Flex :: Garbage Collect Variable In It Even There Are Other Objects Binded To It?
Jan 22, 2011I'm wondering how to garbage collect a variable in Flex even if there are other objects binded to it.
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I have a class called MenuView which contains buttons. After a button from the menu is clicked, its content - which is contained in another class - is being attached to the existing class by the means of the new keyword, so basically it just creates SubClass inside the MenuView class (or instance of another class inside the MenuView Class object if you like):
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if(_sign_content != null) {
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Objects are send successfully, but they are deserialized to generic Objects in Flex instead of specific ones. EDIT: On network monitor in Flex I can see that AMF value is set to com.my.project.valueobjects.Constant. Although array from event.result contains Objects.
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