Server-side actionscript: 'Method not found' error on NetConnection - actionscript

The 'client' property of NetConnection instances seems to behave differently on the server side.
Say I have FMS apps A and B. Now I want to connect from B to A using NetConnection like this:
var bClient = new NetConnection();
bClient.client = { foo:function(){ trace ('Foo called!') } }
bClient.connect(APP_A_URI);
App A accepts the client and then issues client.call('foo').
In the logs from B I then get Sending error message: Method not found (foo).
Obviously there's no 'client' object on then server version of NetConnection.
If I define bClient.foo = function(){ ... } instead, it all works but I have to redefine all methods on the NetConnection instance which seems dumb.
How do U guys treat this situtation? Inherit NetConnection or its prototype or what? : )
A little example would be much appreciated!
Thanks, Carsten!

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No default instance or named instance 'Default' for requested plugin type

I'm trying to avoid referencing the concrete type library in my main project, but I'm getting this error:
No default instance or named instance 'Default' for requested plugin type StackExchangeChatInterfaces.IClient
1.) Container.GetInstance(StackExchangeChatInterfaces.IClient ,{username=; password=; defaultRoomUrl=; System.Action`2[System.Object,System.Object]=System.Action`2[System.Object,System.Object]})
I've setup my container to scan for assemblies, like so:
var container = new Container(x =>
{
x.Scan(scan =>
{
scan.AssembliesFromApplicationBaseDirectory();
scan.ExcludeNamespace("StructureMap");
scan.WithDefaultConventions();
scan.AddAllTypesOf<IMessageHandlers>();
});
//x.For<IClient>().Use<Client>(); //GetInstance will work if this line is not commented out.
});
When I try to get an instance, I get the error, my code for getting an instance is here:
chatInterface = container
.With("username").EqualTo(username)
.With("password").EqualTo(password)
.With("defaultRoomUrl").EqualTo(roomUrl)
.With<Action<object, object>>(delegate(object sender, object messageWrapper)
{
string message = ((dynamic)messageWrapper).Message;
Console.WriteLine("");
Console.WriteLine(message);
foreach (var item in messageHandlers)
{
item.MessageHandler.Invoke(message, chatInterface);
}
}).GetInstance<IClient>();
If I explicitly map the concrete class to the interface, everything works hunky dory, but that means I need to reference the project that Client is in, which I don't want to do.
This is really interesting. Looks like default conventions are not able to register types with such constructor (tried on both versions 2.6.3 and 3+). I was only registered when only parameterless constructor was specified. Looking at sources of both versions it is really suspicious as it should be registered. Deeper dive into the code would be needed...
Anyway try using custom registration convention:
public class ClientConvention : IRegistrationConvention
{
public void Process(Type type, Registry registry)
{
if (type.IsClass && !type.IsAbstract && !type.IsGenericType &&
type.GetInterfaces().Contains(typeof(IClient)))
{
registry.For(typeof(IClient)).Use(type);
}
}
}
Configure it like this:
var container = new Container(
c => c.Scan(
s =>
{
s.ExcludeNamespace("StructureMap");
s.WithDefaultConventions();
s.Convention<ClientConvention>();
s.AddAllTypesOf<IMessageHandlers>();
}));
and this should work just fine.
The default type scanning will not pick up concrete types whose constructor functions contain primitive arguments like strings, numbers, or dates. The thinking is that you'd effectively have to explicitly configure those inline dependencies anyway.
"but that means I need to reference the project that Client is in, which I don't want to do."
Does that actually matter? I think you're making things harder than they have to be by trying to eliminate the assembly reference.

Breeze Entity defaultResourceName is undefined for sub-types when using inheritance

