[swx] Problem saving swx returned object

[holger arndt]

Hi Robert,
as you can read below, i have worked on that problem a while
and found a clue to what the problem might be.

And i have found a radical solution :-)

So the object that is returned to a SWXcallback is an Object but the  
result property is not...or better no quite :-)
To Flash it is an object because typeof(e.result) rturns the String  
"object"
But when using strict typing, as you can read below, e.result is NOT  
an Object
And the instanceof function also returns false...

So what to do...?
go into the class org.swxformat.SWX
and find the function "arrayToJson"
this is called for preparing the args-Array.
Within it you will find that Aral used the
"x instanceof Object"
function to see if a parameter is indeed an Object
when you change this to
typeof x = "object"
it works fine and you can send resultObjects directly as args again

So before you jump ahead, i want you to notice that you change  
sourceCode that's not yours.
OK, now go ahead ;-)


Greets,
Holger Arndt



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so far I can only confirm that there is indeed a problem with using  
the result object of SWX.call as an argument
within the result handler.
i constructed a simple call to a method like yours on the server side,  
which only returns the object itself
and just used the result property as the args parameter for the second  
call to just the same method and it returns null.
So I'm trying to figure out, what the problem is but it seems that  
it's noting special to your script...

A clue to the problem might be that e.result is not seen as an Object  
in Flash (see below):

var example = {name:"senseless"};
trace(example.constructor==Object);//true

But in the callback function:
function resultHandlerFromSwx(e:Object){
	trace(e.constructor==Object);  //true
	trace(e.result.constructor==Object);  //false
}

And when pass the result property directly to a function that strictly  
accepts only Objects, i get a compiler error...

function resultHandlerOne(e:Object){
	echo(e.result);
}
function echo(result:Object){
	//error : type mismatch
}

If i use strict typing to MovieClip, it passes without error...
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I HAD TO CANCEL THE REST OF THE MESSAGES OR THE MAILER WOULDNT ACCEPT  
IT....