Custom Wrapper Class for Dictionary component – Flex

I was developing a Flex module earlier yesterday and somehow felt the need of an efficient data structure for look-up purpose. Array and ArrayCollection are just not good enough and the default implementation of Dictionary as part of Flex API is a no-brainer. So, I decided to create a wrapper functionality similar to the Dictionary Class available in languages such as C# and Java (HashTable). This version of Dictionary is actually a hybrid between a set (uniqueness) and dictionary (fast lookups) based on my requirements.

So far, I have implemented the following functionality >>

insertKey(key : Object, value : Object)
getSize()
removeKey(key : Object)
clear()
containsKey(key : Object)
containsValue(value : Object)
toString()
getKeys()
getValues()

Source code is available here >> MyDictionary.as MDIllegalObjectException.as

(Replace the “.as_.txt” extension to “.as” before using the file)

Feel free to modify the source code and if any bugs are found, please do comment back to the post as it will be helpful to others.

A sample demo testing the MyDictionary Class can be seen here >> Test3.mxml

(Replace the “.mxml_.txt” extension to “.mxml” before using the file)

Posted on August 31, 2010 by GauZ in Technology

Tags: clear, Custom, Dictionary, dynamic, Extend, Flex, getkeys, getSize, getvalues, insert, key, remove, serialization, set, values, Weak

That’s how you kill three fish with one bird

Kingfisher grabs 3!

I believe this particular bird is the Robinhood among all the other Kingfishers out there 🙂 Photograph is astonishing and and the way Kingfishers fly inches above the water is amazing as well.

Posted on August 30, 2010 by GauZ in Kaleidoscope

Tags: amazing, fish, Kingfisher, perfect, photo, robin hood, three, triple kill

Email Dispatcher using C#

A few days back, I worked on an Email dispatcher command-line application which had capabilities of zipping up reports and emailing the reports to the clients at an astonishingly fast speed of hundreds of reports per min (assuming each report has 150,000 records with min of 6 columns).

Here, I am implementing a similar application but with a smaller + different set of requirement which are as follows:

1) Perform robust regular-expression based pattern matching & error reporting capability

2) Handle passwords efficiently from command-line (will improve the method later)

3) Use efficient Object-oriented Design & Modular code

4) Program is specific to Gmail (smtp address and port number). One can change this set of values to handle other major email providers.

Files>>

1) Program.cs

2) User.cs

3) Constants.cs

(Replace the “.cs_.txt” extension to “.cs” before using the file)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by GauZ in Technology

Tags: .net, 587, c#, Command line, Dispatch, Email, gmail, regex, regular expressione, smtp, smtp.gmail.com, smtpclient, system.net, System.net.mail