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Metadata tags

The following table describes the metadata tags that you can use in ActionScript class files:

Tag

Description

[Alternative]

Specifies a replacement class for an existing class, and a version number that indicates when the replacement occurred. For more information, see Alternative metadata tag.

[ArrayElementType]

Defines the allowed data type of each element of an Array. For more information, see ArrayElementType metadata tag.

[Bindable]

Identifies a property that you can use as the source of a data binding expression. For more information, see Bindable metadata tag.

[DefaultProperty]

Defines the name of the default property of the component when you use the component in an MXML file. For more information, see DefaultProperty metadata tag.

[Deprecated]

Marks a class or class element as deprecated so that the compiler can recognize it and issue a warning when the element is used in an application. For more information, see Deprecated metadata tag.

[Effect]

Defines the MXML property name for the effect. For more information, see Effect metadata tag.

[Embed]

Imports JPEG, GIF, PNG, SVG, and SWF files at compile time. Also imports image assets from SWC files.

This is functionally equivalent to the MXML @Embed syntax, as described in Embedding assets.

[Event]

Defines the MXML property for an event and the data type of the event object that a component emits. For more information, see Event metadata tag.

[Exclude]

Omits an inherited class element from the Flash Builder tag inspector. The syntax is as follows:

[Exclude(name="label", kind="property")]

Where kind can be property, method, event, or style.

[ExcludeClass]

Omits the class from the Flash Builder tag inspector. This is equivalent to the @private tag in ASDoc when applied to a class.

[HostComponent]

Specifies the host component for a Spark skin class. For more information, see HostComponent metadata tag

[IconFile]

Identifies the filename for the icon that represents the component in the Insert bar of Adobe Flash Builder. For more information, see IconFile metadata tag.

[Inspectable]

Defines an attribute exposed to component users in the attribute hints and Tag inspector of Flash Builder. Also limits allowable values of the property. For more information, see Inspectable metadata tag.

[InstanceType]

Specifies the allowed data type of a property of type IDeferredInstance. For more information, see InstanceType metadata tag.

[NonCommittingChangeEvent]

Identifies an event as an interim trigger. For more information, see NonCommittingChangeEvent metadata tag.

[RemoteClass]

Maps the ActionScript object to a Java object. For more information on using the [RemoteClass] metadata tag, see RemoteClass metadata tag.

[RichTextContent]

Indicate that the value of a property in MXML should always be interpreted by the compiler as a String. For more information, see RichTextContent metadata tag.

[SkinPart]

Define a property of a component that corresponds to a skin part. For more information, see SkinPart metadata tag.

[SkinState]

Defines the view states that a component’s skin must support. For more information, see SkinState metadata tag.

[Style]

Defines the MXML property for a style property for the component. For more information on using the [Style] metadata tag, see Style metadata tag.

[SWF]

Specifies attributes of the application when you write the main application file in ActionScript. For more information, see SWF metadata tag.

[Transient]

Identifies a property that should be omitted from data that is sent to the server when an ActionScript object is mapped to a Java object using [RemoteClass]. For more information, see Transient metadata tag.

Alternative metadata tag

If you want to replace one class with another, mark the class to be replaced with the [Alternative] metadata tag. The [Alternative] metadata tag specifies the replacement class, and a version number that indicates when the replacement occurred.

The [Alternative] metadata tag is not the same a the [Deprecated] metadata tag. When a class is deprecated, it might not work in a future release. A class marked by the [Alternative] metadata tag is still supported, but it indicates that there is an alternate to the class. For example, the MX Button class is marked with the [Alternative] metadata tag to indicate that you should use the Spark Button class instead.

Insert the [Alternative] metadata tag before the class definition of the class to be replaced. The [Alternative] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[Alternative(replacement="packageAndClassName", since="versionNum")]

The replacement option specifies the package and class name of the alternate class, and the since option specifies a version number.

ArrayElementType metadata tag

When you define an Array variable in ActionScript, you specify Array as the data type of the variable. However, you cannot specify the data type of the elements of the Array.

