bean vs object and linkage enforcer

[bouiaw]

Hi,

I have 2 questions about the future release of Spring ActionScript :
- Will "object" xml elements will be renamed to "bean" elements in order to keep Spring consistency between platforms ?
- Will Spring ActionScript contain a fix in order to avoid the need for LinkageEnforcer classes, that make Flex compiler include our classes that are not linked to the default application class ? If not, is there a serious fix awaited (Another compiler behavior in Flex 4 for example ...) ?

Regards,
Bouiaw

[cherreman]

Hi Bouiaw,

the name "object" will be maintained. Although we currently have an xml preprocessor that enables you to use "bean", I think it will be removed in the 1.0 release.

The need to write linkage enforcers is indeed a major problem. The only way I see this "solved" is by compiling external classes in a separate swf and load that when the application starts. Other than that, we could have a better integration towards workflow in Eclipse/Flex Builder, but that will not solve the core of the problem.

regards,
Christophe