I have a Breeze Web API with a Vehicles, Cars, and Buses. Car and Bus types inherit from Vehicle type in a table per hierarchy database structure.
According to the Breeze docs one should be able to make the same query to call either the local cache (with executeQueryLocally) or the remote service (with executeQuery).
This does not work in the inheritance scenario for Buses and Cars because these types have their defaultResourceName = undefined. But it is odd that a call to the remote service works but not to the local cache. Code explains better:
var EntityQuery = breeze.EntityQuery;
var manager = new breeze.EntityManager('../../breeze/breeze');
var getRemoteCars = function() {
var query = EntityQuery.from('Cars');
return manager.executeQuery(query)
.then(querySucceeded)
.fail(queryFailed);
};
function querySucceeded(data) { console.log('Retrieved Cars from remote data source'); }
function queryFailed(data) { console.log('Failed to retrieve Cars from remote data source'); }
var getLocalCars = function () {
console.log("getLocals called");
var newQuery = new EntityQuery('Cars');
var cars = manager.executeQueryLocally(newQuery);
if (cars) console.log("retrieved some cars from local cache");
else console.log("no cars retrieved from local cache");
};
getRemoteCars().then(getLocalCars);
This code outputs:
Retrieved Cars from remote data source WebApiTest.html:26
getLocals called
Q] Unhandled rejection reasons (should be empty): []
The relevant error message is hidden by a Q.js error (which is a nuisance). Breeze.js threw an error that didn't make it to the Browser:
Cannot find an entityType for either entityTypeName: 'undefined' or resourceName: 'Cars'
It turns out the sub-types (Car and Bus) have defaultResourceName = undefined.
So I can fix the problem by adding:
manager.metadataStore.setEntityTypeForResourceName("Cars", "Car");
manager.metadataStore.setEntityTypeForResourceName("Buses", "Bus");
But that doesn't explain why the remote call worked.
So, firstly is this a bug that will be fixed and secondly, why does the remote call work when the local one does not?
EDIT 24 May 15:15 - More interesting behavior...
The above call to setEntityTypeForResourceName() must occur after the metadata has been retrieved from the server. But if you want to configure the metadataStore before this, you can use the fully qualified name like this:
manager.metadataStore.setEntityTypeForResourceName("Cars", "Car:#VerySimpleVehicleModel.Models");
manager.metadataStore.setEntityTypeForResourceName("Buses", "Bus:#VerySimpleVehicleModel.Models");
Interestingly, with this solution the defaultResourceName for Car and Bus types remain undefined, but the local call works. Strange, no??
We were able to reproduce the problem and it does appear to be a bug.
We are working on the fix.

Autofac error: The instance registration can support SingleInstance() sharing only

When I try to register my class with autofac I get the following error: "The instance registration 'GetAllDivisionsCommand' can support SingleInstance() sharing only".
I don't understand why I'm getting this error, but assume it's something to do with the class having static member variables used for caching as that's the only thing that's different about this class. I haven't had any trouble registering any other classes as either SingleInstance or InstancePerDependency.
Essentially, the class is used to retrieve a rarely changing list of divisions from the database, and caches the result. Each time the command is run, it first checks for changes on the database and then re-runs the query if changes are detected; if not, it returns the cached list.
So I am trying to register GetAllDivisionsCommand with Autofac as an IGetAllDivisionsCommand. IGetAllDivisionsCommand itself implements IInjectableCommand, which is just a marker interface, and ICachedListCommand. The concrete command class inherits from the abstract base class CachedListCommand which is where the static member variables live.
Does anyone know what would cause this error message? SingleInstance won't work for me as I can't keep reusing the same session.
Code:
Type commandType = typeof(IInjectedCommand);
Type aCommandType = typeof(GetAllDivisions);
var commands =
from t in aCommandType.Assembly.GetExportedTypes()
where t.Namespace == aCommandType.Namespace
&& t.IsClass
&& !t.IsAbstract
&& (commandType.IsAssignableFrom(t))
let iface = t.GetInterfaces().FirstOrDefault(x => "I" + t.Name == x.Name)
select new { Command = t, Interface = iface };
foreach (var cmd in commands)
{
builder.RegisterInstance(cmd.Command).As(cmd.Interface).InstancePerLifetimeScope();
}
RegisterInstace as the name implies is for registering instances not types.
What you need is RegisterType:
foreach (var cmd in commands)
{
builder.RegisterType(cmd.Command).As(cmd.Interface).InstancePerLifetimeScope();
}
And by the way with the Autofac scanning feature your registration code is roughly equivalent:
builder
.RegisterAssemblyTypes(aCommandType.Assembly)
.AssignableTo<IInjectedCommand>()
.InNamespace(aCommandType.Namespace)
.AsImplementedInterfaces()
.InstancePerLifetimeScope();
In my case, I did want RegisterInstance because I actually have an instance in hand that I wanted to register.
I had
builder.RegisterInstance(myInstance).InstancePerDependency();
The documentation for InstancePerDependency reads:
Configure the component so that every dependent component or call to
Resolve() gets a new, unique instance (default.)
On closer inspection, it makes sense that registering an instance with "instance per dependency" is not possible, since it is not possible for Autofac to give back a new instance each time Resolve is called if there is in fact 1 instance registered.
So, in my case, the solution was this.
builder.RegisterInstance(myInstance).SingleInstance();
The Autofac exception could possibly have been worded more clearly to explain this problem.

StructureMap 202 - Why?

