I have it well integrated with pure MVC
I would recommend having a look at robot legs tho.
Here is the architecture for the Chat Module of Edoboard:
View: ChatView.xml
The layout of your chat.
Vbox, TextArea, Input, Send button etc..
Model Proxy: ChatProxy.as
Hold a reference to _chatModel:SimpleChatModel
override public function onRegister():void {
// Afcs model
_chatModel = new SimpleChatModel();
_chatModel.sharedID = "edoboardChat";
_chatModel.connectSession = ConnectSession.primarySession;
_chatModel.subscribe();
_chatModel.addEventListener(ChatEvent.HISTORY_CHANGE, onChatMsg);
}
We get the connection from the singleton ConnectSession, we could / should have a proxy to manage AFCS connection.
The proxy data is an array collection i use to hold messages, not usefull actualy but who knows.
onChatMsg i fire a notification
private function onChatMsg(e:ChatEvent):void {
if (e.message != null )
sendNotification(ApplicationFacade.CHAT_HISTORY, e.message);
}
Mediator ChatMediator.as
It keeps a reference to _chatProxy and _userProxy which i used to get the current user First Name or the list of users connected.
Chat mediator listen for ApplicationFacade.CHAT_HISTORY notification.
override public function listNotificationInterests():Array {
return [ ApplicationFacade.CHAT_HISTORY ];
}
override public function onRegister():void {
_chatProxy = facade.retrieveProxy(ChatProxy.NAME) as ChatProxy;
_userProxy = facade.retrieveProxy(UsersProxy.NAME) as UsersProxy;
// Listeners
chatView.chatButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, submitChat);
}
Lets sublmit message on click:
private function submitChat(e:MouseEvent):void {
if(chatView.inputText.text != "") {
var chatMessageDesc:ChatMessageDescriptor = new ChatMessageDescriptor();
// Get my frstname
chatMessageDesc.displayName = _userProxy.myUserName;
chatMessageDesc.msg = chatView.formatMessage(chatView.inputText.text);
// publish
_chatProxy.sendMessage(chatMessageDesc);
chatView.clearInput();
chatView.inputText.setFocus();
}
}
Notification Handling
override public function handleNotification( note:INotification ):void {
switch ( note.getName() ) {
case ApplicationFacade.CHAT_HISTORY:
/* [..] simplified for example */
var msgDescriptor:ChatMessageDescriptor = note.getBody() as ChatMessageDescriptor;
chatView.addMessage(msgDescriptor.msg);
break;
}
}
Hope that gives you an idea of how to integrate afcs in a flex/as3 framework.
