 > > > test 2: "event.result.Id = 1, event.result.Name = Graham > > > > > > The subsequent line throws an exception: > > > > > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert > > > mx.utils::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to HASAW.ClientApp.Model.TestObj. > > > > > > The object that I am trying to create from the results looks like > this: > > > > > > public class TestObj implements ValueObject > > > { > > > > > > public var Id:int; > > > public var Name:String; > > > public function TestObj() > > > { > > > Id = 0; > > > Name = ""; > > > } > > > } > > > > > > > > > I have tried various implementations and can't get the web service > > > response to cast to TestObj. To be honest, I wouldn't have thought > that > > > it should cast to TestObj but I have followed all of the code samples > > > for Cairngorm and they all do it like this. > > > > > > I am using .NET for the web service which may be an issue as the > samples > > > don't. It is returning the following SOAP in event.result.body > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <#> > <soap:Envelope > > > xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" > > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> > > > <soap:Body> - <#> <GetTesterResponse xmlns=""> - <#> > > > <GetTesterResult> <Id>1</Id> > > > <Name>Graham</Name> </GetTesterResult> > > > </GetTesterResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> > > > I know I could manually populate the object with the values but the > > > objects I will be deserializing in the application are much more > complex > > > than this which would make a manual approach a pain. > > > > > > Thanks in advance... > > > > > > Graham > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/