If you're rolling your own, that's the way.
-TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "blc187" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have an ArrayCollection of objects that I am receiving updates on.
> On update, I get the updated item as an argument and I need to
> replace the old item in the list.
> Right now I am cycling through the ArrayCollection until i find the
> id of the item and returning the index, then replacing the item at
> that index.
> Any thoughts on a better way to do this?
>
>
> public var itemCollection:ArrayCollection;
>
> public function onUpdateReceived(newItem:Object):void {
> findIndex(newItem);
> if(index > -1)
> itemCollection.setItemAt(newItem, index);
> }
>
> public function findIndex(newItem:Object):Number {
>
> for each(var itemInCollection:Object in itemCollection){
> if(itemInCollection.id == newItem.id) return
> itemCollection.getItemIndex(itemInCollection);
> }
>
> return -1;
> }
>
