[xray] Minimal connector-only code

[John Grden]

ah yes, thats definately a great use case scenario!

Thanks K,

J

On 3/16/06, Karina Steffens <karina at neo-archaic.net> wrote:
>
> Well, I guess the main thing is that because this class is a singleton,
> you're ensuring that Xray is only loaded once, and can add this code to
> assorted classes without worrying about initiating multiple instances of
> Xray.
>
> For example, the project I was working on when I wrote this script had a
> bunch of different movies loaded into the main movie, and both the main and
> sub movies were using my MVC framework classes. What I did was just plonk
> the getInstance() call into the base View class and never had to worry about
> creating multiple instances.
>
> It's also a nice bare-bones example of how to use the external connector,
> traces out that the connector is loaded and can be extended if needed.
>
> Karina
>
> PS: Sorry a bit late with replying, had a major power cut here
> yesterday...
>
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* John Grden [mailto:neoriley at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 14 March 2006 13:10
> *To:* xray at osflash.org
> *Subject:* Re: [xray] Minimal connector-only code
>
>  Ok, i finally sat down and tested the singleton (thank you Karina!)
>
> It works just fine, like you say, with 2 lines of code:
>
> import com.blitzagency.xray.util.XrayConnect;
> var xRay = XrayConnect.getInstance(_level0, true);
>
> But my question would be, why use it instead of XrayLoader?  The only
> savings typing-wise is 1 argument, but you've now got extra kb added to your
> file:
>
> import com.blitzagency.xray.util.XrayLoader;
> XrayLoader.loadConnector ("xray.swf", _level0, true);
>
> Maybe there's another benefit I'm missing - what do you guys think?  I
> don't mind adding it to the package as an option at all, but just want to
> make sure there's a good reason for it being there.
>
> John
>
> On 3/14/06, xray at osflash.org <xray at osflash.org> wrote:
> >
> > > So what should become Daren's example :
> >
> > Below is the code that works for me. I'm not sure there has been a new
> > release since so you have to make and put XrayConnect.as in the
> > com.blitzagency.xray.util directory. In case you don't have it I've
> > attached it.
> >
> > Darren
> >
> > //-------------------------------------------------------------------
> > import com.blitzagency.xray.util.XrayConnect;
> >
> > class HelloWorld{
> > /** Holds reference to the single global class that main() creates */
> > static var app:HelloWorld;
> >
> > /** Constructor: does all the work */
> > function HelloWorld(){
> > _root.createTextField("txt",10,0,0,0,0);
> > _root.txt.autoSize='left';
> > _root.txt.text="Hello World!\n";
> >
> > _global.tt("Finished initializing HelloWorld");
> > }
> >
> > /** Program entry point: creates one global instance of our class */
> > static function main(){
> > XrayConnect.getInstance(_level0,true);    //true means show
> >                                         //frames per second
> > app=new HelloWorld();
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> >
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