Package	org.springextensions.actionscript.context.support
SVN browsing	AbstractApplicationContext.as
Fisheye	AbstractApplicationContext.as
Class	public class AbstractApplicationContext
Inheritance	AbstractApplicationContext DefaultListableObjectFactory AbstractObjectFactory flash.events.EventDispatcher
Implements	IConfigurableApplicationContext
Subclasses	MXMLApplicationContext, XMLApplicationContext

Important: the schemaLocation within the application context xml file (in the example http://www.springactionscript.org/schema/objects/spring-actionscript-objects-1.0.xsd) should contain the version of spring actionscript you are using.

Using the XMLApplicationContext

The following example retrieves an object from the application context

  public class MyApplication {
      private var _xmlApplicationContext:XMLApplicationContext;
      public function MyApplication() {
      _xmlApplicationContext = new XMLApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml");
      _xmlApplicationContext.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, _applicationContextCompleteHandler);
      _xmlApplicationContext.load();
    }
      private function _applicationContextCompleteHandler(e:Event):void {
      var someObject:SomeObject = _xmlApplicationContext.getObject("someObject");
    }
  }
  

The applicationContext.xml could look something like this:

A simple application context xml file

An applicationcontext.xml file with one object defined

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <objects xmlns="http://www.springactionscript.org/objects"
           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
           xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springactionscript.org/schema/objects/spring-actionscript-objects-1.0.xsd"
  >
    <object id="someObject" class="package.SomeClass" />
    </objects>
  

Object post processors

In order to manipulate instantiated objects before (or after) they are created you can use object post processors. Post processors can be defined like this:

  <object class="org.springextensions.actionscript.factory.config.SpecialObjectPostProcessor" />
  

The XMLApplicationContext will automatically add them if they implement the IObjectPostProcessor interface.

Authors: Christophe Herreman, Erik Westra
Version: $Revision: 21 $, $Date: 2008-11-01 22:58:42 +0100 (za, 01 nov 2008) $, $Author: dmurat $
Since: 0.1

See also

Documentation reference: instantiating a container