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JeffW.

14 Jun, 2013 11:03 AM

hi,

I'm trying to use Signals with RL2, which works fine, except that I don't see how I can startup my app. I cannot inject the signal in my AppConfig class as below because it gives me the good old 'Injector is missing a mapping' error.

 [Inject]
    public var initSignal:InitSignal;

public function configure():void
{
        context.logLevel = LogLevel.INFO;

        signalCommandMap.map( InitSignal ).toCommand( InitCommand );
        signalCommandMap.map( RequestTestSignal ).toCommand( RequestTestCommand );

        mediatorMap.map(MessageWriterView).toMediator(MessageWriterMediator);

        context.afterInitializing(init);
}

private function init():void
{
        // add the view that has the mediator mapped to it
        contextView.view.addChild(new MessageWriterView());

        // dispatch the signal that is bound to the command
        initSignal.dispatch();
}</code>

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by creynders on 14 Jun, 2013 12:05 PM

   

   If I remember correctly, no injections in config files. But you don't need them either, since you have access to the injector:

   1. Drop the [Inject] tag above initSignal
      
   2. right before context.afterInitializing(init) write
      

      initSignal = context.injector.getInstance(InitSignal);
      

   et voila :)

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2. 2 Posted by JeffW. on 14 Jun, 2013 12:07 PM

   

   voila indeed, great!

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Ondina D.F. on 14 Jun, 2013 12:14 PM

   

   That’s right; the Injector can’t inject the signal into your config class:
   no mapping == no injection

   So, you have to find a way to map the signal before injecting it.
   Maybe there are other solutions as well, but right now there are 2 ways of solving this that I can think of.

   • You can have several config classes.

   CommandConfig, where you map your commands, MediatorsConfig, where you map your mediators, and so on.

   context = new Context()
       .install(MVCSBundle, SignalCommandMapExtension)
       .configure(CommandsConfig)
       .configure(ModelsConfig)
       .configure(ServicesConfig)
       .configure(MediatorsConfig)
   
       .configure(AppConfig)
       .configure(new ContextView(this));
   

   In your CommandConfig:

   signalCommandMap.map( InitSignal ).toCommand( InitCommand );
   signalCommandMap.map( RequestTestSignal ).toCommand( RequestTestCommand );

   In your AppConfig (find a better name for it) you can now inject the initSignal and dispatch it within your init method.

   Note the order of your config classes: the config that maps the signal has to run prior to the one you want to inject the signal into.

   • Instead of injecting it, you let the injector retrieve an instance of your signal:

   (in your configure) signalCommandMap.map( InitSignal ).toCommand( InitCommand );

   (in your init) var initSignal: InitSignal = injector.getInstance(InitSignal);
   initSignal.dispatch();

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Ondina D.F. on 14 Jun, 2013 12:14 PM

   

   oops, late to the party;)

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by creynders on 14 Jun, 2013 12:25 PM

   

   Late to the party, but more correct :)

   I looked it up and Ondina's right, config instances are injected with dependencies.
   But as she said, obviously you need to map a dependency first, before it can be injected.

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6. JeffW. closed this discussion on 14 Jun, 2013 12:39 PM.