Re: newbie questions - desparate need of help!!! SOLVED

Hi again,
everything you said worked out perfectly...you just saved my life!

many thanks

b

On 1/19/07, Todd Hivnor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I guess there are ways to run OpenAMF using your own custom servlet. But
> I use the "AdvancedGateway" provided by OpenAMF. Specifically I add the
> following to my web.xml file
>
>     <servlet>
>         <servlet-name>AdvancedGateway</servlet-name>
>         <display-name>AdvancedGateway</display-name>
>         <description>AdvancedGateway</description>
>         <servlet-class>org.openamf.AdvancedGateway</servlet-class>
>         <init-param>
>             <param-name>OPENAMF_CONFIG</param-name>
>
> <param-value>/WEB-INF/openamf-config.xml</param-value>
>             <description>Location of the OpenAMF config
> file.</description>
>         </init-param>
>         <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
>     </servlet>
>
>     <servlet-mapping>
>         <servlet-name>AdvancedGateway</servlet-name>
>         <url-pattern>/AdvancedGateway</url-pattern>
>     </servlet-mapping>
>
> Note the reference in web.xml which points to openamf-config.xml. This
> is a really powerful file so take the time to understand what it can do.
> It controls how the AdvancedGateway will behave. The
> <custom-class-mapping> can be used to send Objects in Java to Flash ..
> really cool stuff. The <state-bean> tag can be used to store persistent
> objects on the Java server. Or you can just make calls with simple Java
> primitives. Here are parts of my file, but beware it has a lot of stuff
> I'm not sure really needs to be there. I'm sure you can find a generic
> copy of a openamf-config.xml with the other OpenAMF files.
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <config>
>
>     <!--
>     Configure behavior of outgoing AMF messages:
>     forceLowerCaseKeys - if true, the hash maps used to return custom
> classes
>     will convert all keys to lower case;
>     set this to:
>         true if you're using ActionScript 1.0 on the client,
>         false if you're using ActionScript 2.0 (which is case-sensitive)
>     -->
>     <amf-serializer>
>             <force-lower-case-keys>false</force-lower-case-keys>
>     </amf-serializer>
>
>    <!--- include stock codes from openamf-config.xml file
>          ... I don't what is needed and what isn't -->
>
>
>     <invoker>
>         <name>Java</name>
>         <class>org.openamf.invoker.JavaServiceInvoker</class>
>     </invoker>
>
>     <service>
>         <name>TestService</name>
>         <service-location>com.example.TestService</service-location>
>         <invoker-ref>Java</invoker-ref>
>
>         <method>
>             <name>*</name>
>             <parameter>
>                 <type>*</type>
>             </parameter>
>         </method>
>     </service>
>
>     <custom-class-mapping>
>           <java-class>com.example.Person</java-class>
>         <custom-class>com.example.Person</custom-class>
>     </custom-class-mapping>
> </config>
>
> The Java side now just
>
> public class TestService {
>     public static String getString(String s) { return "Hello " + s; }
>     public static Person getPerson(String name) { return new
> Person(name); } // Define a Person class in both Java and Flash, and you
> can send them back & forth. Sweet!
> }
>
> On the Flash side you seem to have the clues. But I would be careful
> with case on your class names: "servlet1" != "Servlet1" And the Strings
> are particularly unequal because "simpleservlet.servlet1 " has a
> trailing space. Don't screw things like that up ... you are in the big
> league now with all this fancy client/server business :)
>
> BEFORE
> myService = new Service( "http://localhost:8083/WebModule1/",
> myLogger,"simpleservlet.servlet1 ", null,this);
>
> AFTER
> myService = new Service( "http://localhost:8083/WebModule1/", myLogger,
> "com.example.AdvancedGateway", null,this);
>
> var pendingCall : PendingCall = myService.getString("Dork");
>
>
> To support sending Person objects in both directions (From Java to Flash
> and vice-versa), add this on the Flash side:
>
> Object.registerClass("com.example.Person", com.example.Person);
> var pendingCall : PendingCall = myService.getPerson("Dork Face");
>
> To learn more about mapping custom objects from Flash to Java, Google
> "carbonfive astranslator" I know you are simply trying to get started
> ... but I personally think the Object mapping stuff is so cool is bears
> a little extra promotion. It is absolutely worth learning. Once you get
> past Hello Dork, of course.
>
> If you do decide to send Objects from Flash to Java, beware of
> recursion. You can lock the Flash Player up if you send objects with
> circular references from Flash to Java. Oddly, you can send such objects
> from Java to Flash. Here is some ActionScript code I use to check for
> recursion, before trying to send the object to Java.
>
>
>     /** Return true of the object is Ok.
>      * Also return true if we are not currently checking for recursion.
>      * If there is a problem trace it, and set the problematicObject
> variable
>      */
>
>     private static var problematicObject;
>     public static function recursionCheck(currObject : Object) : Boolean {
>         if (DebugConfig.checkRecursionInEvents()) {
>             trace(Log.L_INFO+ "Performing Recursion Check ...");
>             var result : Boolean =
> TestService.recursionCheckHelper(currObject, new Array());
>
>             if (result) {
>                 trace(Log.L_INFO+ "Recursion Check Passed! ");
>             }
>             return result;
>         } else {
>             return true;
>         }
>     }
>
>     private static function recursionCheckHelper(currObject : Object,
> objectsFound : Array) : Boolean {
>         var childObject : Object;
>         var i : Number;
>         var hasError : Boolean = false;
>         for (var key : String in currObject) {
>             childObject = currObject[key];
>             if ( (typeof(childObject) == "object") ||
> (typeof(childObject) == "movieclip"))  {
>                 for (i=0; i<objectsFound.length; i++) {
