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package view.components

{

	import flash.display.DisplayObject;

	import flash.events.MouseEvent;

	

	import mx.controls.LinkBar;

	import mx.core.UIComponent;

	import mx.events.StateChangeEvent;


	public class StateLinkBar extends LinkBar

	{

		private var measurementHasBeenCalled:Boolean = false;

		private var __pendingStates:Array;

		private var __states:Array;

		

		public function StateLinkBar()

		{

			super();

			labelField = "name";

		}

		override public function set dataProvider(value:Object):void{

			super.dataProvider = value;

			if(value==parentDocument.states){

				setStateListeners(value as Array);

			}

		}

		override protected function commitProperties():void{

			super.commitProperties();

			if(!measurementHasBeenCalled && __pendingStates){

				measurementHasBeenCalled = true

				setStateListeners(__pendingStates);

			}

		}

		override protected function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{

			if(__states){

				var index:int = getChildIndex(DisplayObject(event.currentTarget));

				var uic:UIComponent = parentDocument as UIComponent;

				uic.currentState = __states[index].name;

				hiliteSelectedNavItem(index);

			}

			super.clickHandler(event);

		}

		private function setStateListeners(arr:Array):void{

			if(!measurementHasBeenCalled){

				__pendingStates = arr;

				invalidateProperties();

				return;

			}

			var p:UIComponent = parentDocument as UIComponent;

			if(p !=null){

				__states = arr;

				//setup listeners

				p.addEventListener(StateChangeEvent.CURRENT_STATE_CHANGE,onParentStateChange);

			}

		}

		private function onParentStateChange(event:StateChangeEvent):void{

			var newState:String = event.newState;

			if(__states){

				var max:Number = __states.length;

				for (var i:Number=0;i
					if(__states[i].name==newState){

						selectedIndex = i

						hiliteSelectedNavItem(i);

					}

				}

			}

		}

		

	}

}