Mate Flex Framework

(This tag must be placed inside an <EventHandlers> tag or a <MessageHandlers> tag)

InlineInvoker allows you to call a method without having to instantiate an object (compare with MethodInvoker). You only need to provide a method to call, which can be a method created in the event map (within a Script block), a static method on a class, or method provided by an already created object or singleton.

Any value returned by the function will be available in the lastReturn. See Using lastReturn and Using Smart Objects (lastReturn)

Example:

<InlineInvoker
   method="methodToExecute"
   arguments="{['argument1', 'argument2']}"/>

Attributes

method

required

The method attribute specifies what function to call. If you had a function called doWork(), you would then write:

<InlineInvoker method="doWork" />

arguments

If the function in your class has arguments, you can pass them via the "arguments" attribute. Suppose your doWork function has the following signature:

public function doWork(name:String, value:Number)

then you can pass those arguments as follows:

<InlineInvoker
   method="doWork"
   arguments="{['Tom', 36]}"/>

Note that the arguments attribute expects an array. See MethodInvoker (arguments section) for more information.

Calling a static method

With the InlineInvoker tag, you can call static methods. For example, you could call the function random() of the Math library:

<InlineInvoker method="Math.random" />

Remember that any value returned by the function will be available in the lastReturn (Using lastReturn).

Calling a local method

If you have created a method in your event map, you can call it with the InlineInvoker tag:

<mx:Script>
private function myMethod():void {
   trace('you called me!');
}
]]>
</mx:Script>

<EventHandlers type="myEventType">
   <InlineInvoker method="myMethod" />
</EventHandlers>

Calling a method on a singleton class

Suppose you have a singleton class that contains the method "myMethod" and that you access the singleton instance by the getInstance() method. Then you could call your the method by:

<InlineInvoker method="{MySingleton.getInstance().myMethod}" />