Drag & Drop, Lists and [RemoteClass]

The scenario:

• List 1: DragEnabled = true;
• List 1: DataProvider contains custom classes: MyClass (these classes do not extend any other class)
• List 2: DropEnabled = true;

The problem:
When I dragged the item from List 1 to List 2, the MyClass item was converted to an Object. As I wanted to display different ItemRenderers based on the class I needed the items not to be converted to an Object.

The solution:
Using the [RemoteClass] MetaData the class isn’t being converted to Object but remains MyClass.

From the Flex Reference Library:
Use the [RemoteClass] metadata tag to register the class with Flex so that Flex preserves type information when a class instance is serialized by using Action Message Format (AMF). You insert the [RemoteClass] metadata tag before an ActionScript class definition.

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