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SignalExecutorMap – Another way to map AS3-Signal to Command in Robotlegs

I love both Robotlegs and AS3-Signals so much, and many thanks to Joel Hooks's SignalCommandMap, they work together great now. When I saw [Execute] tag in dawn I thought if I can do its way for SignalCommand. So, Here is my SignalExecutorMap. I used it in a simple slide player for my Robotlegs slides.

To use it, put the same count and type of params in the execute() method of the Command as its trigger Signal.

// The signal in SignalBus:
public const turnToPageRequested:Signal = new Signal(int);

// Execute method in Command:
public function execute(index:int):void

// Dispatch the signal
signalBus.turnToPageRequested.dispatch(0);

It's not a common solution, because it eliminates the possibility of using other Command impls already in existence. So I created it as SignalExecutorMap instead of expanding SignalCommandMap, and just leave it a single class for personal use. I shared it just in case somebody want it like me because:

• 1, By now (until Robotlegs 1.1) SignalCommandMap will unmap the value passed by Signal.
• 2, Don't want to inject base type like

  [Inject] public var index:int;

• 3, Don't want to create VO class just for being passed by Signal to avoid 1 and 2.

I'm sure SignalCommandMap will get better with Robotlegs 1.1 and better later. Robotlegs and as3-signals, they were born to work together