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Need some guidance on correct usage of Extensions

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mike

21 Apr, 2013 12:57 AM

Hi there,

When I try to use an Extension class (implement IExtension) and I try to declare this variable inside the extension class

    [Inject]
    public var injector : Injector;

the injector value is always null. What I'm trying to do is move the blazeds/rpc objects into their own extension (or should that be a bundle) ?

Thanks for Rl2 - everything else is even nicer to work with :)

Mike

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by creynders on 21 Apr, 2013 10:15 AM

   

   LOL with your user name. Naughty ;)

   AFAIK extensions aren't even handled by the injector, i.e. you can't inject instances into them. However, if you simply need a reference to the injector in your extension you can locate it in the context instance that is passed through to the extend method:

   public function extend(context:IContext):void{
       const injector : Injector = context.injector
   }
   

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2. 2 Posted by mike on 21 Apr, 2013 10:40 PM

   

   Ha! I just noticed that - I'll fix that up ;-)

   Thanks for that info - very helpful....mind if I ask what the purpose of an extension is? Could it be used to say compile the extension to a separate swf/swc to be loaded as RSL?

   Many thanks!

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by creynders on 22 Apr, 2013 10:35 AM

   

   From the readme:

   An extension integrates a single utility or library into a Robotlegs context.

   You can somewhat compare them to plugins, you can extend the framework functionalities with them.

   and a bundle:

   A bundle bundles up a selection of extensions and configurations into a single package.

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by creynders on 16 May, 2013 09:34 AM

   

   I'm closing this for now, if you have any more questions let us know!

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5. creynders closed this discussion on 16 May, 2013 09:34 AM.