wordpress flash API – sample code – Part 2
Posted in AMFPHP, Actionscript 3.0, Wordpress on June 8th, 2009 by Omar Faleh – 1 CommentThis post is part two of the AMF/PHP connector class that I started in a previous thread talking about the PHP part
now.. we go to flash. The first class is the DataConnector which establishes the connection to the AMF/PHP connector and calls the function
we declare a variable called callTitle which is assigned based on which function we’re calling. this variable is then used to decide what action to do in the event listener.
package data
{
import events.Communicator;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.NetConnection;
import flash.net.Responder;
public class DataConnector extends EventDispatcher
{
private var gateway :String ;
private var callTitle :String = "";
private var connection :NetConnection;
private var responder :Responder;
public function DataConnector()
{
gateway = "./connectors/gateway.php";
responder = new Responder(onResult, onFault);
connection = new NetConnection;
connection.connect(gateway);
}
public function getCategoryList(parentCatName:String = ""):void
{
callTitle = "getCategoryList";
parentCategory = parentCatName;
connection.call("functions.getCategoryList", responder , parentCatName);
}
public function getCategoryPosts(_catName:String = ""):void
{
callTitle = "getCategoryPosts";
catName = _catName;
connection.call("functions.getCategoryPosts", responder , catName);
}
public function getPostList():void
{
callTitle = "getPostList";
connection.call("functions.getPostList", responder);
}
public function getPost(id:String):void
{
callTitle = "getPost";
postID = id;
connection.call("functions.getPost", responder , postID);
}
private function onResult(result:Object):void
{
switch (callTitle)
{
case "getCategoryList":
result = result as Array;
var _cat:Array = new Array();
for (var i:int=0; i <result.length; i++)
{
var _obj:Object = new Object();
_obj.id = result[i].id ;
_obj.title = result[i].title ;
_obj.desc = result[i].description;
cat.push(obj)
}
// now do something with that array
break;
case "getPostList":
result = result as Array;
var _cat:Array = new Array();
for (var i:int=0; i<result.length; i++)
{
var _obj:Object = new Object();
_obj.id = result[i].id ;
_obj.title = result[i].title ;
cat.push(obj)
}
// now do something with that array
break;
case "getCategoryPosts":
result = result as Array;
var _cat:Array = new Array();
for (var i:int=0; i<result.length; i++)
{
var _obj:Object = new Object();
_obj.index= result[i].index ;
_obj.id = result[i].id ;
_obj.title = result[i].title ;
cat.push(obj)
}
// now do something with that array
break;
case "getPost":
result = result as Object;
// do something with the object
// like trace(result.post.title) , trace(result.post.content) , trace(result.post.date)
// and:
// for (var i:int=0; i< result.meta.length; i++)
// {
// trace(result.meta[i].index , " : " , result.meta[i].value);
// }
break;
}
}
private function onFault(fault:Object):void
{
trace(String(fault.description));
}
}
}
This class can now be called from the parent class (Main for example) in the following fashion:
package
{
import data.DataConnector;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.*;
public class Main extends Sprite
{
private var _dataConnector 
ataConnector;
public function Main()
{
_dataConnector = new DataConnector();
_dataConnector.getCategoryList("cat1");
}
}
}
the way I usually do its is follow this sequence:
Main -> DataConnector -> call Function
DataConnector ->receive Call result and handle Data
DataConnector -> Dispatch Event with the handled Data
Main -> receive the event in an event listener -> use the data.
but again, this sequence is very dependant on the structure of your classes and projects.. so now you’re on your own…
hope this was helpful enough