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Michael Labriola commented on FLEX-36:
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It should be noted that the casts mentioned by Josh seem to be a special case
for string and do not work in the cast majority of cases. See below:
var strings:Vector.<String> = new <String>["One", "Two", "Three"];
trace(strings is Vector.<*>); //true
var generic:Vector.<*> = strings as Vector.<*>;
trace(generic) //One, Two, Three
var ints:Vector.<int> = new <int>[1,2,3];
trace(ints is Vector.<*>); //false
generic = ints as Vector.<*>;
trace(generic) //null
var numbers:Vector.<Number> = new <Number>[1,2,3];
trace(numbers is Vector.<*>); //false
generic = numbers as Vector.<*>;
trace(generic) //null
> Add Vector implementations of IList and ICollectionView
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>
> Key: FLEX-36
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-36
> Project: Apache Flex
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Josh Tynjala
> Assignee: Bertrand Delacretaz
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: List, collections
>
> VectorList and VectorCollection, similar to ArrayList and ArrayCollection.
> Feels weird that I need to convert Vectors to Arrays to use in Flex
> collections.
> In case anyone is unaware, you can cast Vector.<WhateverTypeYouWant> as
> Vector.<*>. Works with the "as" and "is" keywords, as you can see below:
> var strings:Vector.<String> = new <String>["One", "Two", "Three"];
> trace(strings is Vector.<*>); //true
> var generic:Vector.<*> = strings as Vector.<*>;
> trace(strings) //One, Two, Three
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