Flash Builder 4 – Data Centric Development (DCD) Service Wizard

[Updated for Flash Builder Beta 2]

The Service Wizard defines a service and corresponding operations which are used to invoke RPC operations returning a certain data.
Service Wizard can connect to PHP, CF, Httpservice, Webservice(WSDL), BlazeDS and LCDS.

Entry Point:

• In the Service/Data view, click on the Connect to Service/Data link.
• Click on the Data menu and select Connect to Service/Data .
• Click on the Data menu and select Connect to PHP (or the service of your choice)
• Click on the button on the Data/Service panel bar.

Select the desired service from the list of services and proceed with the wizard.

Service wizard for :

1. PHP service. [How to use Service Wizard for PHP service]
2. CF service [Similar to Service Wizard for PHP service]
3. Http Service [How to use Service Wizard for HTTP service]
4. WSDL
5. BlazeDS

Output:

In the above sample, I am using a PHP service TestData.php which has a strong datatype,  Entity.

After the completion of the wizard VO(value objects) for service and strongly typed datatype will be created under the src/valueObjects and src/services.testdata. These locations are specified while creating/importing a service.
In case of PHP, CF, BlazeDS and LCDS service, under the services folder, there will shortcut/link to the services/files used.
As you can see, VOs for TestData and Entity are created. Classes _EntityEntityMetadata.as, _Super_Entity.as and  _Super_TestData are generated by the Flash Builder.

I can write my own code in Entity.as which extends _Super_Entity.as