Example
components/AddressFormClass.as
package components { import mx.events.FlexEvent; import mx.controls.Button; import mx.controls.TextInput; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import mx.containers.Form; public class AddressFormClass extends Form { // Components in the MXML must be // declared public. This is a limitation in // the current version of Flex and may change // in the future. public var submitButton:Button; public var nameInput:TextInput; public var street:TextInput; public var city:TextInput; public var state:TextInput; public var country:CountryComboBox; // Constructor public function AddressFormClass ():void { addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, creationCompleteHandler); } // Creation complete is a good time to add event listeners and // interact with child components. private function creationCompleteHandler (event:FlexEvent):void { submitButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, submitHandler); } // Gets called when the Submit button is clicked private function submitHandler (event:MouseEvent):void { // Gather the data for this form var addressVO:AddressVO = new AddressVO(); addressVO.name = nameInput.text; addressVO.street = street.text; addressVO.city = city.text; addressVO.state = state.text; addressVO.country = country.selectedItem as String; var submitEvent:AddressFormEvent = new AddressFormEvent(AddressFormEvent.SUBMIT); submitEvent.data = addressVO; // Dispatch an event to signal that the form has been submitted dispatchEvent(submitEvent); } } }
components/AddressForm.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <custom:AddressFormClass xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns:custom="components.*" > <mx:FormItem label="Name"> <mx:TextInput id="nameInput"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="Street"> <mx:TextInput id="street"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="City"> <mx:TextInput id="city"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="State/County"> <mx:TextInput id="state"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="Country"> <custom:CountryComboBox id="country"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:Button id="submitButton" label="Submit" /> </custom:AddressFormClass>
components/AddressFormEvent.as
package components { import flash.events.Event; import components.AddressVO; public class AddressFormEvent extends Event { public static const SUBMIT:String = "submit"; private var _data:AddressVO; public function AddressFormEvent (eventName:String) { super (eventName); } public function set data (value:AddressVO):void { _data = value; } public function get data ():AddressVO { return _data; } } }
components/AddressVO.as
package components { public class AddressVO { // We are using public properties for the // value object to keep this example short. In a // real-world application, make these properties // private and use implicit accessors to expose them // so you can do validation, etc. if necessary. public var name:String; public var street:String; public var city:String; public var state:String; public var country:String; } }
components/PaddedPanel.as
package components { import mx.containers.Panel; public class PaddedPanel extends Panel { public function PaddedPanel() { // Call the constructor of the superclass. super(); // Give the panel a uniform 10-pixel // padding on all four sides. setStyle ("paddingLeft", 10); setStyle ("paddingRight", 10); setStyle ("paddingTop", 10); setStyle ("paddingBottom", 10); } } }
components/CountryComboBox.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:ComboBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"> <mx:dataProvider> <mx:String>United States</mx:String> <mx:String>United Kingdom</mx:String> <!-- Add all other countries. --> </mx:dataProvider> </mx:ComboBo</mx:ComboBox>
package components { import mx.core.Application; import mx.events.FlexEvent; import mx.controls.Alert; import components.AddressFormEvent; import components.AddressVO; import flash.utils.describeType; public class ApplicationClass extends Application { // Components in MXML public var addressForm:AddressForm; public function ApplicationClass() { addEventListener (FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE, creationCompleteHandler); } // // Event handlers // private function creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void { // The custom AddressForm component dispatches a "submit" // event the form is submitted. Listen for this. addressForm.addEventListener(AddressFormEvent.SUBMIT, submitHandler); } private function submitHandler(event:AddressFormEvent):void { // Get the value object (data) from the event object var data:AddressVO = event.data as AddressVO; // Compose a string to display the contents of the value object to the user. var msg:String = "You submitted the following information: \r"; // Use the new introspection API and E4X to get a list of the properties // in the data object and enumerate over them to compose the string. var dataProperties:XMLList = describeType(data)..variable; for each (var i:XML in dataProperties) { var propertyName:String = i.@name; msg += i.@name + ": " + data[i.@name] + "\r"; } // Display the contents of the address form to the user. Alert.show(msg, "Thank you for submitting the form!"); } } }
Main application MXML file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <custom:ApplicationClass xmlns:custom="components.*" viewSourceURL="src/CodeBehind/index.html" width="400" height="310" > <custom:PaddedPanel title="Code Behind"> <custom:AddressForm id="addressForm"/> </custom:PaddedPanel> </custom:ApplicationClass>