Flash, passing stage to ApplicationFacade

[hesten]

In the various Flash examples I've seen using PureMVC the object sent to the application façade startup is the stage, why is this?

In some applications you don’t really need stage, and if you did, stage could always be reached through the document class instance.

So I just pass the document class instance to the application façade, is this considered bad practice, or will it have some side effects I've missed?

Regards

[Torben]

I was just going to ask the exact same question.

I do the same as you - I don't see why I a need a mediator for the stage. A mediator for the application/document class makes more sense.

[puremvc]

This is perfectly fine. You can pass whatever you need to mediate. Most often it is the Stage. If there is something in the document class that needs mediation, then go for it.

Some Flex apps don't bother to mediate the application itself, but instead mediate its child components. An application (or document class) mediator is only necessary if you need to mediate at that level of the hierarchy, not categorically.
   
-=Cliff>

[Torben]

Thanks Cliff

[hesten]

Great thanks