[flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

So, it appears that if you apply the [Bindable] metadata to a property, Flex inserts quite a bit of logic that may not be obvious (and certainly doesn't appear to be documented). I haven't checked the generated AS yet, but I get the impression it does these things for you: - creates

RE: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thirtyfivemph Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:51 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good! So, it appears that if you apply the [Bindable] metadata to a property, Flex

Re: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

[Bindable(someEvent)] then you can control what happens inside the setter. Ah, so if specify the event name, then bindable truly is just metadata, no code-generation, right? That sounds like the info I was looking for... Troy.

Re: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

Ah, so if specify the event name, then bindable truly is just metadata, no code-generation, right? That sounds like the info I was looking for... Which leads me to think, what exactly is bindable doing for me at that point? If I'm firing the event (and thus creating it), is the metadata

Re: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

you're telling the flash player when to fire bindings on the listeners for your property. Sure, if you don't want to use their binding mechanism you could hook it all up yourself, but you'd have to make all your classes explicitly listen for the custom events you're firing. If you specify a custom

RE: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Gilbert Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 10:36 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good! Ah, so if specify the event name, then bindable truly is just

Re: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

In that case, the bindable(someEvent') tells the binding code which event to listen for before updating anything depending on that property. Gotcha. Good to know about the code generation. Here's a question for ya: If you let Flex fill-in all the binding code (if you don't specify an event

RE: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good!

You are correct. From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Gilbert Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:44 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Bindable metadata too smart for its own good! In that case