>>> If i understand what you mean, you want to repopulate the grid everytime the data are updated in the backend right ?
exactly. yes i think u r right i can do it using timer object. so i am guessing flex does provide asynchronous support in its own way :) I would be curious to see what an AJAX framework like GWT can do which flex cant. thanks for your input. On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Alain Ekambi <jazzmatad...@googlemail.com>wrote: > If i understand what you mean, you want to repopulate the grid everytime > the data are updated in the backend right ? > > I think Blase DS does not support pushing Data to the client. Atleast not > the free version. > > A solution could be to set up a timer that will poll data from the backend > every 5s ? > I think you can do that in as3 > > Dont get me wrong i dont want to keep you from using GWT, i just think that > in your case there is a solution that is more effcient and esay to maintain > then using GWT. But if you dont mind having some overhead plus a language > explosion (MXML/AS3, JS, Java) and architecture problem in your project. I > can tell you what our first solution to solve this type of problem was > > 2011/5/26 Jay Roy <jagger...@gmail.com> > >> let me explain with a simple example >> We have a flex screen with a data grid. The data in data grid is populated >> with java collection. The java collection contains stock data which comes >> from backend. In the backend every 0.5 second the stock data in collection >> is updated(we get market feed of data). >> >> so every 0.5 second we need to refresh the flex data grid and update it >> with the backend data. >> >> So the question now is we need to make a asynch call every 0.5 sec to >> fetch the updated data. >> >> I am using blazeds to get the java collection but i dont think blazeds can >> be used to make asynchronous calls. That is where we want to use ajax to >> make the asynchronous call every 0.5 sec. >> >> thanks. >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Alain Ekambi < >> jazzmatad...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> What exactly do you mean with "incorporate ajax" ? >>> Do you mean making async call to the server ? >>> If yes cant you do that with Blase DS ? >>> >>> Like i said before i dont know if the road mxml/as ->External Interface >>> -> js -> gwt -> backend and back is effective >>> because you are adding a lot of overhead just to call methods in the >>> backend. >>> >>> >>> >>> 2011/5/26 Jay <jagger...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> Thanks for response. We are already using blazeds to communicate with >>>> our remote spring services. Our present architecture: >>>> Flex talks to backend java objects using spring blazeds. >>>> >>>> I want to incorporate ajax so What I had in mind is >>>> Flex mxml/as screen invokes JavaScript invokes java backend? >>>> Would that be correct? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> On May 25, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Alain Ekambi <jazzmatad...@googlemail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well the suggestion was for the "Integrating Flex with GWT part". >>>> >>>> If you come from Flex learning GWT should not be a big problem because >>>> the development model is very similar. >>>> The official GWT Documentation is always a good point to start: >>>> <http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuide.html> >>>> http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuide.html >>>> And if you are really really stucked there is a guy called *Thomas >>>> Broyer* here in the community. You cant miss him :) >>>> >>>> Making a GWT RPC call from an AS3/MXML based Flex application is not >>>> that easy and adds a lot of overhead to your application. >>>> >>>> We had the same issue with one of our Flex applications. This is one of >>>> the reasons that motivated me to create a GWT API for Flex, so one could >>>> use >>>> Java everywhere instead of mixing MXML/AS3(Flex UI), JavaScript(External >>>> Interface to communicate with the GWT ) and Java(GWT + backend) >>>> >>>> If your Flex application is MXML/AS3 based the best way should be to use >>>> something like Blase DS. >>>> >>>> If you want to use a GWT API to build a Flex application you can have >>>> a look at gwt4air. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Alain >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2011/5/25 Alain Ekambi < <jazzmatad...@googlemail.com> >>>> jazzmatad...@googlemail.com> >>>> >>>>> May i suggest you Gwt4Air ? :) >>>>> <http://code.google.com/p/gwt4air/>http://code.google.com/p/gwt4air/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2011/5/25 Jaggernat < <jagger...@gmail.com>jagger...@gmail.com> >>>>> >>>>>> hi guys >>>>>> >>>>>> I need to learn GWT and impliment a simple solution using GWT. 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