PackageDefinitionLoader

Package	com.adobe.icomm.assetplacement.model
Class	public final class PackageDefinitionLoader
Inheritance	PackageDefinitionLoader Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Asset Placement Building Block 9.5

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Player 10

This class is used to get the singleton instance of the PackageDefinition object.

The PackageDefinition object loads the package definition file (package.xml) in a non-blocking operation. The PackageDefinitionLoader uses an eventListener/eventDispatcher mechanism to get a reference to the PackageDefinition object, in order to ensure:

That every caller gets access to the same object (to prevent redundant loading of the package.xml file); and
That the package is fully loaded before a caller makes use of it.

In order to get a reference to the PackageDefinition object, add an event listener for the PackageDefinitionReadyEvent and make a call to getPackageDefinition(). When the PackageDefinition object is ready for use, the listener will be called. Add an event listener for the PackageDefinitionLoadFailed event to get notification that the package definition failed to load.

Note: the PackageDefinitionReadyEvent listener should be removed once the event fires; if it is not removed the event may fire multiple times when other requesters ask for the PackageDefinition object.

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Related API Elements

com.adobe.icomm.assetplacement.model.PackageDefinition
com.adobe.icomm.assetplacement.model.PackageDefinitionReadyEvent
com.adobe.icomm.assetplacement.model.PackageDefinitionLoadFailedEvent

Public Properties

	Property		Defined By
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object

Public Methods

	Method		Defined By
		PackageDefinitionLoader() Calling the constructor will result in a runtime error.	PackageDefinitionLoader
		addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void [static] Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.	PackageDefinitionLoader
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		readyPackageDefinition(onPackageDefinitionReady:Function = null):void [static] Ask for the PackageDefinition object.	PackageDefinitionLoader
		removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void [static] Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	PackageDefinitionLoader
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object

Constructor Detail

PackageDefinitionLoader

()

Constructor

public function PackageDefinitionLoader()

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Asset Placement Building Block 9.5

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Player 10

Calling the constructor will result in a runtime error.

Method Detail

addEventListener

()

method

 public static function addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Asset Placement Building Block 9.5

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Player 10

Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event. You can register event listeners on all nodes in the display list for a specific type of event, phase, and priority.

After you successfully register an event listener, you cannot change its priority through additional calls to addEventListener(). To change a listener's priority, you must first call removeListener(). Then you can register the listener again with the new priority level.

Keep in mind that after the listener is registered, subsequent calls to addEventListener() with a different type or useCapture value result in the creation of a separate listener registration. For example, if you first register a listener with useCapture set to true, it listens only during the capture phase. If you call addEventListener() again using the same listener object, but with useCapture set to false, you have two separate listeners: one that listens during the capture phase and another that listens during the target and bubbling phases.

You cannot register an event listener for only the target phase or the bubbling phase. Those phases are coupled during registration because bubbling applies only to the ancestors of the target node.

If you no longer need an event listener, remove it by calling removeEventListener(), or memory problems could result. Event listeners are not automatically removed from memory because the garbage collector does not remove the listener as long as the dispatching object exists (unless the useWeakReference parameter is set to true).

Copying an EventDispatcher instance does not copy the event listeners attached to it. (If your newly created node needs an event listener, you must attach the listener after creating the node.) However, if you move an EventDispatcher instance, the event listeners attached to it move along with it.

If the event listener is being registered on a node while an event is being processed on this node, the event listener is not triggered during the current phase but can be triggered during a later phase in the event flow, such as the bubbling phase.

If an event listener is removed from a node while an event is being processed on the node, it is still triggered by the current actions. After it is removed, the event listener is never invoked again (unless registered again for future processing).

Parameters

	`type:String` — The type of event.

	`listener:Function` — The listener function that processes the event. This function must accept an Event object as its only parameter and must return nothing, as this example shows: function(evt:Event):void The function can have any name.