To allow the Flex MXML compiler to perform type checking on Array elements, you can use the [ArrayElementType] metadata tag to specify the allowed data type of the Array elements, as the following example shows:

public class MyTypedArrayComponent extends VBox { 
 
    [ArrayElementType("String")] 
    public var newStringProperty:Array; 
 
    [ArrayElementType("Number")] 
    public var newNumberProperty:Array; 
    ... 
} 
Note: The MXML compiler checks for proper usage of the Array only in MXML code; it does not check Array usage in ActionScript code.

In this example, you specify String as the allowed data type of the Array elements. If a user attempts to assign elements of a data type other than String to the Array in an MXML file, the compiler issues a syntax error, as the following example shows:

<MyComp:MyTypedArrayComponent> 
    <MyComp:newStringProperty> 
        <fx:Number>94062</fx:Number> 
        <fx:Number>14850</fx:Number> 
        <fx:Number>53402</fx:Number> 
    </MyComp:newStringProperty> 
</MyComp:MyTypedArrayComponent>

In this example, you try to use Number objects to initialize the Array, so the compiler issues an error.

You can also specify Array properties as tag attributes, rather than using child tags, as the following example shows:

<MyComp:MyTypedArrayComponent newNumberProperty="[abc,def]"/>

This MXML code generates an error because Flex cannot convert the Strings "abc" and "def" to a Number.

You insert the [ArrayElementType] metadata tag before the variable definition. The tag has the following syntax:

[ArrayElementType("elementType")]

The following table describes the property of the [ArrayElementType] metadata tag:

Property

Type

Description

elementType

String

Specifies the data type of the Array elements, and can be one of the ActionScript data types, such as String, Number, class, or interface.

You must specify the type as a fully qualified class name, including the package.

Bindable metadata tag

When a property is the source of a data binding expression, Flex automatically copies the value of the source property to any destination property when the source property changes. To signal to Flex to perform the copy, you must use the [Bindable] metadata tag to register the property with Flex, and the source property must dispatch an event.

The [Bindable] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[Bindable] 
[Bindable(event="eventname")]

If you omit the event name, Flex automatically creates an event named propertyChange.

For more information on data binding and on this metadata tag, see Data binding.

Working with bindable property chains

When you specify a property as the source of a data binding, Flex monitors not only that property for changes, but also the chain of properties leading up to it. The entire chain of properties, including the destination property, is called a bindable property chain. In the following example, firstName.text is a bindable property chain that includes both a firstName object and its text property:

<first>{firstName.text}</first>

You should raise an event when any named property in a bindable property chain changes. If the property is marked with the [Bindable] metadata tag, the Flex compiler generates the event for you.

The following example uses the [Bindable] metadata tag for a variable and a getter property. The example also shows how to call the dispatchEvent() function.

[Bindable] 
public var minFontSize:Number = 5; 
 
[Bindable("textChanged")] 
public function get text():String { 
     return myText; 
} 
 
public function set text(t : String):void { 
     myText = t; 
    dispatchEvent( new Event( "textChanged" ) );}

If you omit the event name in the [Bindable] metadata tag, the Flex compiler automatically generates and dispatches an event named propertyChange so that the property can be used as the source of a data binding expression.

You should also provide the compiler with specific information about an object by casting the object to a known type. In the following example, the myList List control contains Customer objects, so the selectedItem property is cast to a Customer object:

<fx:Model id="selectedCustomer"> 
    <customer> 
        <name>{Customer(myList.selectedItem).name}</name> 
        <address>{Customer(myList.selectedItem).address}</address> 
        ...  
    </customer> 
</fx:Model>

There are some situations in which binding does not execute automatically as expected. Binding does not execute automatically when you change an entire item of a dataProvider property, as the following example shows:

dataProvider[i] = newItem

Binding also does not execute automatically for subproperties of properties that have [Bindable] metadata, as the following example shows:

... 
[Bindable] 
var temp; 
// Binding is triggered: 
temp = new Object(); 
// Binding is not triggered, because label not a bindable property 
// of Object: 
temp.label = foo;  
...

In this code example, the problem with {temp.label} is that temp is an Object. You can solve this problem in one of the following ways:

  • Preinitialize the Object.

