Iterating over ArrayCollection while adding and removing items

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I want to iterate over an ArrayCollection in Flex while there can be items added and removed.

Since i didn't find a way to use a "classic" Iterator like in Java, which would do the job. I tried the Cursor. But it doesn't really work the way i want it to be ;) So how do I do it nicely ?


    var cursor:IViewCursor = workingStack.createCursor();

    while (!cursor.afterLast)
    {
        // Search
                    deepFirstSearchModified(cursor.current.node,nodeB,cursor.current.way);
        // Delete Node
        cursor.remove();
        // Next Node
        cursor.moveNext();

    }

Imran · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-24 09:04:08Z

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I think better to use New Collection/Array for opertations as

private function parseSelectedItem(value:IListViewCollection):IListViewCollection{
 var result:Array = new Array();
    for each(var item:Object in value)
    {
        //result.push();
        //result.pop();
    }
    return new ArrayCollection(result) ;
}

Hopes that helps

answered May 24, 2011 at 9:04

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Dukeatcoding Over a year ago

that will definitly do the job... but i like more the iterator idea which does what i want in a "blackbox"

Constantiner · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-24 11:41:51Z

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Try to use the following:

for (var i:int = myArrayCollection.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
   myArrayCollection.removeItemAt(i);
}

answered May 24, 2011 at 11:41

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Dennis Jaamann · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-24 08:54:33Z

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There is a solution for your problem:

http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/actionscript-3-apis/

Have a look at the CollectionIterator class.

Cheers

answered May 24, 2011 at 8:54

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Dukeatcoding Over a year ago

looks nice but i am not quiet shure if i want to use 3rd party things ;)

Brian Genisio · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-24 09:27:13Z

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Take a look at ActionLinq. It implements the .Net Linq2Objects pattern, including IEnumerable. Of course, you need to be careful, because you are modifying the items you are iterating over...

var workingStack:ArrayCollection = getData();
var iterator:IEnumerable = Enumerable.from(workingStack);

for each(var item:String in iterator) {
  doSomethingTo(workingStack);
}

answered May 24, 2011 at 9:27

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artaxerxe · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-08 05:00:23Z

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In flex (or actionscript) any change that you do, is visible instantly. So you can do what you want in a for:

    for (var i : Number = myArrayCollection.length; i > 0; i--) {
       myArrayCollection.removeItemAt(i - 1);
    }

I think that should work fine.

edited Oct 8, 2013 at 5:00

answered May 24, 2011 at 8:41

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Dukeatcoding Over a year ago

ok that would be nice, because in Java it would throw an exception. have to try it

Dennis Jaamann Over a year ago

removeElement is not a method of an arrayCollection

Dennis Jaamann Over a year ago

@Dukeatcoding, it will indeed throw an exception due to the fact that you will try to delete elements that are not longer at a certain index

artaxerxe Over a year ago

@Duke: working with flex you will see that it doesn't have concurrency approach for developer. You won't have multithreading problems in flex!

Laplie Anderson Over a year ago

You have to iterate backwards or you end up skipping elements. If you remove the current element, then increase the counter, you end up skipping the next element

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