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RPCObjectUtil  - AS3 Flex

Packagemx.utils
Classpublic class RPCObjectUtil
InheritanceRPCObjectUtil Inheritance Object

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The RPCObjectUtil class is a subset of ObjectUtil, removing methods that create dependency issues when RPC messages are in a bootstrap loader.



Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
  
getClassInfo(obj:Object, excludes:Array = null, options:Object = null):Object
[static] Returns information about the class, and properties of the class, for the specified Object.
RPCObjectUtil
 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
  
toString(value:Object, namespaceURIs:Array = null, exclude:Array = null):String
[static] Pretty-prints the specified Object into a String.
RPCObjectUtil
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
Method Detail

getClassInfo

()method
public static function getClassInfo(obj:Object, excludes:Array = null, options:Object = null):Object

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Returns information about the class, and properties of the class, for the specified Object.

Parameters

obj:Object — The Object to inspect.
 
excludes:Array (default = null) — Array of Strings specifying the property names that should be excluded from the returned result. For example, you could specify ["currentTarget", "target"] for an Event object since these properties can cause the returned result to become large.
 
options:Object (default = null) — An Object containing one or more properties that control the information returned by this method. The properties include the following:
  • includeReadOnly: If false, exclude Object properties that are read-only. The default value is true.
  • includeTransient: If false, exclude Object properties and variables that have [Transient] metadata. The default value is true.
  • uris: Array of Strings of all namespaces that should be included in the output. It does allow for a wildcard of "*". By default, it is null, meaning no namespaces should be included. For example, you could specify ["mx_internal", "mx_object"] or ["*"].

Returns
Object — An Object containing the following properties:
  • name: String containing the name of the class;
  • properties: Sorted list of the property names of the specified object.

toString

()method 
public static function toString(value:Object, namespaceURIs:Array = null, exclude:Array = null):String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Product Version: Flex 3
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Pretty-prints the specified Object into a String. All properties will be in alpha ordering. Each object will be assigned an id during printing; this value will be displayed next to the object type token preceded by a '#', for example:

      (mx.messaging.messages::AsyncMessage)#2.

This id is used to indicate when a circular reference occurs. Properties of an object that are of the Class type will appear only as the assigned type. For example a custom definition like the following:

        public class MyCustomClass {
          public var clazz:Class;
        }

With the clazz property assigned to Date will display as shown below:

       (somepackage::MyCustomClass)#0
          clazz = (Date)

Parameters

value:Object — Object to be pretty printed.
 
namespaceURIs:Array (default = null) — Array of namespace URIs for properties that should be included in the output. By default only properties in the public namespace will be included in the output. To get all properties regardless of namespace pass an array with a single element of ".
 
exclude:Array (default = null) — Array of the property names that should be excluded from the output. Use this to remove data from the formatted string.

Returns
String — String containing the formatted version of the specified object.

Example
How to use this example
      // example 1
      var obj:AsyncMessage = new AsyncMessage();
      obj.body = [];
      obj.body.push(new AsyncMessage());
      obj.headers["1"] = { name: "myName", num: 15.3};
      obj.headers["2"] = { name: "myName", num: 15.3};
      obj.headers["10"] = { name: "myName", num: 15.3};
      obj.headers["11"] = { name: "myName", num: 15.3};
      trace(ObjectUtil.toString(obj));
     
      // will output to flashlog.txt
      (mx.messaging.messages::AsyncMessage)#0
        body = (Array)#1
          [0] (mx.messaging.messages::AsyncMessage)#2
            body = (Object)#3
            clientId = (Null)
            correlationId = ""
            destination = ""
            headers = (Object)#4
            messageId = "378CE96A-68DB-BC1B-BCF7FFFFFFFFB525"
            sequenceId = (Null)
            sequencePosition = 0
            sequenceSize = 0
            timeToLive = 0
            timestamp = 0
        clientId = (Null)
        correlationId = ""
        destination = ""
        headers = (Object)#5
          1 = (Object)#6
            name = "myName"
            num = 15.3
          10 = (Object)#7
            name = "myName"
            num = 15.3
          11 = (Object)#8
            name = "myName"
            num = 15.3
          2 = (Object)#9
            name = "myName"
            num = 15.3
        messageId = "1D3E6E96-AC2D-BD11-6A39FFFFFFFF517E"
        sequenceId = (Null)
        sequencePosition = 0
        sequenceSize = 0
        timeToLive = 0
        timestamp = 0
     
      // example 2 with circular references
      obj = {};
      obj.prop1 = new Date();
      obj.prop2 = [];
      obj.prop2.push(15.2);
      obj.prop2.push("testing");
      obj.prop2.push(true);
      obj.prop3 = {};
      obj.prop3.circular = obj;
      obj.prop3.deeper = new ErrorMessage();
      obj.prop3.deeper.rootCause = obj.prop3.deeper;
      obj.prop3.deeper2 = {};
      obj.prop3.deeper2.deeperStill = {};
      obj.prop3.deeper2.deeperStill.yetDeeper = obj;
      trace(ObjectUtil.toString(obj));
     
      // will output to flashlog.txt
      (Object)#0
        prop1 = Tue Apr 26 13:59:17 GMT-0700 2005
        prop2 = (Array)#1
          [0] 15.2
          [1] "testing"
          [2] true
        prop3 = (Object)#2
          circular = (Object)#0
          deeper = (mx.messaging.messages::ErrorMessage)#3
            body = (Object)#4
            clientId = (Null)
            code = (Null)
            correlationId = ""
            destination = ""
            details = (Null)
            headers = (Object)#5
            level = (Null)
            message = (Null)
            messageId = "14039376-2BBA-0D0E-22A3FFFFFFFF140A"
            rootCause = (mx.messaging.messages::ErrorMessage)#3
            sequenceId = (Null)
            sequencePosition = 0
            sequenceSize = 0
            timeToLive = 0
            timestamp = 0
          deeper2 = (Object)#6
            deeperStill = (Object)#7
              yetDeeper = (Object)#0