The XMLEncoder class is used by HTTPService but it will only do some generic serialization and deserialization, it does not have generic schema support (only WSDL schema support). We tried to put schema support for the non-webservice case in at one point but ran out of time (and there hasn't been a huge push for it in 2.0). So if you want some basic serialization support our class will do it for you, no need for the xmlEncoder function. But if you have a schema you want to follow you'll need to do it yourself.
If you want the binding and dataprovider support you'll need to wait for the next beta (hopefully in the next less-than 10 weeks no promises) where we've really gotten that code back up-to-snuff. Matt -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of alpharythms Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:36 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: [Flex 2.0] XMLEncoder Thanks Matt, That makes sense, basically you are just telling the HTTPService to use "myXmlConvert" function to convert the object into XML. I thought HTTPService might have had a built in way of doing this conversion. I understand I can write my own code to do this but I would rather learn how the API's work if it is possible to do it that way. Currently I'm working directly with the XML data (instead of converting it into an object first) so I can pull it out back out again. http://www.evilfree.com/adam/blog/2005/12/flex_example_editing_xml_save. html But I'm losing some of the automatic binding that is possible and having to manually create arrays to use as dataproviders. This will only get more tedious as I start doing more advanced data manipulation. There is an XMLEncoder class that says: ------- Take ActionScript Objects and encode them to XML. If schema metadata is available, use it, otherwise use default serialization. Supports SOAP encoded arrays. ------- The use of a schema metadata is particularly interesting to me if that allows you to customize the exact formatting that XML will be in after it is converted from a generic object. I've yet to actually use a schema with XML in general and with Flex 2.0 being an alpha I don't even know if this class works as documented. I was hoping to see some source code or hear from people that this class work correctly. I would hate to spend hours and hours trying to determine if I'm doing something incorrectly or if it's a bug (or unimplemented) in Flex. Thanks Again! Adam -- 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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/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/
