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Accessing viewComponent from mediator

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Smith Wilson

03 Jan, 2013 07:11 PM

Hi,

I notice in RL2 the Mediator's viewComponent property is read-only. In all the examples that I can find, I see the view being injected and accessed that way. Just curious as to why this is the case. In RL1 I would usually create a helper that returned the viewComponent correctly typed:

pubic function get myCustomView():MyCustomView
{
    return viewComponent as MyCustomView;
}

I definitely see that injecting results in less code:

[Inject] public var viewComponent:MyCustomView;

Is there a performance hit for injection vs the helper method?

Just want to gain some intuitive understanding of what's going on.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Shaun Smith on 03 Jan, 2013 07:31 PM

   

   Hi,

   Injection is definitely the preferred approach. There isn't really a performance hit as the mediator is injected into regardless.

   The viewComponent accessor is actually write-only, and only exists for the sake of the helper methods (addViewListener and removeViewListener). It's write-only as an attempt to discourage use of the property, and encourage injecting the correct type rather than casting. The preferred style is:

   [Inject] public var view:ActualViewType;
   

   It's best to avoid _viewComponent as it is more of an implementation detail than anything else.

   Hope that helps!

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2. 2 Posted by Smith Wilson on 03 Jan, 2013 08:00 PM

   

   Thanks again Shaun!

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Shaun Smith on 03 Jan, 2013 08:05 PM

   

   Pleasure! Closing this for now, feel free to open new ones.

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4. Shaun Smith closed this discussion on 03 Jan, 2013 08:05 PM.