I found this in an ActionScript class in flex.
protected::valueMin
Please let me know what this exactly means. at the outset, I dont see any type declaration. I am a newbie in flex.
As spash said, this syntax is used for namespaces. In this case it is actually used to workaround a compiler issue. The thing is that you can't declare an accessor in which the getter has a different scope as the setter. It is to say, you can declare it, but accessing the accessor via it's name will result in a compile error.
Consider the following:
private var _name:String;
[Bindable(event="nameChange")]
public function get name():String {
return _name;
}
private function set name(value:String):void {
if (value !== _name) {
_name = value;
dispatchEvent(new Event("nameChange"));
}
}
If you now try to access the "name" property to get or set it, this will result in a compile error:
name = "John Doe";
However, if you specify the scope the code will compile.
private::name = "John Doe";