Hi,
i don’t know should i open a Github issue ? but posting here .
Alias not working with <component> tag:
the problem is i can’t use Alias name when using component tag, but it is working when i am providing the actual class name.
Alias working with <class> tag:
i can use alias with class tag.
what do you suggest which one will be more reliable i mean does those two tags work differently ?
The project files:
here’s my Module.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<module id="test_module">
<resources>
<resource path="../assets/images" prefix="images" />
</resources>
<components>
<component class="ui.testcomp.CustomTestComp" alias="TestComponentSim" />
<class name="ui.testcomp.CustomTestComp" alias="TestComponent" />
</components>
</module>
my Main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<vbox id="main" width="100%" height="100%" style="padding:15px;spacing:15px;">
<TestComponentSim/>
<CustomTestComp />
<TestComponent />
</vbox>
my TestComponent.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<hbox>
<textfield id="txtCount" text="0" />
<button id="btnInc" text="INCREMENT +" />
<button id="btnDec" text="DECREMENT -" />
</hbox>
my CustomTestComp.hx file
@:build(haxe.ui.macros.ComponentMacros.build("assets/ui/custom/TestComponent.xml"))
class CustomTestComp extends Box
{
@:bind(txtCount.text)
public var txtCountValue:String = "100";
public function new()
{
super();
}
@:bind(btnInc, MouseEvent.CLICK)
private function onIncrement(e:MouseEvent):Void
{
var number = Std.parseInt(txtCountValue) + 1;
txtCountValue = Std.string(number);
}
@:bind(btnDec, MouseEvent.CLICK)
private function onDecrement(e:MouseEvent):Void
{
var number = Std.parseInt(txtCountValue) - 1;
txtCountValue = Std.string(number);
}
}
Main.hx
class Main
{
public static function main()
{
var app = new HaxeUIApp();
app.ready(function()
{
var main:Component = ComponentMacros.buildComponent("assets/ui/main.xml");
app.addComponent(main);
app.start();
});
}
}
i really like the @:bind thing 
just like butterknife in java .
EDIT :
i noticed one more things when using <component> tag and if i put wrong path to the component xml
@:build(haxe.ui.macros.ComponentMacros.build("assets/ui/custom/TestComponent.xml"))
it will just compile and not render anything.
but if i use <class> tag it will give me compile time error that the path to xml is incorrect which is really helpful.