[FLEX-33131] rendererDescriptionMap is private, should be made protected to allow customizing the grid for conditional spanning rows and columns

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 4.6 (Release), Apache Flex Next
• Fix Version/s: Apache Flex 4.11.0
• Component/s: ADG:ColumnSpanning, Advanced Data Grid
• Labels: easyfix features
• Environment: All Operating Systems, General Hardware
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ashish Desai
• Created: 25/Jun/12 18:06
• Updated: 12/Sep/13 02:21
• Resolved: 12/Sep/13 02:21

Description

rendererDescriptionMap is a private property maintaining an internal copy of the renderer descriptions in addition to the renderer provider. Making this property protected can allow users to inherit this property and allow conditional row and column spanning. ItemRenderers in the rendererProvider Array can then use this property to conditionally set the row span or column span for individual rows & columns respectively. Attached is the sample of a renderer for a hacked data grid.