Converting From Actionscript To Application Server Data Types - MACROMEDIA FLASH REMOTING MX-USING FLASH REMOTING FOR FLASH MX 2004 ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 Use Manual

Converting from ActionScript to application server data types

Flash Remoting automatically converts between ActionScript data and the data types specific to
the application server programming environment.
In strictly typed environments, such as Java and C#, the service function data types must
correspond to (or be derived from) the listed data types. In loosely typed programming
environments, such as ColdFusion or Visual Basic, the environment must be able to use the listed
data type for the service function variable.
The following table lists the server data types into which the Flash gateway converts ActionScript
data types:
ActionScript Converted
Data Type Java data type
null null
undefined null
Boolean Boolean
Number Number
String String
Date Date
Array ArrayList
(contiguous
numeric
indexes)
Associative java.util.Map
Array (case-insensitive
(named implementation)
indexes)
RecordSet Cannot be sent
to Server
Converted C# Converted
data type Visual Basic
data type
null Nothing
null Nothing
System.Boolean Boolean
Any numeric type, Any numeric
as appropriate type, as
appropriate
System.String String
System.DateTime Date
System.Collections System.Collecti
.ArrayList ons.ArrayList
System.Collections System.Collecti
.Hashtable ons.Hashtable
Cannot be sent to Cannot be sent
Server to Server

Converting from ActionScript to application server data types

Converted Converted
SOAP ColdFusion
data type MX data type
null null (not
defined)
ColdFusion
uses a null
value
internally, but
reports an
undefined
variable
null null (not
defined)
boolean Boolean
decimal, Number
float,
double,
integer, int
string String
dateTime Date
array Array
Complex Struct
type
Cannot be Cannot be
sent to sent to Server
Server
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