  • Assign an ObjectProxy to temp; all of an ObjectProxy’s properties are bindable.

  • Make temp a strongly typed object with a label property that is bindable.

Binding also does not execute automatically when you are binding data to a property that Flash Player updates automatically, such as the mouseX property.

The executeBindings() method of the UIComponent class executes all the bindings for which a UIComponent object is the destination. All containers and controls, as well as the Repeater component, extend the UIComponent class. The executeChildBindings() method of the Container and Repeater classes executes all of the bindings for which the child UIComponent components of a Container or Repeater class are destinations. All containers extend the Container class.

These methods give you a way to execute bindings that do not occur as expected. By adding one line of code, such as a call to executeChildBindings() method, you can update the user interface after making a change that does not cause bindings to execute. However, you should only use the executeBindings()method when you are sure that bindings do not execute automatically.

DefaultProperty metadata tag

The [DefaultProperty] metadata tag defines the name of the default property of the component when you use the component in an MXML file.

The [DefaultProperty] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[DefaultProperty("propertyName")]

The propertyName property specifies the name of the default property.

You can use the [DefaultProperty] metadata tag in your ActionScript component to define a single default property. For more information and an example, see Creating a default property.

Deprecated metadata tag

A class or class element marked as deprecated is one which is considered obsolete, and whose use is discouraged in the current release. While the class or class element still works, its use can generate compiler warnings.

The mxmlc command-line compiler supports the show-deprecation-warnings compiler option, which, when true, configures the compiler to issue deprecation warnings when your application uses deprecated elements. The default value is true.

Insert the [Deprecated] metadata tag before a property, method, or class definition to mark that element as deprecated. The [Deprecated] metadata tag has the following options for its syntax when used with a class, property or method:

[Deprecated("string_describing_deprecation")] 
[Deprecated(message="string_describing_deprecation")] 
[Deprecated(replacement="string_specifying_replacement")] 
[Deprecated(replacement="string_specifying_replacement", since="version_of_replacement")]

The following uses the [Deprecated] metadata tag to mark the dataProvider property as obsolete:

[Deprecated(replacement="MenuBarItem.data")] 
public function set dataProvider(value:Object):void 
{ 
    ... 
}

The [Event], [Effect] and [Style] metadata tags also support deprecation. These tags support the following options for syntax:

[Event(... , deprecatedMessage="string_describing_deprecation")] 
[Event(... , deprecatedReplacement="change2")] 
[Event(... , deprecatedReplacement="string_specifying_replacement", deprecatedSince="version_of_replacement")]

These metadata tags support the deprecatedReplacement and deprecatedSince attributes to mark the event, effect, or style as deprecated.

Effect metadata tag

The [Effect] metadata tag defines the name of the MXML property that you use to assign an effect to a component and the event that triggers the effect. If you define a custom effect, you can use the [Effect] metadata tag to specify that property to the Flex compiler.

For more information on defining custom effects, see Custom effects.

An effect is paired with a trigger that invokes the effect. A trigger is an event, such as a mouse click on a component, a component getting focus, or a component becoming visible. An effect is a visible or audible change to the component that occurs over a period of time.

You insert the [Effect] metadata tag before the class definition in an ActionScript file or in the <fx:Metadata> block in an MXML file. The [Effect] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[Effect(name="eventNameEffect", event="eventName")]

The following table describes the properties of the [Effect] metadata tag:

Property

Type

Description

eventNameEffect

String

Specifies the name of the effect.

eventName

String

Specifies the name of the event that triggers the effect.

The [Effect] metadata tag is often paired with an [Event] metadata tag, where the [Event] metadata tag defines the event corresponding to the effect’s trigger. By convention, the name of the effect is the event name with the suffix Effect, as the following example of an ActionScript file shows:

// Define event corresponding to the effect trigger. 
[Event(name="darken", type="flash.events.Event")] 
// Define the effect. 
[Effect(name="darkenEffect", event="darken")] 
class ModalText extends TextArea { 
    ... 
}

In an MXML file, you can define the event and effect in an <fx:Metadata> block, as the following example shows:

<fx:Metadata> 
    [Event(name="darken", type="flash.events.Event")] 
    [Effect(name="darkenEffect", event="darken")] 
</fx:Metadata>

Event metadata tag

Use the [Event] metadata tag to define the MXML property for an event and the data type of the event object that a component emits. You insert the [Event] metadata tag before the class definition in an ActionScript file, or in the <fx:Metadata> block in an MXML file.

