root/trunk/as3/com/jeroenwijering/utils/Configger.as @ 1

/**
* Loads application configuration data (from xml, cookies and flashvars).
**/


package com.jeroenwijering.utils {


import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.net.SharedObject;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import com.jeroenwijering.utils.Strings;


public class Configger extends EventDispatcher {


        /** Reference to a display object to get flashvars from. **/
        private var reference:Sprite;
        /** Reference to the config object. **/
        public var config:Object;
        /** XML loading object reference **/
        private var loader:URLLoader;
        /** Cookie object. **/
        private static var cookie:SharedObject;


        /** Constructor; nothing fancy. **/
        public function Configger(ref:Sprite) {
                reference = ref;
        };


        /** 
        * Start the loading process. 
        * 
        * @param def    The config object to overwrite new data in.
        **/
        public function load(def:Object) {
                config = def;
                var xml = reference.root.loaderInfo.parameters['config'];
                if(xml) {
                        loadXML(Strings.decode(xml));
                } else {
                        loadCookies();
                }
        };


        /** Load configuration data from external XML file. **/
        private function loadXML(url:String) {
                loader = new URLLoader();
                loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,xmlHandler);
                try {
                        loader.load(new URLRequest(url));
                } catch (err:Error) { throw err; }
        };


        /** Parse the XML list **/
        private function xmlHandler(evt:Event) {
                var dat = XML(evt.currentTarget.data);
                var obj = new Object();
                for each (var prp in dat.children()) {
                        obj[prp.name()] = prp.text();
                }
                compareWrite(obj)
                loadCookies();
        };


        /** Load configuration data from flashcookie. **/
        private function loadCookies() {
                Configger.cookie = SharedObject.getLocal('com.jeroenwijering.utils','/');
                compareWrite(Configger.cookie.data);
                loadFlashvars();
        };


        /** Set config variables or load them from flashvars. **/
        private function loadFlashvars() {
                compareWrite(reference.root.loaderInfo.parameters);
                dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.COMPLETE));
        };


        /** Compare and save new items in config, preserving datatype. **/
        private function compareWrite(obj:Object) {
                for(var cfv in config) {
                        var lfv = cfv.toLowerCase();
                        if(obj[lfv] != undefined) {
                                config[lfv] = Strings.serialize(obj[lfv],config[cfv]);
                        }
                }
        };


        /**
        * Save config parameter to cookie.
        *
        * @param prm    The parameter name.
        * @param val    The parameter value.
        **/
        public static function saveCookie(prm:String,val:Object) {
                Configger.cookie.data[prm] = val;
                Configger.cookie.flush();
        };


}


}