GlobalizationBase

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Package	spark.globalization.supportClasses
Class	public class GlobalizationBase
Inheritance	GlobalizationBase AdvancedStyleClient EventDispatcher Object
Subclasses	CollatorBase, DateTimeFormatter, GlobalizationValidatorBase, NumberFormatterBase, StringTools

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 4.5

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2.5

This is a base class used for wrapper classes that make use of the flash.globalization classes for language and region specific formatting of dates, times, number, and currency amounts, string comparison and case conversion.

Related API Elements

spark.formatters.CurrencyFormatter
spark.formatters.DateTimeFormatter
spark.formatters.NumberFormatter
spark.globalization.MatchingCollator
spark.globalization.SortingCollator
spark.globalization.StringTools

Public Properties

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	Property		Defined By
		actualLocaleIDName : String [read-only] The name of the actual locale ID used by this class object.	GlobalizationBase
		className : String [read-only] The name of the component class.	AdvancedStyleClient
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		id : String The identity of the component.	AdvancedStyleClient
		inheritingStyles : Object An object containing the inheritable styles for this non-visual style client instance.	AdvancedStyleClient
		lastOperationStatus : String [read-only] The status of the most recent operation that this class object performed.	GlobalizationBase
		moduleFactory : IFlexModuleFactory A module factory is used as context for finding the style manager that controls the styles for this non-visual style client instance.	AdvancedStyleClient
		nonInheritingStyles : Object The beginning of this component's chain of non-inheriting styles.	AdvancedStyleClient
		styleDeclaration : CSSStyleDeclaration The style declaration that holds the inline styles declared by this object.	AdvancedStyleClient
		styleManager : IStyleManager2 [read-only] Returns the StyleManager instance used by this component.	AdvancedStyleClient
		styleName : Object The source of this object's style values.	AdvancedStyleClient
		styleParent : IAdvancedStyleClient A component's parent is used to evaluate descendant selectors.	AdvancedStyleClient

Public Methods

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	Method		Defined By
		GlobalizationBase() Constructor.	GlobalizationBase
		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
		clearStyle(styleProp:String):void Deletes a style property from this component instance.	AdvancedStyleClient
		dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean Dispatches an event into the event flow.	EventDispatcher
		getClassStyleDeclarations():Array Returns an Array of CSSStyleDeclaration objects for the type selector that applies to this component, or null if none exist.	AdvancedStyleClient
		getStyle(styleProp:String):* [override] Gets a style property that has been set anywhere in this component's style lookup chain.	GlobalizationBase
		hasCSSState():Boolean Returns true if currentCSSState is not null.	AdvancedStyleClient
		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
		initialized(document:Object, id:String):void The initialized method is called when this class or a class that extends this class is used in an MXML declaration.	AdvancedStyleClient
		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
		matchesCSSState(cssState:String):Boolean Returns true if cssState matches currentCSSState.	AdvancedStyleClient
		matchesCSSType(cssType:String):Boolean Determines whether this instance is the same as, or is a subclass of, the given type.	AdvancedStyleClient
		notifyStyleChangeInChildren(styleProp:String, recursive:Boolean):void Propagates style changes to the children of this style client instance.	AdvancedStyleClient
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		regenerateStyleCache(recursive:Boolean):void Sets up the internal style cache values so that the getStyle() method functions.	AdvancedStyleClient
		registerEffects(effects:Array):void Registers the EffectManager as one of the event listeners for each effect event.	AdvancedStyleClient
		removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.	EventDispatcher
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		setStyle(styleProp:String, newValue:*):void Sets a style property on this component instance.	AdvancedStyleClient
		styleChanged(styleProp:String):void Detects changes to style properties.	AdvancedStyleClient
		stylesInitialized():void Flex calls the stylesInitialized() method when the styles for a component are first initialized.	AdvancedStyleClient
		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
		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

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	Summary	Defined By
activate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.	EventDispatcher
change	The change event is generated whenever the locale style is changed or another property is set that would cause the format of a number to change or cause updates to the other values available through this class.	GlobalizationBase
deactivate	[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.	EventDispatcher

Styles

Styles are either common or associated with a specific theme. If the style is common, it can be used with any theme. If a style is associated with a specific theme, it can only be used if your application uses that theme.

Common Styles

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	Style		Description	Defined By
		locale	Type: String CSS Inheritance: Yes Language Version: ActionScript 3.0 Product Version: Flex 4.5 Runtime Versions: Flash10.1, AIR 2.5 The locale identifier that specifies the language, region, script and optionally other related tags and keys. The syntax of this identifier must follow the syntax defined by the Unicode Technical Standard #35 (e.g. en-US, de-DE, zh-Hans-CN) Learn more http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/	GlobalizationBase

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Event Detail

Property	Value
`bubbles`	`true`
`cancelable`	`false`; there is no default behavior to cancel.
`currentTarget`	The object that is actively processing the Event object with an event listener.
`target`	The object that has had its value modified. The `target` is not always the object in the display list that registered the event listener. Use the `currentTarget` property to access the object in the display list that is currently processing the event.

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