Package org.apache.flex.compiler.units.requests

This package contains interfaces representing a compilation unit's requests and results.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
IABCBytesRequestResult	Result object for the GET_ABC_BYTES operation on ICompilationUnit.
IFileScopeRequestResult
IOutgoingDependenciesRequestResult	Result object for the GET_SEMANTIC_PROBLEMS operation on ICompilationUnit.
IRequest<T extends IRequestResult,U>	Interface to all request objects obtained from methods on ICompilationUnit.
IRequestResult	Base interface for the result of a ICompilationUnit request result.
ISWFTagsRequestResult	Result object for the GET_SWF_TAGS operation on ICompilationUnit.
ISyntaxTreeRequestResult	Interface implemented by result objects for the request syntax tree operation of ICompilationUnit's.

Package org.apache.flex.compiler.units.requests Description

This package contains interfaces representing a compilation unit's requests and results.

You can make five requests on a compilation unit:

Request what?	Method	Result
AST	getSyntaxTreeRequest()	ISyntaxTreeRequestResult
File scope	getFileScopeRequest()	IFileScopeRequestResult
Outgoing dependencies	getOutgoingDependenciesRequest()	IOutoingDependenciesRequestResult
ABC	getABCBytesRequest()	IABCBytesRequestResult
SWF tags	getSWFTagsRequest()	ISWFTagsRequestResult

It is common for one request to trigger other requests. For example, if you request the file scope for an AS file, the AST gets automatically requested.

Compilation units use Java Future objects to fulfill the requests. This allows multiple compilation units to compile simultaneously on multiple threads.

The result objects that come back from the requests are cached in the compilation unit for subsequent access.