mx.rpc.http.mxml.HTTPService - Adobe® Flex® 4 Language Reference (Flex 4)

Package	mx.rpc.http.mxml
Class	public class HTTPService
Inheritance	HTTPService HTTPService AbstractInvoker EventDispatcher Object
Implements	IMXMLSupport, IMXMLObject

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

You use the <mx:HTTPService> tag to represent an HTTPService object in an MXML file. When you call the HTTPService object's send() method, it makes an HTTP request to the specified URL, and an HTTP response is returned. Optionally, you can pass parameters to the specified URL. When you do not go through the server-based proxy service, you can use only HTTP GET or POST methods. However, when you set the useProxy property to true and you use the server-based proxy service, you can also use the HTTP HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE, and DELETE methods.

Note: Due to a software limitation, HTTPService does not generate user-friendly error messages when using GET.

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The <mx:HTTPService> tag accepts the following tag attributes:

 <mx:HTTPService
 Properties
 concurrency="multiple|single|last"
 contentType="application/x-www-form-urlencoded|application/xml"
 destination="DefaultHTTP"
 id="No default."
 method="GET|POST|HEAD|OPTIONS|PUT|TRACE|DELETE"
 resultFormat="object|array|xml|e4x|flashvars|text"
 showBusyCursor="false|true"
 makeObjectsBindable="false|true"
 url="No default."
 useProxy="false|true"
 xmlEncode="No default."
 xmlDecode="No default."
 
 Events
 fault="No default."
 result="No default."
 />

The <mx:HTTPService> tag can have a single <mx:request> tag under which the parameters can be specified.

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Public Properties

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	Property		Defined By
		channelSet : ChannelSet Provides access to the ChannelSet used by the service.	HTTPService
		concurrency : String Value that indicates how to handle multiple calls to the same service.	HTTPService
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		contentType : String Type of content for service requests.	HTTPService
		destination : String An HTTPService destination name in the services-config.xml file.	HTTPService
		headers : Object Custom HTTP headers to be sent to the third party endpoint.	HTTPService
		lastResult : Object [override] [read-only] The result of the last invocation.	HTTPService
		makeObjectsBindable : Boolean [override] When this value is true, anonymous objects returned are forced to bindable objects.	HTTPService
		method : String HTTP method for sending the request.	HTTPService
		operationManager : Function This property is set usually by framework code which wants to modify the behavior of a service invocation without modifying the way in which the service is called externally.	AbstractInvoker
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object
		request : Object Object of name-value pairs used as parameters to the URL.	HTTPService
		requestTimeout : int Provides access to the request timeout in seconds for sent messages.	HTTPService
		resultElementType : Class Like resultType, used to define the ActionScript class used by a given operation though this property only applies to operations which return a multi-valued result (e.g.	AbstractInvoker
		resultFormat : String Value that indicates how you want to deserialize the result returned by the HTTP call.	HTTPService
		resultType : Class Specifies an optional return type for the operation.	AbstractInvoker
		rootURL : String The URL that the HTTPService object should use when computing relative URLs.	HTTPService
		serializationFilter : SerializationFilter Provides an adapter which controls the process of converting the HTTP response body into ActionScript objects and/or turning the parameters or body into the contentType, URL, and and post body of the HTTP request.	HTTPService
		showBusyCursor : Boolean If true, a busy cursor is displayed while a service is executing.	HTTPService
		url : String Location of the service.	HTTPService
		useProxy : Boolean Specifies whether to use the Flex proxy service.	HTTPService
		xmlDecode : Function ActionScript function used to decode a service result from XML.	HTTPService
		xmlEncode : Function ActionScript function used to encode a service request as XML.	HTTPService

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		HTTPService(rootURL:String = null, destination:String = null) Creates a new HTTPService.	HTTPService
		addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.	EventDispatcher
		cancel(id:String = null):mx.rpc:AsyncToken [override] Cancels the last service invocation or an invokation with the specified ID.	HTTPService
		clearResult(fireBindingEvent:Boolean = true):void [override] Sets the result property of the invoker to null.	HTTPService
		disconnect():void Disconnects the service's network connection.	HTTPService
		dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean Dispatches an event into the event flow.	EventDispatcher
		hasEventListener(type:String):Boolean Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.	EventDispatcher
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		initialized(document:Object, id:String):void Called after the implementing object has been created and all component properties specified on the MXML tag have been initialized.	HTTPService
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		logout():void Logs the user out of the destination.	HTTPService
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	EventDispatcher
		send(parameters:Object = null):mx.rpc:AsyncToken Executes an HTTPService request.	HTTPService
		setCredentials(username:String, password:String, charset:String = null):void Sets the credentials for the destination accessed by the service.	HTTPService
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		setRemoteCredentials(remoteUsername:String, remotePassword:String, charset:String = null):void The username and password to authenticate a user when accessing the HTTP URL.	HTTPService
		setResult(result:Object):void This hook is exposed to update the lastResult property.	AbstractInvoker
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object
		willTrigger(type:String):Boolean Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.	EventDispatcher