For more information on defining custom events, see Custom events.

The [Event] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[Event(name="eventName", type="package.eventType")]

The following table describes the properties of the [Event] metadata tag:

Property

Type

Description

eventName

String

Specifies the name of the event.

eventType

String

Specifies the package and class that defines the data type of the event object. It is either the base event class, Event, or a subclass of the Event class. You must include the package in the class name.

The following example identifies the myClickEvent event as an event that the component can dispatch:

[Event(name="myClickEvent", type="flash.events.Event")]

If you do not identify an event in the class file with the [Event] metadata tag, the MXML compiler generates an error if you try to use the event name in MXML. Any component can register an event listener for the event in ActionScript by using the addEventListener() method, even if you omit the [Event]metadata tag.

The following example identifies the myClickEvent event as an event that an ActionScript component can dispatch:

[Event(name="myEnableEvent", type="flash.events.Event")] 
public class MyComponent extends UIComponent 
{ 
    ... 
}

The following example shows the [Event] metadata tag in the <fx:Metadata> tag in an MXML file:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<!-- TextAreaEnabled.mxml --> 
<mx:TextArea xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
    xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
    xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"> 
 
    <fx:Metadata> 
        [Event(name="myEnableEvent", type="flash.events.Event")] 
    </fx:Metadata> 
 
    .... 
 
</mx:TextArea>

HostComponent metadata tag

Use the [HostComponent] metadata tag to identify the host component of a Spark skin class. The [HostComponent] metadata tag has the following syntax:

<Metadata> 
    [HostComponent(componentName)] 
</Metadata>

For example:

<Metadata> 
    [HostComponent("spark.components.Button")] 
</Metadata>

As a result of this metadata, Flex creates the property hostComponent on the skin class. You can then use this property to access public members of the host component’s instance from within the skin. For example, in a Button skin, you can access the Button’s style properties.

For more information, see Spark Skinning.

IconFile metadata tag

Use the [IconFile] metadata tag to identify the filename for the icon that represents the component in the Insert bar of Flash Builder.

The [IconFile] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[IconFile("fileName")]

The fileName property specifies a PNG, GIF, or JPEG file that contains the icon, as the following example shows:

[IconFile("MyButton.png")] 
public class MyButton extends Button 
{ 
    ... 
}

Inspectable metadata tag

The [Inspectable] metadata tag defines information about an attribute of your component that you expose in code hints and in the Property inspector area of Flash Builder. The [Inspectable] metadata tag is not required for either code hints or the Property inspector. The following rules determine how Flash Builder displays this information:

  • All public properties in components appear in code hints and in the Flash Builder Property inspector. If you have extra information about the property that you want to add, such as enumeration values or that a String property represents a file path, add the [Inspectable] metadata tag with that information.

  • Code hints for components and the information in the Property inspector come from the same data. Therefore, if the attribute appears in one, it should appear in the other.

  • Code hints for ActionScript components do not require metadata to work correctly so that you always see the appropriate code hints, depending the current scope. Flash Builder uses the public, protected, private, and static keywords, plus the current scope, to determine which ActionScript code hints to show.

The [Inspectable] metadata tag must immediately precede the property’s variable declaration or the setter and getter methods to be bound to that property. The [Inspectable] metadata tag has the following syntaxes:

[Inspectable(attribute=value[,attribute=value,...])] 
property_declaration name:type; 
[Inspectable(attribute=value[,attribute=value,...])] 
setter_getter_declarations;

The following table describes the properties of the [Inspectable] metadata tag:

Property

Type

Description

category

String

Groups the property into a specific subcategory in the Property inspector of the Flash Builder user interface. The default category is "Other". Specify a value of "Common", "Effects", "Events", "Layout Constraints", "Size", "Styles", "Text", or "Other".

defaultValue

String or

Number

Sets the initial value in the editor that appears in the Property inspector when you modify the attribute. The default value is determined from the property definition.

enumeration

String

Specifies a comma-delimited list of legal values for the property. Only these values are allowed; for example, item1,item2,item3. Notice the lack of a space character between items so that Flex Builder does not interpret a space as a part of a valid value.

