Just wanted to post this here in case anyone else was getting frustrated by the use of iExternalizable from the gas3 system from GraniteDS. Just save the template as a .gsp file and update your GraniteDS nature to point the Entity template to your file (note: don't get confused by their docs, when you edit the location just put the DIRECT path to your file, and use forward slashes only...don't prefix it with 'file:' as they misleadingly insinuate (they are not wrong, just misleading)...i.e. c:/myTemplates/myTemplate.gsp)
In addition to that, I also stripped out the specialized GraniteDS datatypes in favor of the LCDS serialization convention that Adobe uses (i.e. a Java map should translate to an 'Object' type, a Java enum should translate to a 'String', and Java collections should always serialize as 'ArrayCollection')
For our application, we didn't do a 'base' version and a version that doesnt get touched by the code generator, but you could easily do so by modifying this template...it's not difficult...But if you just need a template that generates a LCDS compatible Actionscript class for your remoting service, this will do the trick:
I have two versions, this one is meant for Managed entities:
<%--
GRANITE DATA SERVICES
Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
This file is part of Granite Data Services.
Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
@author Franck WOLFF
Updated by Robert Petz
Removed iExternalizable interface
Switched 'Bindable' for 'Managed'
Switched to Adobe's preferred serialization of Java to Actionscript
--%><%
Set as3Imports = new TreeSet();
if (jClass.hasEnumProperty())
as3Imports.add("org.granite.util.Enum");
for (jImport in jClass.imports) {
if (jImport.as3Type.hasPackage() && jImport.as3Type.packageName != jClass.as3Type.packageName)
as3Imports.add(jImport.as3Type.qualifiedName);
}
%>/**
* WARNING: DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE. IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN EACH TIME YOU USE THE GENERATOR.
* Modified by: Robert Petz, May 2012
*/
package ${jClass.as3Type.packageName}
{<%
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////
// Write Import Statements.
for (as3Import in as3Imports) { if (as3Import != "org.granite.math" && as3Import != "org.granite.collections") { if (as3Import == "mx.collections.ListCollectionView" || as3Import == "IList") { as3Import = "mx.collections.ArrayCollection" }%>
import ${as3Import};<%
}}
if (jClass.as3Superclass != null) {%>
import ${jClass.as3Superclass.qualifiedName};<%
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////
// Write Class Declaration.%>
[Managed]
[RemoteClass(alias="${jClass.qualifiedName}")]
public class ${jClass.as3Type.name}<%
boolean implementsWritten = false;
if (jClass.superclass != null) {
%> extends ${jClass.superclass.as3Type.name}<%
} else {
if (jClass.as3Superclass != null) {
%> extends ${jClass.as3Superclass.name}<%
}
}
for (jInterface in jClass.interfaces) {
if (!implementsWritten) {
%> implements ${jInterface.as3Type.name}<%
implementsWritten = true;
} else {
%>, ${jInterface.as3Type.name}<%
}
}
%>
{<% ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////
// Write Private Fields.
for (jProperty in jClass.properties) {
aName = jProperty.as3Type.name
if (aName == "IList") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "ListCollectionView") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "IMap") { aName = "Object" }
if (aName == "Long") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigInteger") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigDecimal") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "MathContext") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "RoundingMode") { aName = "Number" }
if (jProperty instanceof org.granite.generator.as3.reflect.JavaMember) {%>
${jProperty.access} var _${jProperty.name}:${aName};<%
}
else {%>
private var _${jProperty.name}:${aName};<%
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////
// Write Public Getter/Setter.
for (jProperty in jClass.properties) {
aName = jProperty.as3Type.name
if (aName == "IList") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "ListCollectionView") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "IMap") { aName = "Object" }
if (aName == "Long") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigInteger") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigDecimal") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "MathContext") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "RoundingMode") { aName = "Number" }
if (jProperty.readable || jProperty.writable) {%>
/**
* @public ${jProperty.name}
*/<%
if (jProperty.writable) {%>
public <%= jProperty.writeOverride ? "override " : "" %>function set ${jProperty.name}<% if (jProperty.name == aName) { %>_<% } %>(value:${aName}):void
{ _${jProperty.name} = value; }<%
}
if (jProperty.readable) {
if (!jProperty.writable) {%>
[Bindable(event="unused")]<%
}
if (jClass.metaClass.hasProperty(jClass, 'constraints') && jClass.constraints[jProperty] != null) {
for (cons in jClass.constraints[jProperty]) {%>
[${cons.name}<%
if (!cons.properties.empty) {%>(<%}
cons.properties.eachWithIndex{ p, i -> if (i > 0) {%>, <%}%>${p[0]}="${p[1]}"<%}
if (!cons.properties.empty) {%>)<%}%>]<%
}
}%>
public <%= jProperty.readOverride ? "override " : "" %>function get ${jProperty.name}<% if (jProperty.name == aName) { %>_<% } %>():${aName}
{ return _${jProperty.name}; }<%
}
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////
// Write Public Getters/Setters for Implemented Interfaces.
if (jClass.hasInterfaces()) {
for (jProperty in jClass.interfacesProperties) {
if (jProperty.readable || jProperty.writable) {%>
<%
if (jProperty.writable) {%>
public function set ${jProperty.name}(value:${jProperty.as3Type.name}):void {
}<%
}
if (jProperty.readable) {%>
public function get ${jProperty.name}():${jProperty.as3Type.name} {
return ${jProperty.as3Type.nullValue};
}<%
}
}
}
}%>
}
}
And this one is meant for non managed entities:
<%--
GRANITE DATA SERVICES
Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
This file is part of Granite Data Services.
Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
@author Franck WOLFF
Updated by Robert Petz
Removed iExternalizable interface
Switched to Adobe's preferred serialization of Java to Actionscript
--%><%
Set as3Imports = new TreeSet();
if (jClass.hasEnumProperty())
as3Imports.add("org.granite.util.Enum");
for (jImport in jClass.imports) {
if (jImport.as3Type.hasPackage() && jImport.as3Type.packageName != jClass.as3Type.packageName)
as3Imports.add(jImport.as3Type.qualifiedName);
}
%>/**
* WARNING: DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE. IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN EACH TIME YOU USE THE GENERATOR.
* Modified by: Robert Petz, May 2012
*/
package ${jClass.as3Type.packageName}
{<%
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////
// Write Import Statements.
for (as3Import in as3Imports) { if (as3Import != "org.granite.math" && as3Import != "org.granite.collections") { if (as3Import == "mx.collections.ListCollectionView" || as3Import == "IList") { as3Import = "mx.collections.ArrayCollection" }%>
import ${as3Import};<%
}}
if (jClass.as3Superclass != null) {%>
import ${jClass.as3Superclass.qualifiedName};<%
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////
// Write Class Declaration.%>
[Bindable]
[RemoteClass(alias="${jClass.qualifiedName}")]
public class ${jClass.as3Type.name}<%
boolean implementsWritten = false;
if (jClass.superclass != null) {
%> extends ${jClass.superclass.as3Type.name}<%
} else {
if (jClass.as3Superclass != null) {
%> extends ${jClass.as3Superclass.name}<%
}
}
for (jInterface in jClass.interfaces) {
if (!implementsWritten) {
%> implements ${jInterface.as3Type.name}<%
implementsWritten = true;
} else {
%>, ${jInterface.as3Type.name}<%
}
}
%>
{<% ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////
// Write Private Fields.
for (jProperty in jClass.properties) {
aName = jProperty.as3Type.name
if (aName == "IList") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "ListCollectionView") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "IMap") { aName = "Object" }
if (aName == "Long") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigInteger") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigDecimal") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "MathContext") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "RoundingMode") { aName = "Number" }
if (jProperty instanceof org.granite.generator.as3.reflect.JavaMember) {%>
${jProperty.access} var _${jProperty.name}:${aName};<%
}
else {%>
private var _${jProperty.name}:${aName};<%
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////
// Write Public Getter/Setter.
for (jProperty in jClass.properties) {
aName = jProperty.as3Type.name
if (aName == "IList") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "ListCollectionView") { aName = "ArrayCollection" }
if (aName == "IMap") { aName = "Object" }
if (aName == "Long") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigInteger") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "BigDecimal") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "MathContext") { aName = "Number" }
if (aName == "RoundingMode") { aName = "Number" }
if (jProperty.readable || jProperty.writable) {%>
/**
* @public ${jProperty.name}
*/<%
if (jProperty.writable) {%>
public <%= jProperty.writeOverride ? "override " : "" %>function set ${jProperty.name}<% if (jProperty.name == aName) { %>_<% } %>(value:${aName}):void
{ _${jProperty.name} = value; }<%
}
if (jProperty.readable) {
if (!jProperty.writable) {%>
[Bindable(event="unused")]<%
}
if (jClass.metaClass.hasProperty(jClass, 'constraints') && jClass.constraints[jProperty] != null) {
for (cons in jClass.constraints[jProperty]) {%>
[${cons.name}<%
if (!cons.properties.empty) {%>(<%}
cons.properties.eachWithIndex{ p, i -> if (i > 0) {%>, <%}%>${p[0]}="${p[1]}"<%}
if (!cons.properties.empty) {%>)<%}%>]<%
}
}%>
public <%= jProperty.readOverride ? "override " : "" %>function get ${jProperty.name}<% if (jProperty.name == aName) { %>_<% } %>():${aName}
{ return _${jProperty.name}; }<%
}
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////
// Write Public Getters/Setters for Implemented Interfaces.
if (jClass.hasInterfaces()) {
for (jProperty in jClass.interfacesProperties) {
if (jProperty.readable || jProperty.writable) {%>
<%
if (jProperty.writable) {%>
public function set ${jProperty.name}(value:${jProperty.as3Type.name}):void {
}<%
}
if (jProperty.readable) {%>
public function get ${jProperty.name}():${jProperty.as3Type.name} {
return ${jProperty.as3Type.nullValue};
}<%
}
}
}
}%>
}
}
Hope this saves someone some time, I just threw this together pretty quickly for my own uses (using my preferred brace formatting) but feel free to expand upon it...I should note that this is a modified version of Granite DS's stock template, and all credit goes to them for gas3 and the template and such and such
When I get around to it I'll go ahead and add in some more data to the type ahead as well...