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Con clusion+
We!hope!this!paper!has!been!educational!and!maybe!even!an!eye‐opening!
experience!for!you!about!that!Flex!Component!and!Application!Lifecycle.!!As!
mentioned!before,!this!is!our!first!review!and!analysis!of!the!lifecycle!from!a!code!
perspective!and!our!best!practices!have!been!defined!from!both!experience!and!
research.!!If!you!have!questions!or!comments!about!this!document!please!contact!us!
The+Future+of+Flex+Components+
As!of!this!writing,!the!Flex!4!Framework!is!currently!under!development!and!the!
Adobe!team!is!making!massive!improvements!and!changes!to!the!overall!Flex!
Framework!architecture.!!Some!of!you!may!question!the!validity!of!this!document!
due!to!the!upcoming!release!of!Flex!4.!!We!have!begun!analysis!of!the!Flex!4!
component!architecture!and!much!of!what!is!written!here!will!still!be!valid!and!will!
not!change!with!the!new!release.!
For!example,!the!new!SkinnableComponent!class!extends!from!the!existing!
UIComponent,!the!SystemManger!has!been!slightly!updated!but!still!appears!to!use!
the!same!load!order,!and!Halo!(Flex!3)!components!can!and!will!be!used!inside!
many!Flex!4!applications.!!We!intend!to!write!a!follow‐up!document!that!examines!
the!differences!between!Flex!3!and!4!and!how!it!will!affect!any!information!in!this!
document.!!We!want!to!thank!you!for!taking!the!time!(and!effort)!to!read!this!paper!
and!hopefully!it!has!reveled!some!of!the!inner!workings!of!Flex.!
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