This information appears as code hints and in the Property inspector. If you define a Boolean variable, Flash Builder automatically shows true and false without you having to specifying them using enumeration.

environment

String

Specifies which inspectable properties should not be allowed (environment=none), which are used only for Flash Builder (environment=Flash), and which are used only by Flex and not Flash Builder (environment=MXML).

format

String

Determines the type of editor that appears in the Property inspector when you modify the attribute. You can use this property when the data type of the attribute is not specific to its function. For example, for a property of type Number, you can specify format="Color" to cause Flash Builder to open a color editor when you modify the attribute. Common values for the format property include "Length", "Color", "Time", "EmbeddedFile", and "File".

listOffset

Number

Specifies the default index into a List value.

name

String

Specifies the display name for the property; for example, FontWidth. If not specified, use the property’s name, such as _fontWidth.

type

String

Specifies the type specifier. If omitted, use the property’s type. The following values are valid:

  • Array

  • Boolean

  • Color

  • Font Name

  • List

  • Number

  • Object

  • String

If the property is an Array, you must list the valid values for the Array.

variable

String

Specifies the variable to which this parameter is bound.

verbose

Number

Indicates that this inspectable property should be displayed in the Flash Builder user interface only when the user indicates that verbose properties should be included. If this property is not specified, Flash Builder assumes that the property should be displayed.

The following example defines the myProp parameter as inspectable:

[Inspectable(defaultValue=true, verbose=1, category="Other")] 
public var myProp:Boolean;

InstanceType metadata tag

The [InstanceType] metadata tag specifies the allowed data type of a property of type IDeferredInstance, as the following example shows:

// Define a deferred property for the top component. 
[InstanceType("mx.controls.Label")] 
public var topRow:IDeferredInstance;

The compiler validates that users assign values only of the specified type to the property. In this example, if the component user sets the topRow property to a value of a type other than mx.controls.Label, the compiler issues an error message.

You use the [InstanceType] metadata tag when creating template components. For more information, see Template components.

The [InstanceType] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[InstanceType("package.className")]

You must specify a fully qualified package and class name.

NonCommittingChangeEvent metadata tag

The [NonCommittingChangeEvent] metadata tag identifies an event as an interim trigger, which means that the event should not invoke Flex data validators on the property. You use this tag for properties that might change often, but which you do not want to validate on every change.

An example of this is if you tied a validator to the text property of a TextInput control. The text property changes on every keystroke, but you do not want to validate the property until the user presses the Enter key or changes focus away from the field. The NonCommittingChangeEvent tag lets you dispatch a change event, but that does not trigger validation.

You insert the [NonCommittingChangeEvent] metadata tag before an ActionScript property definition or before a setter or getter method. The [NonCommittingChangeEvent] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[NonCommittingChangeEvent("event_name")]

In the following example, the component dispatches the change event every time the user enters a keystroke, but the change event does not trigger data binding or data validators. When the user completes data entry by pressing the Enter key, the component broadcasts the valueCommit event to trigger any data bindings and data validators:

[Event(name="change", type="flash.events.Event")] 
class MyText extends UIComponent { 
    ... 
 
    [Bindable(event="valueCommit")] 
    [NonCommittingChangeEvent("change")] 
    function get text():String { 
        return getText(); 
    } 
    function set text(t):void { 
        setText(t); 
        // Dispatch events.  
    } 
}

RemoteClass metadata tag

Use the [RemoteClass] metadata tag to register the class with Flex so that Flex preserves type information when a class instance is serialized by using Action Message Format (AMF). You insert the [RemoteClass] metadata tag before an ActionScript class definition.

