What is this syntax?

[Guest]

Can someone tell me what this syntax is, or point me to some documentation that explains it?

package fl.controls.listClasses {

   // what are these?
    [Style(name="overSkin", type="Class")]
    [Style(name="disabledTextFormat", type="flash.text.TextFormat")]
    [Style(name="upSkin", type="Class")]

    public class CellRenderer...
    {
       ...
       ...

The lines in brackets are the syntax in question...

They appear to be package level declarations of anonymous arrays, filled by a (presumably static) call to Style?  With named arguments?

I don't get it.  What's being stored, here, where is it being stored, and how is it accessed?

Any illumination appreciated...

rickb

[Muzak]

Google "style metadata" or check the docs.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Style+metadata&meta=&aq=f&oq=

[Guest]

Ok, that's interesting - I can't find it anywhere in Flash or AS3 docs, but it appears to be in Flex docs....

nice....

Now, if I can just figure out why it's there and what it's for...

...

[Guest]

Ok, I get it - this is so the Flex compiler can recognize what's supplied by the class so you can use the class in MXML.

Haven't got there, yet - still banging my head against AS3 in Flash.  At least I know what it is, now...

Thanx,

rickb

[Rajaa_sekaran]

Hi,

this is style metadata, see the link

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Book_Parts&file=metadata_141_14.html