ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns

Index | 505

MapTypeController.as, 454
MapView.as, 449
Mariner.as, 166
Media.as, 53
metamorphosis, 34
methods, public versus protected
attributes, 72
Model.as, 141, 432, 445
models, 430
Model-View-Controller pattern (see MVC
pattern)
modules, 15
MoveButton.as, 495
MovieClip class, 7
MovieClip scripts, 5
MP3.as, 169
Mp3.as, 53
MP3Player.as, 39
Muff.as, 145
MultifunctionPrintJob.as, 79
multiple design patterns, 425
multiple inheritance, 182
MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern, 425,
427–431
cars, 457–466
building the car, 462
chase car, adding, 466–468
controller, 460
custom views, 463–466
direction guage view, 464
GPS view, 464
model, 458–459
views, 461
communication between elements, 428
embedded patterns in, 430
infrared weather maps, 451–457
controllers, adding, 454
models, adding, 452
MVC triad, building, 456
views, adding, 454
integration of Observer, strategy, and
Composite patterns, 468
key features, 442
minimal example, 431–442
controller, concrete strategy in a
Strategy pattern, 433
model, concrete subject in Observer
pattern, 431–433
MVC triad, building, 435
nested views, 436–441

view as concrete observer in Observer

pattern and context in Strategy

pattern, 434

OOP concepts in, 443

summary, 468

weather maps, 443–451

controller, 446

model element, 444

model, setting to self-update, 451

MVC triad, building, 450

views, 447

MyClient.as, 45

Myers, Tom, 4

MyObject.as, 44

N

Nakhimovsky, Alexander, 4

nested views, 436–442

and Composite pattern,, 436

building the structure, 441

net.ObjectEncoding class, 382

NetBtn.as, 370

new keyword, 65

NewHighVolPrintCenter.as, 82

NewLowVolPrintCenter.as, 81

NewModel.as, 453

NewPrintCenter.as, 81

O

Obfuscation.as, 158

object adapters, 179

minimal example, 179

object composition, 285

class inheritance, versus, 49

object-oriented programming (see OOP)

Observer pattern, 246, 282–289

adding states and identifying

users, 294–302

ConcreteObserver class, 296

multiple states, 295

newspaper subscription, 300–302

updated Observer, 297–300

different data displays, working

with, 318–330

concrete classes, 319

data design classes, 321–326

main class, pulling elements together

in, 327–330

output designer, 318

dynamically changing states, 302

key features, 283