[FLEX-21985] spark.components.Group lacks containsElement function for operating on IVisualElement

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Fix Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: Spark: Group
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 12/Nov/09 12:07
• Updated: 15/Apr/11 15:06
• Resolved: 19/Jan/11 11:13

Description

Group has addElement(IVisualElement), removeElement(IVisualElement) and getElementIndex(IVisualElement) but has no containsElement(IVisualElement) function

Expected Results:

Expected such a function for determining if a group contains a particular element. I am not sure about whether contains(DisplayObject) works with these other functions.

Workaround (if any):

I wanted to use getElementIndex() as a replacement, but if the element is not contained, it throws an error rather than just return -1 like most array implementations.