[swx] Problem saving swx returned object

[Nederflash (Folkert Hielema)]

nice one

holger arndt wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> ************EARLIER**************
> 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...
> ******************************************
> 
> I HAD TO CANCEL THE REST OF THE MESSAGES OR THE MAILER WOULDNT ACCEPT  
> IT....
> 
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