>                     if (childObject == objectsFound[i]) {
>                         trace(Log.L_ERROR+ "Found recursive child
> object=" + childObject + " with key=" + key + " in object=" + currObject
> + " inside runEvent.");
>                         TestService.problematicObject =childObject;
>                         return false;
>                     }
>                 }
>                 objectsFound.push(childObject);
>
>                 // recursively check
>                 if (recursionCheckHelper(childObject, objectsFound) ==
> false) {
>                     hasError = true;
>                     break;
>                 }
>
>             } else if (childObject == null) {
>                 // no need to check null's
>             } else if (
>                 (typeof(childObject) == "string") ||
>                 (typeof(childObject) == "boolean") ||
>                 (typeof(childObject) == "number") ||
>                 (typeof(childObject) == "function")
>                 ) {
>                 // no need to check these things
>
>
>             } else {
>                 trace(Log.L_ERROR+ "Not an object: child object=" +
> childObject + " is " + typeof(childObject) + " with key=" + key + " in
> object=" + currObject + " inside runEvent.");
>             }
>         }
>         return ! hasError;
>     }
>
>
>
> [p e r c e p t i c o n] wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > i'm having some difficulty making flash remoting work.  I tried the
> > "Hello World" example from the OPENAMF examples to no avail and can't
> > seem to invoke any method other than doPost...which is fine if you can
> > tell me how to send a response back to the client (swf) i called it
> > from. I noticed while debugging my swf that the content-type is
> > application/x-fcs and my responder is null until pending call sets it
> > to _level0.  is there a way to change this content-type to something
> > else and if so what should it be?  I'll list my code and configuration
> > below. is there an easier way to do this? should i not use a servlet??
> >
> > config
> > borland jbuilder 2005
> > tomcat 5.0.27
> > jdk 1.4.2
> > Flash8
> >
> > here's my actionscript code
> >
> > import mx.remoting.Service;
> > import mx.services.Log;
> > import mx.rpc.RelayResponder;
> > import mx.rpc.FaultEvent;
> > import mx.rpc.ResultEvent;
> > import mx.remoting.PendingCall;
> >
> > mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug.initialize(); // initialize the
> > NetConnection Debugger
> > var myLogger:Log = new Log( Log.DEBUG, "logger1" );
> >
> > // override the default log handler
> > myLogger.onLog = function( message:String ):Void {
> >  trace( "myLogger-->>>"+message );
> > }
> > //Create the service ->based on back-end used, comment/uncoment
> > following arguments
> > myService = new Service( "http://localhost:8083/WebModule1/",
> > myLogger,"simpleservlet.servlet1 ", null,this);
> >
> >
> > //Handler for results
> > function onEchoData(msg: ResultEvent){
> >     mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug.trace({level:"Debug",
> > message:"onEchoData" });
> >     show.text = msg.result;
> >
> > }
> > //Handler for errors
> > function onEchoFault(rs: FaultEvent ){
> >     mx.remoting.debug.NetDebug.trace({level:"None", message:"There was
> > a problem: " + fault.fault.faultstring });
> >     }
> > //Buttons handlers
> > callButton.onPress = function(){
> >    var pc:PendingCall = myService.makeEcho("Hello World!");
> >    pc.responder = new RelayResponder(this._parent, "onEchoData",
> > "onEchoFault" );
> >
> >    trace("calling makeEcho");
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > and here's the java code
> >
> >
> >
> > package simpleservlet;
> >
> > import javax.servlet.*;
> > import javax.servlet.http.*;
> > import java.io.*;
> > import java.util.*;
> > import org.apache.commons.io.*;
> > import org.apache.commons.fileupload.*;
> > import org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.*;
> > import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.*;
> > import magick.DrawInfo;
> > import magick.MagickImage;
> > import magick.PixelPacket;
> > import magick.ImageInfo;
> > import magick.MagickException;
> > import flashgateway.io.ASObject;
> > import org.openamf.*;
> > import com.carbonfive.flash.ASTranslator;
> >
> >
> > public class Servlet1
> >     extends HttpServlet {
> >
> >    private String dirName;
> >    private String fullPath;
> >    private String message = null;
> >
> >   public Servlet1() {
> >     try {
> >       jbInit();
> >       System.out.println("ctor sucess");
> >     }
> >     catch (Exception ex) {
> >       ex.printStackTrace();
> >       System.out.println("ctor failure");
> >     }
> >   }
> >
> >   private static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "text/html";
> >
> >   //Initialize global variables
> >   int connections = 0;
> >
> >   public void init() throws ServletException {
> >     System.out.println("init");
> >     message = "Hello from servlet1";
> >   }
> >
> >
> >   public String makeEcho(String msg)
> >   {
> >
> >      return msg;
> >   }
> >
> >
> >   //Process the HTTP Get request
> >   public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
> > response) throws
> >       ServletException, IOException {
> >     //Name of User
> >     String userName = request.getParameter("UserName");
> >     if (userName == null) {
> >          userName = "User!";
> >       }
> >   }
> >
> >   //Process the HTTP Post request
> >   public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
> > response) throws
> >       ServletException, IOException
> >   {
> >
> >     }
> >
> >
> >
> >   //Clean up resources
> >   public void destroy() {
> >     message = null;
> >   }
> >
> >
> >   public String getServletInfo()
> >    {
> >      return "A test servlet.";
> >    }
> >    public ServletConfig getServletConfig()
> >    {
> >      return null;
> >    }
> >
> >
> >   private void jbInit() throws Exception {
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   }
> >
> > }
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > p
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