mx.messaging.Consumer - Adobe® Flex® 4 Language Reference (Flex 4)

Package	mx.messaging
Class	public class Consumer
Inheritance	Consumer AbstractConsumer MessageAgent EventDispatcher Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Versions:

BlazeDS 4, LiveCycle Data Services 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

A Consumer subscribes to a destination to receive messages. Consumers send subscribe and unsubscribe messages which generate a MessageAckEvent or MessageFaultEvent depending upon whether the operation was successful or not. Once subscribed, a Consumer dispatches a MessageEvent for each message it receives. Consumers provide the ability to filter messages using a selector. These selectors must be understood by the destination.

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The <mx:Consumer> tag inherits all the tag attributes of its superclass, and adds the following tag attributes:

   <mx:Consumer
    Properties
    resubscribeAttempts="5"
    resubscribeInterval="5000"
    selector="No default."
    timestamp="No default."
  />

Public Properties

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	Property		Defined By
		authenticated : Boolean [read-only] Indicates if this MessageAgent is using an authenticated connection to its destination.	MessageAgent
		channelSet : ChannelSet Provides access to the ChannelSet used by the MessageAgent.	MessageAgent
		clientId : String [read-only] Provides access to the client id for the MessageAgent.	MessageAgent
		connected : Boolean [read-only] Indicates whether this MessageAgent is currently connected to its destination via its ChannelSet.	MessageAgent
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		destination : String Provides access to the destination for the MessageAgent.	MessageAgent
		maxFrequency : uint Determines the maximum number of messages per second the Consumer wants to receive.	AbstractConsumer
		prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.	Object
		requestTimeout : int Provides access to the request timeout in seconds for sent messages.	MessageAgent
		resubscribeAttempts : int The number of resubscribe attempts that the Consumer makes in the event that the destination is unavailable or the connection to the destination fails.	AbstractConsumer
		resubscribeInterval : int The number of milliseconds between resubscribe attempts.	AbstractConsumer
		selector : String The selector for the Consumer.	Consumer
		subscribed : Boolean [read-only] Indicates whether the Consumer is currently subscribed.	AbstractConsumer
		subtopic : String Provides access to the subtopic for the remote destination that the MessageAgent uses.	Consumer
		timestamp : Number Contains the timestamp of the most recent message this Consumer has received.	AbstractConsumer

Protected Properties

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	Property		Defined By
		_shouldBeSubscribed : Boolean Flag indicating whether this consumer should be subscribed or not.	AbstractConsumer

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		Consumer(messageType:String = "flex.messaging.messages.AsyncMessage") Constructor.	Consumer
		acknowledge(ackMsg:AcknowledgeMessage, msg:IMessage):void Invoked by a MessageResponder upon receiving a result for a sent message.	MessageAgent
		addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.	EventDispatcher
		channelConnectHandler(event:ChannelEvent):void Handles a CONNECT ChannelEvent.	MessageAgent
		channelDisconnectHandler(event:ChannelEvent):void Handles a DISCONNECT ChannelEvent.	MessageAgent
		channelFaultHandler(event:ChannelFaultEvent):void Handles a ChannelFaultEvent.	MessageAgent
		disconnect():void [override] Disconnects the Consumer from its remote destination.	AbstractConsumer
		dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean Dispatches an event into the event flow.	EventDispatcher
		fault(errMsg:ErrorMessage, msg:IMessage):void Invoked by a MessageResponder upon receiving a fault for a sent message.	MessageAgent
		hasEventListener(type:String):Boolean Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.	EventDispatcher
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		hasPendingRequestForMessage(msg:IMessage):Boolean Returns true if there are any pending requests for the passed in message.	MessageAgent
		initialized(document:Object, id:String):void Called after the implementing object has been created and all properties specified on the tag have been assigned.	MessageAgent
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		logout():void Logs the MessageAgent out from its remote destination.	MessageAgent
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		receive(timestamp:Number = 0):void Requests any messages that are queued for this Consumer on the server.	AbstractConsumer
		removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	EventDispatcher
		setCredentials(username:String, password:String, charset:String = null):void Sets the credentials that the MessageAgent uses to authenticate to destinations.	MessageAgent
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		setRemoteCredentials(username:String, password:String, charset:String = null):void Sets the remote credentials that will be passed through to the remote destination for authenticating to secondary systems.	MessageAgent
		subscribe(clientId:String = null):void Subscribes to the remote destination.	AbstractConsumer
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		unsubscribe(preserveDurable:Boolean = false):void Unsubscribes from the remote destination.	AbstractConsumer
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object
		willTrigger(type:String):Boolean Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.	EventDispatcher