OK, I'm trying to set a property on a type I'm registering with SM.
Here's the code from the registry in one of my components. This
registry is being added during the configuration from a console app.
When I try to access the EndorsementSpecs property of the instance
AutoMandatoryEndorsementAggregator object, I get the 202. What's
interesting is that I can call
GetAllInstances>() from my
console app and it resolves just fine. Is there something about
accessing this code from within OnCreation that is causing the 202? I
can see everything I expect in WhatDoIHave(). I've also tried a TypeInterceptor with the same results.
//register all open generics
cfg.ConnectImplementationsToTypesClosing(typeof
(MandatoryEndorsementSpecBase<>));
ForSingletonOf<IMandatoryEndorsementAggregator<AutoPolicy>>()
.Use<AutoMandatoryEndorsementAggregator>()
.OnCreation((context, x) =>
{
var specs =
context.GetAllInstances<MandatoryEndorsementSpecBase<AutoPolicy>>();
x.EndorsementSpecs = specs;
})
;
Sorry to deflect your real questions, but are you just trying to inject all instances of MandatoryEndorsementSpecBase into AutoMandatoryEndorsementAggregatory?
If so, you can probably get away with just making it a constructor parameter so that they are all automatically injected.
public AutoMandatoryEndorsementAggregatory(MandatoryEndorsementSpecBase<AutoPolicy>[] endorsementSpecs){
EndorsementSpecs = endorsementSpecs;
}

How to check if two objects are of the same type in Actionscript?

I want to do this in Actionscript:
typeof(control1) != typeof(control2)
to test if two objects are of the same type. This would work just fine in C#, but in Actionscript it doesnt. In fact it returns 'object' for both typeof() expressions because thats the way Actionscript works.
I couldn't seem to find an alternative by looking in the debugger, or on pages that describe typeof() in Actionscript.
Is there a way to get the actual runtime type?
The best way is to use flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName(). Additionally, you can use flash.utils.describeType() to get an XML document the describes more about the class.
Actionscript 3 has an is operator which can be used to compare objects. Consider the following code:
var mySprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
var myMovie:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
trace(mySprite is Sprite);
trace(myMovie is MovieClip);
trace(mySprite is MovieClip);
trace(myMovie is Sprite);
Which will produce the following output:
true
true
false
false
This will work for built-in classes, and classes you create yourself. The actionscript 2 equivalent of the is operator is instanceof.
You'll want to use the Object.prototype.constructor.
From the documentation:
dynamic class A {}
trace(A.prototype.constructor); // [class A]
trace(A.prototype.constructor == A); // true
var myA:A = new A();
trace(myA.constructor == A); // true
(Conveniently, this is also how to check types in javascript, which is what originally led me to this in the docs)
So, to test this out before I posted here, I tried it in an app I have, in a class called Player. Since the prototype property is static, you can't call it using "this" but you can just skip the scope identifier and it works:
public function checkType():void {
trace(prototype.constructor, prototype.constructor == Player);
// shows [class Player] true
}
Is there a way to get the actual runtime type?
Yes.
var actualRuntimeType:Class = Object(yourInstance).constructor;
Some other answers already refer to .constructor, but you can't always directly access .constructor in ActionScript 3. It is only accessible on dynamic classes, which most classes are not. Attempting to use it on a regular class will cause a compile-time error under the default settings.
However, because every class inherits from Object, which is dynamic, we can look up their .constructor property just by casting an instance to Object.
Therefore if we are not interested in subclasses, we can confirm that two instances are of exactly the same class by simply evaluating this:
Object(instanceA).constructor === Object(instanceB).constructor;
I learned of this from the post "Get the class used to create an object instance in AS3" by Josh Tynjala.
A even simpler alternative that also works for me is just:
var actualRuntimeType:Class = yourInstance["constructor"];
The runtime is entirely capable of giving you the .constructor, it's just that the compiler complains if you use that syntax. Using ["constructor"] should produce the same bytecode, but the compiler isn't clever enough to stop you.
I included this second because it hasn't been tested anywhere except my current Flash environment, whereas several users have said that the method described above works for them.
If you want to account for inheritance, then you might want to try something like this:
if (objectA is objectB.constructor || objectB is objectA.constructor)
{
// ObjectA inherits from ObjectB or vice versa
}
More generally, if you want to test whether objectA is a subtype of objectB
import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;
...
if (objectA is getDefinitionByName(getQualifiedClassName(objectB)))
{
...
}
Object obj = new Object();
Object o = new Object();
if(o.getClass().getName().endsWith(obj.getClass().getName())){
return true;
}else{
return false;
}

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