[FLEX-28884] E4x Selector when parsing metadata via describeType

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 4.5 (Release)
• Component/s: .Unspecified - Compiler
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 25/Oct/11 07:43
• Updated: 25/Oct/11 07:43

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1.Add a custom metadata to a class method, ensure that its added to -keep-as3-metadata+=

{CustomMetadataName}

2. use flash.utils.describeType to reflect the class
3. try to find the method by doing xml.methods.metadata.(@name==

{CustomMetadataname}

)

public class TestClass{

[External]
public function foo():void{

}
}
4.5 describeType

<method name="ext_connectToStream" declaredBy="com.conceptualideas.chat.delegators::ViewerDelegator" returnType="void">
<parameter index="1" type="String" optional="false"/>
<metadata name="External"/>
<metadata name="__go_to_definition_help">
<arg key="pos" value="1861"/>
</metadata>
</method>
for each (var method:XML in methods)

{ trace(method.metadata.(@name =="External")) == nothing trace(method..metadata.(@name=="External")) == nothing trace(method..metadata.(@name=="External").length) == nothing trace(method.metadata.(@name=="External").length) == nothing }

3.5 describeType
<method name="ext_connectToStream" declaredBy="com.conceptualideas.chat.delegators::ViewerDelegator" returnType="void">
<parameter index="1" type="String" optional="false"/>
<metadata name="External"/>
</method>
for each (var method:XML in methods)

{ trace(method.metadata.(@name =="External")) == found trace(method..metadata.(@name=="External")) == found trace(method..metadata.(@name=="External").length) == 1 trace(method.metadata.(@name=="External").length) == 1 }

Actual Results:
Return the node found

Expected Results:
output the found metadata node

Workaround (if any):
method.metadata.(@name =="External").@name == "External"