This is the second time I am posting this, not sure why it never showed up the first time?
I had similar issues trying to get the Flash 1.1 Remoting to work, just couldn't get the license to work unless I deployed the full Flex libs. It was also never clear to me if this was a violation of the license agreement or not. So I have always gone with option number 1. I have really wanted to get involved with OpenAMF and get some of my own customizations back into that tree, but just have been too busy. Anyways, you should only have to make a single change to the source code to get OpenAMF completely working with Flex. OpenAMF, as well as Flash Remoting 1.0, return a standard Object for any complex types that you don't define in their respective config files. Flex and 1.1 return a custom class data type with the value being the full Java classname of the server side object. This then allows the serialization from the java class to a specified RemoteObject on the client side. The last time I did this it was with 1.0RC11. In org.openamf.io.AMFSerializer I replace lines 225 through 233 with this code: outputStream.writeByte(AMFBody.DATA_TYPE_CUSTOM_CLASS); outputStream.writeUTF(object.getClass().getName()); and it all worksÂ… You will of course need to use some other standard OpenAMF configurations to make sure your services are as protected as they are with Flex, such as setting up the AdvancedGateway. I hate to play salesman, but I also have created a tool that is very helpful when debugging all of this. It allows you to easily view all of the AMF traffic on your computer. You may want to check it out here: http://www.kevinlangdon.com/serviceCapture --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alon J Salant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I'm wondering what experience the group has with using Flex 1.5 with > servers running Flash Remoting but not Flex. I'd like to distribute my > application processing across a number of servers running Flash Remoting > and have fewer Flex servers. I have experimented with a couple options: > > > > 1. OpenAMF > > Using OpenAMF with Flex requires abandoning the <RemoteObject> > tag and using the ActionScript Remoting libraries. This is because the > Flex client sends AMF messages in a different structure (they are > wrapped in an envelope that contains metadata) than Flash Remoting v1 or > the standalone Remoting client libraries. With this resolved with a > couple hacks to OpenAMF, I still found that the AMF responses from > OpenAMF differed enough from the Flash Remoting implementation provided > by Flex that I could not use it as a drop-in replacement. For simple > messages, OpenAMF worked fine but for complex messages with cyclical > references, the behavior was different. Some work there for the OpenAMF > team but for now I need to put aside this option. > > > 2. Flash Remoting v1.1 > > This is what I will call the version of Flash Remoting bundled > with Flex 1.5. I believe that there has not been a standalone release of > this version. However, there is documentation on using this version on > the Macromedia site: > http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm? id=46f3d4ac. > > This document implies that you can use the flashgateway.jar file > provided with Flex and use it with an existing Flash Remoting serial > number. I have successfully configured Flash Remoting using this jar and > a gateway-config.xml file in a webapp without Flex running. However, > Flash Remoting runs in developer mode. This is true even when I > configure the gateway with a valid serial number as documented in the > above technote. That kinda sucks. Has anyone run in to this? > > > > Alon > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- 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/
