September 2003
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
18h 43m
English
Content preview from Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide
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DataProviderClass and DataGlue
The DataProviderClass class binds data to a user interface control or other object. Flash Remoting would not be as easy to use if it were not for the hidden functionality of DataProviderClass.
Tip
Jesse Warden has made documentation on DataProviderClass available in standard Flash MX Reference format at http://www.jessewarden.com/downloads/DataProvider.mxp.
DataProviderClass operates behind the scenes on the components listed in Table 11-1.
Table 11-1. UI components that use the DataProviderClass class
|
Component |
Found here |
|
FComboBox |
Flash UI Components |
|
FListBox |
Flash UI Components |
|
FTicker |
Flash UI Components Set 2 |
|
FTree |
Flash UI Components Set 2 |
|
FTreeNode |
Flash UI Components Set 2 |
|
FAdvancedCalendar |
Flash UI Components Set 4 |
|
FSimpleMenu |
Flash UI Components Set 4 |
|
FSmartComboBox |
Flash UI Components Set 4 |
|
FDataGrid |
Flash UI DataGrid |
|
FBarChart |
Flash Charting Components |
|
FLineChart |
Flash Charting Components |
|
FPieChart |
Flash Charting Components |
|
FAccordianPane |
Flash UI Components Set 5 |
|
FTabView |
Flash UI Components Set 5 |
|
FWeekView |
Flash UI Components Set 5 |
The RecordSet class inherits from RSDataProviderClass, a class with the same methods as DataProviderClass. RecordSet objects use a format of rows and columns, as do many of the Flash UI components tied to DataProviderClass, so this parallel makes sense.
You can picture a data consumer (the element that consumes the data from the data provider) as shown in Figure 11-1.
Figure 11-1. A ...
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