The [RemoteClass] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[RemoteClass]

You can also use this tag to represent a server-side Java object in a client application. You use the [RemoteClass(alias=" ")] metadata tag to create an ActionScript object that maps directly to the Java object. You specify the fully qualified class name of the Java class as the value of alias. For more information, see Accessing Server-Side Data with Flex.

RichTextContent metadata tag

If a property is typed as a String, the compiler automatically tries to convert its value in MXML to a String. If the property is of a type such as *, Object, or Array, the compiler by default attempts to convert the value to an appropriate data type. Use the [RichTextContent] metadata tag to indicate that the value of a property in MXML should always be interpreted by the compiler as a String.

For example, the content property of the spark.components.TextArea and spark.primitives.RichText classes is typed as Object. However, these classes use the [RichTextContent] metadata tag to indicate that the value of the property in MXML should always be interpreted as a String.

Shown below are two examples that set the content property of the RichText class:
<!-- Without [RichTextContent] metadata, interpret the value as type Number. --> 
<s:RichText> 
    <s:content>1</s:content> 
</s:RichText> 
 
<!-- Without [RichTextContent] metadata, interpret the value as type Array. --> 
<s:RichText> 
    <s:content>[1]</s:content> 
</s:RichText>

Data binding syntax, {}, and @ functions, such as @Resource and @Embed, are supported by properties that use the [RichTextContent] metadata tag.

You insert the [RichTextContent] metadata tag a property before a property definition in ActionScript. The [RichTextContent] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[RichTextContent]

SkinPart metadata tag

Components can uses skins made up of skin parts. Use the [SkinPart] metadata tag to define a property of a component that corresponds to a skin part. Users of the component do not set the skin part properties directly. The component's skin sets the skin part properties.

Insert the [SkinPart] metadata tag before any property that corresponds to a skin part. The [SkinPart] metadata tag has the following syntax:
[SkinPart(type="package.className", required="true_false")] 
/** 
* Optional ASDoc comment. 
*/  
Property definition

The type and required attributes are optional. The type attribute specifies the data type of the skin part, which determines whether the part is static or dynamic. The default value of type is determined by the data type of the property.

The required attribute specifies if the skin class must define the skin part. The default value of the required attribute is false.

SkinPart metadata is inherited by subclasses of the component.

For more information, see Spark Skinning.

Static skin parts

Static skin parts are created once by an instance of a component, and are defined as shown below:
[SkinPart] 
/** 
* ASDoc comment for thumb. 
*/ 
public var thumb:spark.components.Button;

The data type for static parts is the data type of the part property. In this example above, the type is Button. Therefore, static skin parts typically omit the type attribute of the [SkinPart] metadata tag.

Dynamic skin parts

Some components create multiple instances of a skin part. For example, the Spark ButtonBar control can create any number of buttons. Dynamic skin parts can be created multiple times by a component. The data type of a dynamic skin part property is always IFactory, but the metadata tag can optionally define the data type of the skin part by using the type property.

For example from the spark.components.ButtonBar class:
[SkinPart(required="false", type="mx.core.IVisualElement")] 
/** 
* A skin part that defines the first button. 
*/ 
public var firstButton:IFactory;

Because the data type of the skin part is IFactory, it is a dynamic skin part. Each instance of the skin part is of type mx.core.IVisualElement.

SkinState metadata tag

The [SkinState] metadata tag defines the view states that a component’s skin must support. The tag goes outside the component’s class definition, and inside the package definition. The tag is inherited, but can be overridden in a subclass.

The SkinState tag has the following ActionScript syntax:
[SkinState("stateName")]

The following example defines two skin states for a component:

package spark.components.supportCl asses 
{ 
    /** 
    *  Optional ASDoc comment. */ 
    [SkinState("n ormal")] 
 
    /** 
    *  Optional ASDoc comment. */ 
    [SkinState("disabled")] 
 
    public class MyClass {}

For more information, see Spark Skinning.

Style metadata tag

Use the [Style] metadata tag to define the MXML tag attribute for a style property for the component. You insert the [Style] metadata tag before the class definition in an ActionScript file, or in the <fx:Metadata> block in an MXML file.

The [Style] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[Style(name="style_name"[,property="value",...])]

