Dinamically add an itemRenderer in Flex

Problem: missing mx.core.IFactory

When trying to dynamically add an itemRenderer to a component in Flex you cannot specify it by string path as in MXML mode. Doing so you get a TypeError similar to the following:

Type Coercion failed: cannot convert “path.to.YourItemRenderer” to mx.core.IFactory

Solution: use ClassFactory()

Working in AS3 with dynamic objects, not MXML references, you need to instantiate the itemRenderer with a ClassFactory. This causes the itemRenderer to implement the required mx.core.IFactory interface.

Example

import mx.core.ClassFactory;
import path.to.YourItemRenderer;

var col:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn();
col.itemRenderer = new ClassFactory(YourItemRenderer);

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Filed under: ActionScript 3, Flex, How to, ActionScript3, AS3, ClassFactory, Component, DataGridColumn, Flex, IFactory, itemRenderer, mx.core.IFactory