	`useCapture:Boolean` (default = `false`) — Determines whether the listener works in the capture phase or the target and bubbling phases. If useCapture is set to true, the listener processes the event only during the capture phase and not in the target or bubbling phase. If useCapture is false, the listener processes the event only during the target or bubbling phase. To listen for the event in all three phases, call addEventListener twice, once with useCapture set to true, then again with useCapture set to false.

	`priority:int` (default = `0`) — The priority level of the event listener. The priority is designated by a signed 32-bit integer. The higher the number, the higher the priority. All listeners with priority n are processed before listeners of priority n-1. If two or more listeners share the same priority, they are processed in the order in which they were added. The default priority is 0.

	`useWeakReference:Boolean` (default = `false`) — Determines whether the reference to the listener is strong or weak. A strong reference (the default) prevents your listener from being garbage-collected. A weak reference does not. Class-level member functions are not subject to garbage collection, so you can set useWeakReference to true for class-level member functions without subjecting them to garbage collection. If you set useWeakReference to true for a listener that is a nested inner function, the function will be garbage-collected and no longer persistent. If you create references to the inner function (save it in another variable) then it is not garbage-collected and stays persistent.

readyPackageDefinition

()

method

public static function readyPackageDefinition(onPackageDefinitionReady:Function = null):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Asset Placement Building Block 9.5

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Player 10

Ask for the PackageDefinition object. When the object is ready, listeners will receive a PackageDefinitionReadyEvent that contains a reference to the PackageDefinition object.

Parameters

onPackageDefinitionReady:Function (default = null) — The function to be called when the PackageDefinitionReadyEvent fires.

Related API Elements

com.adobe.icomm.assetplacement.model.PackageDefinitionReadyEvent

removeEventListener

()

method

public static function removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Asset Placement Building Block 9.5

Runtime Versions:

AIR 1.0, Flash Player 9, Flash Player 10

Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object. If there is no matching listener registered with the EventDispatcher object, a call to this method has no effect.

Parameters

	`type:String` — The type of event.

	`listener:Function` — The listener object to remove.

	`useCapture:Boolean` (default = `false`) — Specifies whether the listener was registered for the capture phase or the target and bubbling phases. If the listener was registered for both the capture phase and the target and bubbling phases, two calls to removeEventListener() are required to remove both, one call with useCapture() set to true, and another call with useCapture() set to false.

Examples How to use this example

The following code shows how to get a reference to the PackageDefinition object:

     public function init():void
     {
             PackageDefinitionLoader.addEventListener(PackageDefinitionReadyEvent.PACKAGE_DEFINITION_READY, onPackageDefinitionReady);
             PackageDefinitionLoader.addEventListener(PackageDefinitionLoadFailedEvent.PACKAGE_DEFINITION_LOAD_FAILED, onPackageDefinitionLoadFailed);
          PackageDefinitionLoader.readyPackageDefinition();
     }
     
     public function onPackageDefinitionReady(event:PackageDefinitionReadyEvent):void
     {
             // Once we get the ready event, we don't want to listen for it anymore
          PackageDefinitionLoader.removeEventListener(PackageDefinitionReadyEvent.PACKAGE_DEFINITION_READY, onPackageDefinitionReady);
          PackageDefinitionLoader.removeEventListener(PackageDefinitionLoadFailedEvent.PACKAGE_DEFINITION_LOAD_FAILED, onPackageDefinitionLoadFailed);            
          var packageDef:PackageDefinition = event.packageDefinition;
     }
     
     public function onPackageDefinitionLoadFailed(event:PackageDefinitionLoadFailedEvent):void
     {
          PackageDefinitionLoader.removeEventListener(PackageDefinitionReadyEvent.PACKAGE_DEFINITION_READY, onPackageDefinitionReady);
          PackageDefinitionLoader.removeEventListener(PackageDefinitionLoadFailedEvent.PACKAGE_DEFINITION_LOAD_FAILED, onPackageDefinitionLoadFailed);
             
          var error:String = event.error;
     }

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