Drive Times issue with Rendering Graphics

Question

I am trying to consume the Esri Drive times geoprocessing service within a Flex application, based around the v2.2 Flex API.

I have seen the sample on how to do this.
- However, mine is a bit more based on ActionScript over MXML.
- I should also point out that I am fairly new to Flex/Esri API development, so lamens terms would be great :)

My application seems to be hitting the GP service ok, and I think I am getting the features returned from the Esri servers, however I am having some difficulty setting up a renderer for the results:

I get these 'call to a possible undefined method' a fair bit, but not too sure on how I can tweak this to work.

I have been following the samples provided for symbolising graphics with renderers.

If it helps, I have recorded a short screencast to show the rest of my code.

---EDIT-----
I am getting the features returned to me from the gp service, and I have tried to mimic the Esri Flex sample for drive times, but the graphics are not rendering.

• Here is a new screencast to give you more details.
• Here is the code in a text file.
• i have added a small bounty. Winner will be one who helps spot what ive done wrong and gets my results to render in graphics layer (let me know if you need more info).
• bonus points on suggestion to streamline the code.

---EDIT2--- Been investigating the requests/responses made from my app and the Esri sample. (links have more info)

So, looking at the response, im getting it in WKID 4326, when it should be 102100.
Im now using the same basemap as the Esri Sample.
I have also hard-coded the output spatial reference to be 102100.
Still no joy.

My App GET request:

http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Network/ESRI_DriveTime_US/GPServer/CreateDriveTimePolygons/execute?f=json&Drive%5FTimes=1%202%203&Input%5FLocation=%7B%22features%22%3A%5B%7B%22geometry%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A%2D13629847%2E781785995%2C%22y%22%3A4548460%2E945559423%2C%22spatialReference%22%3A%7B%22wkid%22%3A102100%7D%7D%7D%5D%7D

Esri Sample GET request:

http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Network/ESRI_DriveTime_US/GPServer/CreateDriveTimePolygons/execute?f=json&env%3AoutSR=102100&Input%5FLocation=%7B%22features%22%3A%5B%7B%22geometry%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A%2D10608048%2E003182963%2C%22y%22%3A4721388%2E810494098%2C%22spatialReference%22%3A%7B%22wkid%22%3A102100%7D%7D%7D%5D%7D&Drive%5FTimes=1%202%203

Answer 1

The original question is about the class renderer, but it seems like the (initial) issue might be related to the projection of the graphics. To verify this, try it without renderers - it should default to black symbols. If this isn't working, it is probably an issue with the graphics, most likely their projection.

As for the projection, what's the projection of your Map? The key is to have the graphics match the maps projection. There is no automatic projection by the map component. The easiest way to get back the features in the proper map projection from a GP service is something like:

geoprocessTask.outSpatialReference = myMap.spatialReference;

Once you have the features drawn and to get the renderer to work, make sure you're rendering based on an attribute that the features have, and that the attribute values are what you expect. (Looking at the REST request and/or Flash Builder debugging would probably be the easiest way for this).

REST debug tip - when looking at the REST requests: change from f=json or f=amf to f=html. This will allow you to easily see the input parameters as well as trying different combinations. For example, using the "My App GET request:" in your EDIT2, change from f=json to f=html and you will notice that the outSpatialReference is not set.

Answer 2

You seem to be missing an import:

import com.esri.ags.renderers.supportClasses.UniqueValueInfo

Answer 3

You forgot a semicolon after:
gp.outSpatialReference = _map.spatialReference and gp.useAMF = false

That is all I see so far. You probably know this already but you can use trace to print values to Flash Builder's Console.

Example: trace("Hello World!");

If you didn't already know that I hope that helps, and if you did I hope this tip helps someone else.

Answer 4

Instead of altering the request to change it from the geometric projection to Web Mercator use geographicToWebMercator(Geometry) for the geometries that are returned.

That would be the suggested way instead of hard-coding the request. Let me know how this works. I have had this same issue with the routing API earlier and once I did this conversion before adding it to the Graphics Layer I did this conversion and since it was in the correct projection the Graphics were correctly displayed.

Answer 5

You coulkd try to refresh your graphic layer after the results functio.

in case of results:

function onResult(
gpResult:ExecuteResult,
token:Object = null):void
{
var pv:ParameterValue = gpResult.results[0];
var fs:FeatureSet = pv.value as FeatureSet;
graphicsLayer.graphicProvider = fs.features;
graphicsLayer.refresh();
}

Answer 6

Flex / Flash Error #1180 Fix:

Make sure that when you instantiate the Object that you are using the Class name and not the variable name.

Bad Code:

var myCustomClass:CustomClass = new myCustomClass();

Good Code:

var myCustomClass:CustomClass = new CustomClass();

Another example of getting this “error” is by forgetting the keyword “public” in front of the class declaration;

class class_name
{
//Not public
}
public class class_name
{
//Public
}

source: http://curtismorley.com/2008/08/25/flash-error-1180-call-to-a-possibly-undefined-method-mycustomclass/