In textChangeHandler, are you sure "new Event" will resolve to
org.apache.flex.events.Event and not flash.events.Event?
On 2/28/14 3:48 PM, "Carlos Rovira" <carlosrov...@apache.org> wrote:
>Peter, Alex,
>
>I'm having problems with this issue, since I think there's no reference to
>flash.events.Event (I was already aware of this restriction) in my
>modifications in TextInput, so all should be FlexJS events
>(org.apache.flex.events.Event). A similar example is in CheckBox
>component.
>
>What I'm trying to do is make TextInput to throw "change" events when user
>type a character (a classic Flex use case). In SWF the type coercion is
>thrown.
>
>TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
>flash.events::Event@1093d2f71 to org.apache.flex.events.Event.
>
>Note: In JS updating the input text does nothing, although enter key is
>performing the change and running changeHandler method in final app (I
>suppose due to EditableTextKeyboardController)
>
>
>Mis changes are basic. In TextInput.as, add the following lines:
>
>[Event(name="change", type="org.apache.flex.events.Event")]
>
>...
>
>private var _strand:IStrand;
>
>public function set strand(value:IStrand):void
>{
> _strand = value;
>
> model = UIBase(_strand).model as ITextModel;
> model.addEventListener("textChange", textChangeHandler);
>}
>
>public function textChangeHandler(event:Event):void
>{
> dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));
>}
>
>what do you think about it?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>2014-02-27 20:33 GMT+01:00 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>:
>
>> We're trying not to dispatch flash.events.Event in FlexJS (since there
>> isn't an equivalent in JS). So the change event should be dispatching
>> org.apache.flex.events.Event and the component's event metadata also
>>needs
>> to say that it is dispatching an org.apache.flex.events.Event and the
>> event handling code should be importing and using
>> org.apache.flex.events.Event instead of flash.events.Event.
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> On 2/27/14 11:27 AM, "Carlos Rovira" <carlosrov...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I'm having a problem with FlexJS events.
>> >
>> >* In TodoListView (a extension of ViewBase) if I use in a component
>> >something like: change="logTodo(event)"
>> >
>> >and the method is
>> >
>> >public function logTodo(event:Event):void {
>> > // something
>> >}
>> >
>> >a type coercion error is thrown that said org.apache.flex.events.Event
>>is
>> >not flash.events.Event
>> >
>> >I need to use: public function
>> >logTodo(event:org.apache.flex.events.Event):void { ... } to make it
>>work
>> >or
>> >it doesn't compile
>> >
>> >So it seems there's a scope problem in MXML,
>> >
>> >What do you think about it?
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Carlos Rovira
>> >http://about.me/carlosrovira
>>
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