Fluorine .NET Flash Remoting Gateway Type conversions

The table below shows the type conversions from the received ActionScript type to .NET type

ActionScript Type	.NET Type
undefined/null	null
Number	Any numeric type, as appropriate
int	Any numeric type, as appropriate
Boolean	System.Boolean
Date	System.DateTime
String	System.String
XML	System.Xml.XmlDocument
Array	object array IList System.Collections.ArrayList com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.AMF3.ArrayCollection
Associative Array	System.Collections.Hashtable
Object	com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.ASObject (Hashtable) .NET typed object with a constructor that takes no parameters
mx.collections.ArrayCollection	com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.AMF3.ArrayCollection
flash.utils.ByteArray	byte[] com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.AMF3.ByteArray

Note: additionally if a TypeConverter is available it can further adapt the received value

The table below shows the type conversions .NET application data types to ActionScript

.NET Type	ActionScript Type
null DBNull System.Data.SqlTypes.INullable(when IsNull = true)	null
byte/sbyte short/ushort int/uint	int
long/ulong decimal float double	Number
System.Enum	int
System.Boolean	Boolean
System.DateTime	Date
System.String System.Char	String
System.Guid	String
System.Xml.XmlDocument	XML
System.Array	Array
System.Collections.IList	Array (with "useLegacyCollection" set) mx.collections.ArrayCollection
System.Collections.Hashtable System.Collections.IDictionary	Associative Array
System.Data.DataTable	DataTable Object(ASObject)
Sytem.Data.DataSet	Associative array of DataTable objects(ASObject)
com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.ASObject System.Exception	Object
com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.AMF3.IExternalizable	A typed object implementing flash.utils.IExternalizable
com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.ASObject with Type property set any other type	Typed Object/Object
byte[] com.TheSilentGroup.Fluorine.AMF3.ByteArray	flash.utils.ByteArray

Type conversion (AS3/AMF3)