The following table describes the properties for the [Style] metadata tag:

Option

Type

Description

name

String

(Required) Specifies the name of the style.

arrayType

String

If type is Array, arrayType specifies the data type of the Array elements. If the data type is not an ActionScript type such as Number or Date, use a qualified class name in the form packageName.className.

enumeration

String

Specifies an enumerated list of possible values for the style property.

format

String

Specifies the units of the property. For example, if you specify type as "Number" , you might specify format="Length" if the style defines a length measured in pixels. Or, if you specify type="uint", you might set format="Color" if the style defines an RGB color. The possible values are Boolean, Color, Number, Length, uint, Time, File, EmbeddedFile, int, ICollectionView, Array, Class, String, and Object.

inherit

String

Specifies whether the property is inheriting. Valid values are yes and no. This property refers to CSS inheritance, not object-oriented inheritance. All subclasses automatically use object-oriented inheritance to inherit the style property definitions of their superclasses.

Some style properties are inherited using CSS inheritance. If you set an inheritable style property on a parent container, its children inherit that style property. For example, if you define fontFamily as Times for a Panel container, all children of that container will also use Times for fontFamily, unless they override that property.

If you set a noninheritable style, such as textDecoration, on a parent container, only the parent container and not its children use that style. For more information on inheritable style properties, see About style inheritance.

states

String

For skin properties, specifies that you can use the style to specify a stateful skin for multiple states of the component. For example, the definition of the Slider.thumbSkin style uses the following [Style] metadata tag:

[Style(name="thumbSkin", type="Class", inherit="no", states="disabled, down, over, up")]

This line specifies that you can use the Slider.thumbSkin style to specify a stateful skin for the disabled, down, over, and up states of the Slider control. For more information, see Skinning MX components.

theme

String

If the style is only valid for a specific theme, specifies the name of the theme. For example, some styles on Flex components are only valid if you are using the Spark or Halo theme. For more information, see About themes

type

String

Specifies the data type of the value that you write to the style property. If the type is not an ActionScript type such as Number or Date, use a qualified class name in the form packageName.className.

The following example shows the definition of the textSelectedColor style property:

[Style(name="textSelectedColor",type="Number",format="Color",inherit="yes")]

The next example shows the definition of the verticalAlign style property:

[Style(name="verticalAlign", type="String", enumeration="bottom,middle,top", inherit="no")]

For more information on the [Style] metadata tag, see Custom style properties.

SWF metadata tag

Use the [SWF] metadata tag to specify attributes of the application when you write the main application file in ActionScript. Typically, you set these attributes by using the <s:Application> tag when you write the main application file in MXML.

The [SWF] tag has the following syntax:

[SWF(option="value"[,option="value",...])]

You can specify several options the [SWF] metadata tag. The following table describes these options:

Option

Type

Description

frameRate

Number

Specifies the frame rate of the application, in frames per second. The default value is 24.

height

Number

The height of the application, in pixels.

heightPercent

Number

The height of the application, as a percentage of the browser window. Include the percent sign (%) in the value.

pageTitle

String

Specifies a String that appears in the title bar of the browser. This property provides the same functionality as the HTML <title> tag.

scriptRecursionLimit

Number

Specifies the maximum depth of Flash Player or AIR call stack before Flash Player or AIR stops. This is essentially the stack overflow limit.

The default value is 1000.

scriptTimeLimit

Number

Specifies the maximum duration, in seconds, that an ActionScript event listener can execute before Flash Player or AIR assumes that it has stopped processing and aborts it.

The default value is 60 seconds, which is also the maximum allowable value that you can set.

width

Number

The width of the application, in pixels.

widthPercent

Number

The width of the application, as a percentage of the browser window. Include the percent sign (%) in the value.

For more information on these options, see Specifying options of the Application container.

Transient metadata tag

Use the [Transient] metadata tag to identifies a property that should be omitted from data that is sent to the server when an ActionScript object is mapped to a Java object using the [RemoteClass] metadata tag.

The [Transient] metadata tag has the following syntax:

[Transient] 
public var count:Number = 5;

source : http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf680e1-7ffe.html
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