Comments on: Transition between States in PureMVC StateMachine Utility http://mariusht.com/blog/2009/07/14/transition-between-states-in-puremvc-statemachine-utility/ A blog about Flex Development. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Mariush T. http://mariusht.com/blog/2009/07/14/transition-between-states-in-puremvc-statemachine-utility/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Mariush T. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:21:57 +0000 http://mariusht.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-153 The StateMachine is different than the Flex View States. The Flex View States manages states of view components where the StateMachine manages states of your application(not just a view). <a href="http://puremvc.tv/#P003/T315" rel="nofollow">http://puremvc.tv/#P003/T315</a> Look at the <a href="http://mariusht.com/blog/2009/07/14/puremvc-statemachine-lockable-door-demo/" rel="nofollow">PureMVC StateMachine lockable door demo</a>. For simplicity's sake LockableDoor demo manages only visible states of application. You can find more advanced example of FSM in StateMachine overview presentation by Cliff Hall. <a href="http://puremvc.tv/#P003/T365" rel="nofollow">http://puremvc.tv/#P003/T365</a> <strong>Step by Step FSM Setup:</strong> You need to download StateMachine Utility. http://trac.puremvc.org/Utility_AS3_StateMachine Select which version you want to use:singlecore or multicore. Add .swc to your project library. Create FiniteStateMachine XML in <a href="http://mariusht.com/files/blog/lockable_door/demo/srcview/source/com/mariusht/lockableDoor/controller/InjectFSMCommand.as.html" rel="nofollow">InjectFSMCommand</a>. Add InjectFSMCommand into <a href="http://mariusht.com/files/blog/lockable_door/demo/srcview/source/com/mariusht/lockableDoor/controller/StartupCommand.as.html" rel="nofollow">StartupCommand</a>. <strong>Application->StateMachine</strong> To communicate with StateMachine from application send StateMachine.ACTION notification - sendNotification(StateMachine.ACTION, null, event.type), example <a href="http://mariusht.com/files/blog/lockable_door/demo/srcview/source/com/mariusht/lockableDoor/view/ApplicationMediator.as.html" rel="nofollow">ApplicationMediator</a>. <strong>NOTE</strong>: Only Mediators and Commands should send StateMachine.ACTION, not Proxies. <strong>StateMachine->Application</strong> StateMachine communicates with the application completely via notifications. You can listen for notifications in two ways: register commands with specific notification, example <a href="http://mariusht.com/files/blog/lockable_door/demo/srcview/source/com/mariusht/lockableDoor/ApplicationFacade.as.html" rel="nofollow">ApplicationFacade</a> or listen for notifications within mediators. View <a href="http://mariusht.com/files/blog/lockable_door/demo/srcview/index.html" rel="nofollow">full source code for LockableDoor demo</a> Good luck! The StateMachine is different than the Flex View States. The Flex View States manages states of view components where the StateMachine manages states of your application(not just a view). http://puremvc.tv/#P003/T315

Look at the PureMVC StateMachine lockable door demo. For simplicity’s sake LockableDoor demo manages only visible states of application. You can find more advanced example of FSM in StateMachine overview presentation by Cliff Hall. http://puremvc.tv/#P003/T365

Step by Step FSM Setup:
You need to download StateMachine Utility. http://trac.puremvc.org/Utility_AS3_StateMachine
Select which version you want to use:singlecore or multicore.
Add .swc to your project library.
Create FiniteStateMachine XML in InjectFSMCommand.
Add InjectFSMCommand into StartupCommand.

Application->StateMachine
To communicate with StateMachine from application send StateMachine.ACTION notification – sendNotification(StateMachine.ACTION, null, event.type), example ApplicationMediator.
NOTE: Only Mediators and Commands should send StateMachine.ACTION, not Proxies.

StateMachine->Application
StateMachine communicates with the application completely via notifications. You can listen for notifications in two ways: register commands with specific notification, example ApplicationFacade or listen for notifications within mediators.

View full source code for LockableDoor demo

Good luck!

]]> By: Larry http://mariusht.com/blog/2009/07/14/transition-between-states-in-puremvc-statemachine-utility/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Larry Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:46:51 +0000 http://mariusht.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-150 I'm sorry... you do have examples... I will check them out... Thanks. I’m sorry… you do have examples… I will check them out… Thanks.

]]> By: Larry http://mariusht.com/blog/2009/07/14/transition-between-states-in-puremvc-statemachine-utility/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Larry Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:43:15 +0000 http://mariusht.com/blog/?p=1177#comment-149 Thanks for this post. I am so confused by the State Machine as to its use. Does this manage states in the Flex app as in the different visual states? What needs to be done to get this set up? Most of the stuff i have read takes for granted that the person knows how to set this up. I may just be a little slow... but more detail would be great! Thanks for your time. Thanks for this post. I am so confused by the State Machine as to its use. Does this manage states in the Flex app as in the different visual states? What needs to be done to get this set up? Most of the stuff i have read takes for granted that the person knows how to set this up. I may just be a little slow… but more detail would be great! Thanks for your time.

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