Flex View Component to bind to generic object using reflection

Question

Does there exist a Flex view component that you could just pass it a custom object with all public fields/properties that it could reflect over and produce a basic UI view using flex components.

Is it possible to use something like the Spark DataGrid with one item laid out vertically.

It would only have to support:

TextField view of primitives (String, Number, Boolean)
Sub view for Objects (recursively reflect sub objects)
List component to view Arrays/Dictionaries

For example if you had an object like this:

public class CustomerData {

    public var customerName:String;
    public var addresses:Vector.<Address>;  

}

public class Address {
   public var street:String;
   public var houseNumber:Number;
   public var zipcode : String;
}

I don't really understand what you're asking for. Do you want something that will generate your UI dynamically at runtime based on some arbitrary object you send in? — JeffryHouser
I want a quick and dirty way to do like a "toString()" on an object but have it map to Flex user interface. — Dougnukem
But, toString has nothing to do w/ a user interface. I think I still don't get it. — JeffryHouser
I want a UI visualization of any custom defined Object, so we can get a skeletal view of the data we're modeling as we build up those data models. — Dougnukem
I'll stop asking for clarification now. Maybe someone else will understand better than I. — JeffryHouser

sshongru sshongru · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-25T22:32:56

I think you might be looking for something like Kap Inspect: http://lab.kapit.fr/display/kapinspect/Kap+Inspect

Flex View Component to bind to generic object using reflection

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