Easy flex XML serialization/deserialization

Converting and object to XML in action script and then parsing XML back to populate the objects / value objects in flex is not an easy task it requires much time and effort and parsing XML in flex frame work is very slow as compared to java, which use the SAX and DOM parsers to parse XML file efficiently.

google code provides the open source solution to convert Value object to XML and vice versa

For complete information and download the liberary please visit the following link

http://code.google.com/p/flexmler/

Regards
Asim Khalil
Enjoy flex (Y)

very nice post thanks to share it

how to use the event dispatching from parent to child or child to parent window

there are two ways of communicating between components.

1)Metadata Events
2)Custom Events

1) Metadata Event
<mx:Metadata>
[ Event(name="mouseClickEvent", type="flash.events.Event") ]
</mx:Metadata>
2) Custom Events
import flash.events.Event;

import mx.controls.*;
public class CustomEvent extends Event
{

public function CustomEvent()
{
super();

}

override public function clone():Event
{
return new CustomEvent();
}
}
im working a sample application which will demostrate the component communication.
i hope that will be helpful for u.

regards,
anjum

Child1Component.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" width="400" height="114" layout="absolute" title="Component 1">

<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
protected function checkbox1_changeHandler(event:Event):void
{
if(chkShowHode.selected)
{
dispatchEvent(new Event("ShowClickEvent",true));
}else
{
dispatchEvent(new Event("ShowClickEvent",false));
}
}
]]>
</mx:Script>

<mx:CheckBox x="20" y="20" label="Show/Hide component 2" change="checkbox1_changeHandler(event)" id="chkShowHode"/>
<mx:Metadata>
[ Event(name="ShowClickEvent", type="flash.events.Event") ]
</mx:Metadata>
</mx:Panel>
//------------------------------------------
ChildComponent2.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" width="400" height="108" title="Component 2" layout="absolute">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
protected function checkbox1_changeHandler(event:Event):void
{
if(chkShowHode.selected)
{
dispatchEvent(new Event("ShowClickEvent",true));
}else
{
dispatchEvent(new Event("ShowClickEvent",false));
}
}
]]>
</mx:Script>

<mx:CheckBox x="20" y="20" label="Show/Hide component 1" change="checkbox1_changeHandler(event)" id="chkShowHode"/>
<mx:Metadata>
[ Event(name="ShowClickEvent", type="flash.events.Event") ]
</mx:Metadata>

</mx:Panel>
//------------------------------------------
ParentComponent.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" width="590" height="380" layout="absolute" title="Parent" xmlns:views="com.flexpakistan.views.*">

<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
protected function childcomponent1_ShowClickEventHandler(event:Event):void
{
if(event.bubbles == true)
{
comp2.visible = true;
}else
{
comp2.visible = false;
}
}

protected function comp2_ShowClickEventHandler(event:Event):void
{
if(event.bubbles == true)
{
comp1.visible = true;
}else
{
comp1.visible = false;
}
}

]]>
</mx:Script>

<views:ChildComponent x="10" y="25" ShowClickEvent="childcomponent1_ShowClickEventHandler(event)" id="comp1">
</views:ChildComponent>
<views:ChildComponent2 x="10" y="170" id="comp2" visible="false" ShowClickEvent="comp2_ShowClickEventHandler(event)">
</views:ChildComponent2>

</mx:Panel>

please feel free if u have any question to ask.