High Quality
Open the downloaded document, and select print from the file menu (PDF reader required).
RIA
WITH ADOBE FLEX AND JAVA
i
Written by
Yakov FainDr. Victor RasputnisAnatole Tartakovsky
Guest chapter by
Ben Stucki
Forewords by
Bruce Eckel & Matt Chotin
www.theriabook.com
The World’s Leading i-Technology Publisher
RICHINTERNET APPLICATIONS
FREE DVD
$695
VALUE
WITH
ADOBE
FLEX & JAVA
® ™™
ii
RIA
WITH ADOBE FLEX AND JAVA
RIA
WITH ADOBE FLEX AND JAVA
iii
WRITTEN BY YAKOV FAIN, DR. VICTOR RASPUTNIS & ANATOLE TARTAKOVSKY SYS-CON Media Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677
First Edition
FLEX & JAVA
WITH
ADOBE
RICH INTERNET APPLICATIONS
SECRETS OF THE MASTERS
®
TMTM
Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java
Info and Rating
Sections
« prev | next »- Application Security
- Flex GUI Performance
- Shorter Development Cycle
- Room for Improvement
- Connection Management
- Flex and Agile Development
- Summary
- Getting Familiar with Flex
- Free Flex 2 Ingredients
- Downloading the Flex 2 Framework
- Hello World in MXML
- Specifying Compiler Options
- Building and Deploying Applications with Ant
- Building HelloWorld with Ant
- Frame Rate
- Namespaces in MXML
- From Hello World to a Calculator
- Adding Some ActionScript
- The First Date with Events
- Why ActionScript 3.0?
- Comparing ActionScript 3.0 and Java 5
- Flex Framework API Documentation
- Separating Design and Development
- Working with Display Objects in ActionScript
- The Application Loading Process
- Flex Builder Development Environment
- Installing and Configuring Flex Builder
- Yet Another Hello World
- Working with the Source Panel
- Running HelloWorld
- Building the Project
- Flex Builder-Generated Files
- Running Applications in Flex Builder
- Simple Event Processing
- A Pure MXML Version
- Specifying Events Handlers
- Layouts
- View States and Transitions
- Fine Tuning Flex Builder
- Debugging with Flex Builder
- Project Types and Data Access
- Generated ActionScript
- Flex Builder Tips and Keyboard Shortcuts
- Using the Subversion Version Control System
- Learning Flex Through Applications
- ActionScript Dynamic Classes
- Methods, Functions, and Closures
- Function Parameters
- Getters and Setters
- Functions as Objects
- Closures
- Asynchronous Programming
- Data Binding
- Binding in MXML
- Binding Expressions
- What’s Under the Hood?
- Binding in ActionScript
- Binding Inside a String and Application Parameters
- Is Data Binding a Silver Bullet?
- Program in Style or an Elevator Pitch
- From COBOL to Flex
- From Java to Flex
- From Smalltalk to Flex
- Object-Oriented ActionScript
- Program Design with Interfaces and Polymorphism
- Polymorphism Without Interfaces
- Namespaces in ActionScript
- Using Flex with JavaServer Pages
- Retrieving Data from JSP
- Sending Data from Flex to JSP
- E4X, Data Binding, and Regular Expressions
- Collections, Filters, and Master-Detail
- Adding XMLListCollection
- Filtering
- Master-Detail Relationships
- Adding a Data Feed
- Events
- Event Flow
- Event Propagation or Bubbling
- Custom Events
- Let’s Go Through the Sequence of Events
- Sending Data Using Custom Events
- A Complete Application with RPC Communications and JMS
- Adding the Charting Component
- Chart/DataGrid Toggling
- Dealing with Financial News
- Configuring the Server-Side Destination and Proxy
- Processing the News Feed
- Adding the JMS Feed to the Stock Portfolio
- Introduction to the Java Naming and Directory Interface
- Introduction to the Java Messaging Service
- Two Modes of Message Delivery
- JMS Classes and Terms
- Types of Messages
- How to Publish a Message
- How to Subscribe for a Topic
- Integrating Flex and Java Messaging Services
- Configuring Flex Messaging Destination
- Configuring ActiveMQ JMS
- Writing the TickerFeed Java Program
- Modifying the Flex Client to Consume Messages
- Flex Data Management Services: Flex Remoting on Steroids
- Flex Data Services and Automation: Problem Statement and Solution
- A “Manual” FDS Application
- Building the Client Application
- Creating Assembler and DTO Classes
- Implementing the Fill-Method of the DataServices Data Access Object
- Implementing the Sync-Method of FDS Data Access Object
- Implementing Update, Delete and Insert Methods
- Introducing Metadata
- Introducing Templates
- Metadata for Input Parameters
- Templates for Implementing the Fill Method
- Completing the Fill Method
- Setting JDBC Statement Parameters
- Reading the Result Set Record
- Templates for Implementing Sync-Method
- Completing the Sync Method
- The Template for the doCreate() Method
- Who Owns the DAOFlex Templates?
