asp.net C# data webservice for Flex

This is kinda the next evolutionary step from my previous blog. In this example I demonstrate how to get an array of records from .net to flex. Again, I have simplified this for the purpose of this blog. In the asp.net webservice, I would normally retrieve records from the database and then iterate thru the dataset to build my array, while here in this example I have just populated the array manually.

C# Webservice:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace Director
{
 public class MemberService : System.Web.Services.WebService
 {
  public MemberService() { InitializeComponent(); }
  private IContainer components = null;    
  private void InitializeComponent() {}
  protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )  {
   if(disposing && components != null) {
    components.Dispose();}
   base.Dispose(disposing); 
  }
  
  [WebMethod]
  [XmlInclude(typeof(Member))]
  public Member[] getMembers()
  {
   ArrayList al = new ArrayList();
   Member mem = new Member(0,"bob","bsmith","password1",
     "bob@abc.com","Initiate",false,DateTime.Now);   
   al.Add(mem);
   Member mem1 = new Member(0,"jim","jsmith","password2",
     "jim@abc.com","Member",false,DateTime.Now);   
   al.Add(mem1);
   Member mem2 = new Member(0,"ed","esmith","password3",
     "ed@abc.com","Officer",false,DateTime.Now);   
   al.Add(mem2);
   Member mem3 = new Member(0,"neil","nsmith","password4",
     "neil@abc.com","Guest",false,DateTime.Now);   
   al.Add(mem3);
   Member[] outArray = (Member[])al.ToArray(typeof(Member));
   return outArray;
  }
 }

 [Serializable]
 public class Member
 {
  public int memberid;
  public String name;
  public string username;
  public string password;
  public string email;
  public string comments;
  public bool disabled;
  public DateTime created;

  public Member(int _memberid, string _name, 
string _username, string _password, 
string _email, string _comments,
   bool _disabled, DateTime _created)
  {
   memberid = _memberid;
   name = _name;
   username = _username;
   password = _password;
   email  = _email;
   comments = _comments;
   disabled = _disabled;
   created = _created;
  }
  public Member(){}
 }
}

In Flex, the Member.as file:

package com.abc.ws
{
 [Managed]
 [RemoteClass(alias="com.abc.ws.Member")]
 public class Member
 {
  public var memberid:int;
  public var name:String;
  public var username:String;
  public var email:String;
  public var password:String;
  public var comments:String;
  public var disabled:Boolean;
  public var created:Date;
  
  public function Member(obj:Object = null)
  {
      if (obj != null)
      {
          this.memberid = obj.memberid;
          this.name = obj.name;
          this.comments = obj.comments;
          this.username = obj.username;
          this.email = obj.email;
          this.disabled = obj.disabled;
          this.created = obj.created;
          this.password = obj.password;
      }   
  }  
 }
}

In Flex, the application:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical">
 <mx:Script>
  <![CDATA[
   import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
   import com.abc.ws.Member;
   import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;

   [Bindable]
   private var myMembers:ArrayCollection;
   
   private function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void   {
          myMembers = event.result as ArrayCollection;
          for (var i:int=0; i<myMembers.length; i++)          {
              var currentMember:Member = new Member();
              currentMember = new Member(myMembers.getItemAt(i));
              myMembers.setItemAt(currentMember, i);
          }
   } 
  ]]>
 </mx:Script> 
 <mx:WebService id="myService"
  wsdl="http://localhost/Director/MemberService.asmx?wsdl"
  load="myService.getMembers()"
  showBusyCursor="true"
  result="resultHandler(event)"/>

 <mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{myMembers}"/>  
</mx:Application>