UIComponentDescriptor  - AS3 Flex

An Array containing the effects for the component, as specified in MXML.

For example, if you write the following code:

	  <mx:TextInput showEffect="Fade" hideEffect="Fade"/>

The descriptor's effects property is the Array [ "showEffect", "hideEffect" ].

The effectsproperty is null if no MXML effects were specified for the component.

Note that the values of the effect attributes are not specified in this property. Instead, effects are treated like styles and therefore are include in the stylesFactory property. The effect Array simply keeps track of which styles in the stylesFactory are actually effects.

This property is used by the Container method createComponentsFromDescriptors() to register the effects with the EffectManager.

A Function that constructs an Object containing name/value pairs for the instance styles for the component, as specified in MXML.

For example, if you write the following code:

	  <mx:TextInput borderColor="0x888888" color="0xDDDDDD"/>

Then the descriptors' stylesFactory property is the Function:

	  function():void { this.borderColor = 0x888888; this.color = 0xDDDDDD };

The stylesFactory property is null if no MXML styles were specified for the component instance.

Constructor.