Events

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	Summary	Defined By
activate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.	EventDispatcher
deactivate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.	EventDispatcher
fault	Dispatched when an HTTPService call fails.	HTTPService
invoke	The invoke event is fired when an HTTPService call is invoked so long as an Error is not thrown before the Channel attempts to send the message.	HTTPService
result	Dispatched when an HTTPService call returns successfully.	HTTPService

Public Constants

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	Constant		Defined By
		CONTENT_TYPE_FORM : String = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" [static] Indicates that the data being sent by the HTTP service is encoded as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.	HTTPService
		CONTENT_TYPE_XML : String = "application/xml" [static] Indicates that the data being sent by the HTTP service is encoded as application/xml.	HTTPService
		DEFAULT_DESTINATION_HTTP : String = "DefaultHTTP" [static] Indicates that the HTTPService object uses the DefaultHTTP destination.	HTTPService
		DEFAULT_DESTINATION_HTTPS : String = "DefaultHTTPS" [static] Indicates that the HTTPService object uses the DefaultHTTPS destination.	HTTPService
		ERROR_DECODING : String = "Client.CouldNotDecode" [static] Indicates that an XML formatted result could not be parsed into an XML instance or decoded into an Object.	HTTPService
		ERROR_ENCODING : String = "Client.CouldNotEncode" [static] Indicates that an input parameter could not be encoded as XML.	HTTPService
		ERROR_URL_REQUIRED : String = "Client.URLRequired" [static] Indicates that the useProxy property was set to false but a url was not provided.	HTTPService
		RESULT_FORMAT_ARRAY : String = "array" [static] The result format "array" is similar to "object" however the value returned is always an Array such that if the result returned from result format "object" is not an Array already the item will be added as the first item to a new Array.	HTTPService
		RESULT_FORMAT_E4X : String = "e4x" [static] The result format "e4x" specifies that the value returned is an XML instance, which can be accessed using ECMAScript for XML (E4X) expressions.	HTTPService
		RESULT_FORMAT_FLASHVARS : String = "flashvars" [static] The result format "flashvars" specifies that the value returned is text containing name=value pairs separated by ampersands, which is parsed into an ActionScript object.	HTTPService
		RESULT_FORMAT_OBJECT : String = "object" [static] The result format "object" specifies that the value returned is XML but is parsed as a tree of ActionScript objects.	HTTPService
		RESULT_FORMAT_TEXT : String = "text" [static] The result format "text" specifies that the HTTPService result text should be an unprocessed String.	HTTPService
		RESULT_FORMAT_XML : String = "xml" [static] The result format "xml" specifies that results should be returned as an flash.xml.XMLNode instance pointing to the first child of the parent flash.xml.XMLDocument.	HTTPService

Constructor Detail

HTTPService

()

Constructor

public function HTTPService(rootURL:String = null, destination:String = null)

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Creates a new HTTPService. This constructor is usually called by the generated code of an MXML document. You usually use the mx.rpc.http.HTTPService class to create an HTTPService in ActionScript.

Parameters

	`rootURL:String` (default = `null`) — The URL the HTTPService should use when computing relative URLS.

	`destination:String` (default = `null`) — An HTTPService destination name in the service-config.xml file.

Method Detail

initialized

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method

public function initialized(document:Object, id:String):void

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Called after the implementing object has been created and all component properties specified on the MXML tag have been initialized. If you create this class in ActionScript and want it to function with validation, you must call this method and pass in the MXML document and the HTTPService's id.

Parameters

	`document:Object` — The MXML document that created this object.

	`id:String` — The identifier used by `document` to refer to this object. If the object is a deep property on document, `id` is null.

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HTTPServiceExample.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Simple example to demonstrate the HTTPService tag. -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
     xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
     xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
    creationComplete="feedRequest.send();">
        
        <!-- The url property specifies the location of the requested file, 
        in this case the RSS 2.0 feed of Matt Chotin's blog. 
        As of this writing, the URL was still valid, but you should 
        check to make sure it hasn't changed. 
        You should use the latest RSS 2.0 URL listed on the right side of 
        the blog at http://www.adobe.com/go/mchotinblog. -->
        
    
    <fx:Declarations>
        <mx:HTTPService 
            id="feedRequest" 
            url="http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/index.xml" 
            useProxy="false" />
    </fx:Declarations>
        
    <mx:Panel title="HTTPService Example" height="75%" width="75%" 
        paddingTop="10" paddingBottom="10" paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10">
            
        <mx:DataGrid id="dgPosts" height="50%" width="75%" 
            dataProvider="{feedRequest.lastResult.rss.channel.item}">
            <mx:columns>
                <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Posts" dataField="title"/>
                <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" dataField="pubDate"/>
            </mx:columns>
        </mx:DataGrid>
            
        <mx:TextArea height="50%" width="75%" htmlText="{dgPosts.selectedItem.description}"/>
    </mx:Panel>    
</s:Application>