- Rapid Application Development with DAOFlex
- DAOFlex Directory Structure and Configuration Files
- DAOFlex Project Setup
- Running the DAOFlex Code Generator
- Testing and Using DAOFlex Output
- Endnote
- How to Write Your Own Data Management Services
- Setting the Scene
- Introducing Destination-Aware Collections
- Making a Destination-Aware Collection
- Sensing Collection Changes
- Anatomy of Managed ActionScript Objects
- The Two Faces of ChangedObject
- Tracking Collection Changes
- Making Collection Updateable
- Taking Care of Business: Transactions
- Java Batch Gateway: Many Remote Calls in One Shot
- BatchMember: Order Matters
- BatchService
- A Sample Application – An Order Entry
- OrderEntryDemo Pre-requisites
- OrderEntryDemo: OrdersPanel
- OrderEntryDemo: OrderItemsPanel
- OrderEntryDemo: OrderManager
- Conclusion
- Enhancing and Extending Flex Controls
- ComboBox Challenges
- Making the Value Property Writeable
- Listing 8.2 Making the value property writeable
- Adding a dataField Property
- ComboBox with a Multi-Column List
- Populating a ComboBox with Server-Side Data
- Encapsulating a Remote Object Inside the ComboBox
- Adding Autocomplete Support to TextInput
- Integrating DataBase Search and ComboBox with Autocomplete
- Separating Business Resources from Generic Component Code
- Building a Business-Specific ComboBox
- Building and Using the Resource Classes
- Trees with Dynamic Data Population
- Basics of Tree Control
- The Role of dataDescriptor
- Moving to the Real Asynchronous World
- No More Fake Remoting!
- Design Patterns in Our Life
- Data Transfer Object
- Data Access Object
- Asynchronous Completion Token
- Assembler Design Pattern
- Façade Design Pattern
- Working with Employees and Departments
- The Destination-Aware Tree
- Adding Checkboxes to a Tree
- Customizing the TreeItemRenderer
- The Data Binding of Checkboxes
- Working with Large Applications
- Deployment Scenarios
- Application Domains 101
- Runtime Shared Libraries 101
- SWFs and SWCs: What’s Under the Hood
- Making the FlexLibrary.swc
- Making a FlexApplication Application
- Static versus Dynamic Linking: Development Perspective
- So, You Say Dynamic Linking?
- Self-Initializing Libraries – Applications
- Recap of the Technique
- RSL versus Custom Loading of the Dynamic Code
- The Custom Loading Example
- Embedded Applications and the SWFLoader Object
- Modules and ModuleLoaders
- When Size Matters
- Advanced DataGrid
- Formatting with labelFunction
- Formatting with Extended DataGridColumn
- Introducing a Component Manifest File
- More on Customizing the DataGridColumn
- Improving FormattingManager
- CheckBox as a Drop-In Renderer
- DataGridColumn as ItemRenderer’s Knowledge Base
- Nitpicking CheckBox
- RadioButtonGroupBox as Drop-In Renderer
- Computed Column Color
- Computed Column Background
- Runtime Column Styles Unleashed
- Masked Input and Numeric Input
- DataGrid with Automatic Item Editors
- Data-Driven Programming Unleashed
- Pivoted DataGrid or Property Bag
- Endnotes
- Logging and Debugging Flex and Java Applications
- Logging
- Configuring Web Application (Server) Logging
- Client-Side Logging
- Using the Logging API
- Server Log Target
- Server Log Target Using Plain HTTP
- The Client-Side Target
- Creating a Tracing Console for LocalConnection
- The RIA Aspect of Flex Logging
- Debugging
- Remote Debugging
- Using Eclipse WTP for Debugging Java EE Servers
- Configuring Tomcat
- Deploying a Web Application Locally
- Building a SlideShow Application
- Loading SlideShow Data
- Animating the SlideShow
- Adding Interactive Thumbnail Navigation
- Developing the SlideShow Player Application
- Developing the SlideShow Creator
- Integrating with Flickr Web Services
- Editing SlideShow Data
- Developing the SlideShow Preview
- Developing Custom Charts
- Working with Larger Data Sets
- Adding a Vertical Line
- Non-Typical Use of Skinning
- Adding Scrolling and Zooming
- Integration with External Applications
- Overview of Flash External Interfacing Methods
- Using External API
- Two-Way Flex – OWC Spreadsheet Integration
- Flex Application for OWC Spreadsheet Integration
- HTML Template Embedding Our ActiveX Components
- Making Flex and Spreadsheet Talk
- Handling Flex Metadata Notification
- Synchronizing Spreadsheet OWC with Flex Data Changes
- Synchronizing Flex with Spreadsheet Data Changes
- One-Way Flex-Excel Integration via the System Clipboard
- Flex Embedded in Microsoft Excel
- XML Format of External API
- LiveLink: Standalone Flex - Excel
- LocalConnection 101
- Flex Excel Agent Application
- Flex Standalone Application
- Excel Worksheet – The Flex Agent Host
- Getting in the Nitpicking Mood
- INDEX
Add a Comment