A.3 C# Datatype Conversion

Unlike ActionScript 1.0, C# is a typed language. The Flash gateway on the server takes care of the datatype conversions back and forth between the Flash client and the ASP.NET server.

Table A-5 shows the conversion from Flash ActionScript to C#.

Table A-5. Flash-to-C# datatype conversion
Flash (ActionScript)	C#
ActionScript object	flashgateway.IO.ASObject (implements java.util.map)
Array (indexed)	System.Collections.ArrayList
Array (associative)	System.Collections.HashMap
Boolean	System.Boolean
Date object	System.DateTime
Number	any numeric type
RecordSet	-
String	System.String
Undefined	Null
XML object	System.Xml.XmlDocument
Null	Null

Table A-6 shows the conversion from C# to Flash ActionScript.

Table A-6. C#-to-Flash datatype conversion
C#	Flash (ActionScript)
FlashGateway.IO.ASObject	ActionScript Object
FlashGateway.IO.ASObject with `type` property set	ActionScript Object of that type
System.Collections.ICollection, object[]	Array (indexed)
System.Collections.HashTable, System.Collections.IDictionary	Array (associative)
System.Boolean, bool	Boolean
System.DateTime	Date object
Number	Number
System.Data.DataSet	Array of RecordSets
System.Data.DataTable	RecordSet
System.String, System.Char	String
System.Xml.XmlDocument	XML Object
Null	Null