robotlegs-starling-plugin

This plugin adds some classes to Robotlegs to support usage with the Starling framework. Because the Starling framework uses Stage3D and not the flash.display.DisplayList a StarlingContext must be used along with a StarlingMediator. The rest of the framework usage remains the same.

Pull Requests are encouraged! Please if you add/fix anything contribute it back! :)

Added Classes

• StarlingMediatorMap.as
• StarlingViewMap.as
• StarlingViewMapBase.as
• IStarlingMediatorMap.as
• IStarlingViewMap.as
• StarlingContext.as
• StarlingMediator.as
• StarlingCommand.as

Usage Example

Below are some excerpts from a very simple usage example. The .fxp file for the example file is in the Downloads section. Below are the key parts.

The main class set up remains the same:

package
{
	import com.example.MyGame;

	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.events.Event;

	import org.robotlegs.mvcs.StarlingContext;

	import starling.core.Starling;

	public class Main extends Sprite
	{
		private var _starling:Starling;
		private var _starlingContext:StarlingContext;

		public function Main()
		{
			addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage);
		}

		protected function onAddedToStage(event:Event):void
		{
			_starling = new Starling(MyGame, stage);
			_starling.start();
		}
	}
}

Inside the main Starling class (MyGame) sent into the first Starling constructor argument start a subclass of a StarlingContext instance. Usage of the StarlingContext is identical to the default Robotlegs Context class.

package com.example
{
	import flash.utils.setTimeout;

	import org.robotlegs.mvcs.StarlingContext;

	import starling.display.Sprite;
	import starling.events.Event;

	public class MyGame extends Sprite
	{
		private var _starlingContext:StarlingContext;

		public function MyGame()
		{
			super();

			_starlingContext = new MyStarlingGameContext(this);

			addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage);
		}

		private function onAddedToStage(event:Event):void
		{
			var secondView:SecondView = new SecondView();
			addChild(secondView);

			// Test mediator removal
			setTimeout(secondView.parent.removeChild, 3000, secondView);
		}
	}
}

Contents of the MyStarlingGameContext class (StarlingContext subclass):

package com.example
{
	import org.robotlegs.mvcs.StarlingContext;

	import starling.display.DisplayObjectContainer;

	public class MyStarlingGameContext extends StarlingContext
	{
		public function MyStarlingGameContext(contextView:DisplayObjectContainer=null, autoStartup:Boolean=true)
		{
			super(contextView, autoStartup);
		}

		override public function startup():void
		{
			mediatorMap.mapView(MyGame, MyGameMediator);
			mediatorMap.mapView(SecondView, SecondViewMediator);
			
			commandMap.mapEvent(FlashEvent.EVENT_NAME, EventCommand);

			super.startup();
		}
	}
}

Contents of the EventCommand (StarlingCommand sub-class, alternatively you can no subclass anything and declare a public execute() method, but do not use the default Robotlegs Command class, it will crash.)

package com.example
{
	import org.robotlegs.mvcs.StarlingCommand;

	public class EventCommand extends StarlingCommand
	{
		public function EventCommand()
		{
			super();
		}

		override public function execute():void
		{
			trace("EventCommand.execute()");
		}
	}
}

Alternate EventCommand class declaration (you dont get access to default things you might be used to with the default Robotlegs command class, like the injector, mediator map, etc):

package com.example
{
	public class EventCommand
	{
		public function EventCommand()
		{
		}

		public function execute():void
		{
			trace("EventCommand.execute()");
		}
	}
}

And finally, the contents of one of the mediators (SecondViewMediator):

package com.example
{
	import org.robotlegs.mvcs.StarlingMediator;

	public class SecondViewMediator extends StarlingMediator
	{
		public function SecondViewMediator()
		{
			super();
		}

		override public function onRegister():void
		{
			trace("SecondViewMediator.onRegister()");
		}

		override public function onRemove():void
		{
			trace("SecondViewMediator.onRemove()");
		}
	}
}