Protected Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		buildSubscribeMessage():CommandMessage Returns a subscribe message.	AbstractConsumer
		buildUnsubscribeMessage(preserveDurable:Boolean):CommandMessage Returns an unsubscribe message.	AbstractConsumer
		initChannelSet(message:IMessage):void Used to automatically initialize the channelSet property for the MessageAgent before it connects for the first time.	MessageAgent
		internalSend(message:IMessage, waitForClientId:Boolean = true):void Sends a Message from the MessageAgent to its destination using the agent's ChannelSet.	MessageAgent
		reAuthorize(msg:IMessage):void This function should be overriden by sublasses to implement re-authorization due to server session time-out behavior specific to them.	MessageAgent

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	Summary	Defined By
acknowledge	Dispatched when an acknowledge message is received for a sent message.	MessageAgent
activate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.	EventDispatcher
channelConnect	Dispatched when the underlying Channel the MessageAgent is using connects.	MessageAgent
channelDisconnect	Dispatched when the underlying Channel the MessageAgent is using disconnects.	MessageAgent
channelFault	Dispatched when the underlying Channel the MessageAgent is using faults.	MessageAgent
deactivate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.	EventDispatcher
fault	Dispatched when a message fault occurs.	MessageAgent
message	Dispatched when a message is received by the Consumer.	Consumer
propertyChange	Dispatched when the connected property of the MessageAgent changes.	MessageAgent

Property Detail

selector

property

selector:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Versions:

BlazeDS 4, LiveCycle Data Services 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The selector for the Consumer. This is an expression that is passed to the destination which uses it to filter the messages delivered to the Consumer.

Before a call to the subscribe() method, this property can be set with no side effects. After the Consumer has subscribed to its destination, changing this value has the side effect of updating the Consumer's subscription to use the new selector expression immediately.

The remote destination must understand the value of the selector expression.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get selector():String
public function set selector(value:String):void

subtopic

property

subtopic:String

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Versions:

BlazeDS 4, LiveCycle Data Services 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Provides access to the subtopic for the remote destination that the MessageAgent uses.

This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the propertyChange event.

Implementation
public function get subtopic():String
public function set subtopic(value:String):void

Constructor Detail

Consumer

()

Constructor

public function Consumer(messageType:String = "flex.messaging.messages.AsyncMessage")

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Versions:

BlazeDS 4, LiveCycle Data Services 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Constructor.

Parameters

messageType:String (default = "flex.messaging.messages.AsyncMessage") — The alias for the message type processed by the service hosting the remote destination the Consumer will subscribe to. This parameter is deprecated and it is ignored by the constructor.

Example ( How to use this example )

       function initConsumer():void
       {
           var consumer:Consumer = new Consumer();
           consumer.destination = "NASDAQ";
           consumer.selector = "operation IN ('Bid','Ask')";
           consumer.addEventListener(MessageEvent.MESSAGE, messageHandler);
           consumer.subscribe();
       }
     
       function messageHandler(event:MessageEvent):void
       {
           var msg:IMessage = event.message;
           var info:Object = msg.body;
           trace("-App recieved message: " + msg.toString());
       }

Event Detail

message

Event

Event Object Type: mx.messaging.events.MessageEvent
property MessageEvent.type = mx.messaging.events.MessageEvent.MESSAGE

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Versions:

BlazeDS 4, LiveCycle Data Services 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Dispatched when a message is received by the Consumer.

The MESSAGE event type; dispatched upon receipt of a message.

The value of this constant is "message".

The properties of the event object have the following values:

Property	Value
`bubbles`	false
`cancelable`	false
`currentTarget`	The Object that defines the event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use `myButton.addEventListener()` to register an event listener, myButton is the value of the `currentTarget`.
`message`	The message associated with this event.
`target`	The Object that dispatched the event; it is not always the Object listening for the event. Use the `currentTarget` property to always access the Object listening for the event.