Extending LoaderItem

[scotbord]

Hello

 

I am extending LoaderItem to use with a class called AMFLoader for loading data from AMF services.

package nashi.amf
{
import flash.net.Responder;
import flash.net.NetConnection;
import nashi.amf.AMFService;
import com.greensock.events.LoaderEvent;
import com.greensock.loading.core.LoaderItem;
import flash.events.NetStatusEvent;

public class AMFLoader extends LoaderItem
{
	private var _gateway:String
	private var _parameters:Object;
	private var _serviceName:String
	private var _netconnection:NetConnection

	public function AMFLoader(gateway:String,serviceName:String,parameters:Object=null,vars:Object=null)
	{
		super(vars);
		_type = "AMFLoader"
		_gateway = gateway
		_parameters = parameters==null?{}:parameters
		_serviceName = serviceName
		_netconnection = new NetConnection
	}

	override public function load(flushContent:Boolean=false):void
	{
		super.load(flushContent)
		_netconnection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,onNetStatusEvent)
		_netconnection.connect(AMFService.GATEWAY_ADDRESS);
		_netconnection.call(_serviceName,new Responder(onResponse,onFail),_parameters)
	}

	private function onNetStatusEvent(e:NetStatusEvent):void
	{
		_netconnection.removeEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,onNetStatusEvent)
		if(e.info.level=="error"){
			_netconnection.close()
			var loader:AMFLoader = new AMFLoader(
				AMFService.GATEWAY_ADDRESS_DEBUG,
				AMFService.DEBUG_SERVICE_getErrorLog,
				{},
				{onComplete:onDebugComplete,
				onFail:onDebugFail}
			)
		}
	}

	private function onResponse(response:Object):void
	{
		_content = response
		_netconnection.close();
		dispatchEvent(new LoaderEvent(LoaderEvent.COMPLETE,this));
	}

	private function onFail(fail:Object):void
	{
		_content = fail.toString()
		_netconnection.close();
		dispatchEvent(new LoaderEvent(LoaderEvent.FAIL,this));
	}

	private function onDebugComplete(evt:LoaderEvent):void
	{
		dispatchEvent(new LoaderEvent(LoaderEvent.ERROR,this,"Could not load data from service <"+_serviceName+"> see log:\n"+_content))
		(evt.target as AMFLoader).netconnection.close()
	}

	private function onDebugFail(evt:LoaderEvent):void
	{
		dispatchEvent(new LoaderEvent(LoaderEvent.ERROR,this,"Could not get error log for service <"+_serviceName+">"))
		(evt.target as AMFLoader).netconnection.close()
	}

	public function get netconnection():NetConnection
	{
		return _netconnection;
	}


}
}

 

The problem is that when I use this loader the completeEvent is not listened by the internal mechanism of LoaderItem.

If I do this:

_loader = new AMFLoader(
			AMFService.GATEWAY_ADDRESS,
			AMFService.FILE_SERVICE_listDir,
			{path:"assets/images/"},
			{onComplete:completeHandler});
		_loader.load()

The completeHandler function does not launch. But if I go:

_loader = new AMFLoader(
			AMFService.GATEWAY_ADDRESS,
			AMFService.FILE_SERVICE_listDir,
			{path:"assets/images/"},
			{onComplete:completeHandler});
		_loader.load()
                       _loader.addEventListener(LoaderEvent.COMPLETE,completeHanlder);

The compleHandler function does work

Any idea?

[GreenSock]

You didn't pass the parameters properly to the super class. You passed the vars as the first parameter instead of the 2nd.

 

super(serviceName, vars);

 

Also, it doesn't look like you're cleaning up your stuff internally if/when _dump() is called, so if the loader gets canceled or unloaded or disposed, it won't garbage collect or stop things correctly. I don't have time to analyze all your code but hopefully that helps.

[scotbord]

Thanks for your prompt and helpful reply