mx.core.IConstraintClient - Adobe® Flex® 4 Language Reference (Flex 4)

Package	mx.core
Interface	public interface IConstraintClient
Implementors	PostScaleAdapter, UIComponent, UIMovieClip

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The IConstraintClient interface defines the interface for components that support layout constraints. This interface is only used by implementations of constraint-based layout.

Public Methods

	Method		Defined By
		getConstraintValue(constraintName:String):* Returns the specified constraint value.	IConstraintClient
		setConstraintValue(constraintName:String, value:*):void Sets the specified constraint value.	IConstraintClient

Method Detail

getConstraintValue

()

method

public function getConstraintValue(constraintName:String):*

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Returns the specified constraint value.

Parameters

constraintName:String — name of the constraint value. Constraint parameters are "baseline", "bottom", "horizontalCenter", "left", "right", "top", and "verticalCenter".

For more information about these parameters, see the Canvas and Panel containers and Styles Metadata AnchorStyles.

Returns

* — The constraint value, or null if it is not defined.

setConstraintValue

()

method

public function setConstraintValue(constraintName:String, value:*):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Sets the specified constraint value.

Parameters

	`constraintName:String` — name of the constraint value. Constraint parameters are "`baseline`", "`bottom`", "`horizontalCenter`", "`left`", "`right`", "`top`", and "`verticalCenter`". For more information about these parameters, see the Canvas and Panel containers and Styles Metadata AnchorStyles.

	`value:*` — The new value for the constraint.