Added useWeakReference property to Listener tag to improve garbage co…

…llection. True by default.

ResponseHandlers now use weakReference internally to improve garbage collection.

Fixed bug in GlobalDispatcher that was firing twice when the event with bubbles true property is dispatched from the application.

src/com/asfusion/mate/core/GlobalDispatcher.as

@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ Author: Nahuel Foronda, Principal Architect
 package com.asfusion.mate.core
 {
 	import com.asfusion.mate.utils.SystemManagerFinder;
+
 	import flash.display.DisplayObject;
 	import flash.display.Sprite;
 	import flash.events.Event;
 	import flash.events.EventPhase;
 	import flash.events.IEventDispatcher;
+
 	import mx.core.Application;
 
 	/**
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.core
 			{
 				if(!useCapture)
 				{
-					popupDispatcher.addEventListener(type, interceptorEventHandler, useCapture, 1000, useWeakReference);
-					popupDispatcher.addEventListener(type, listener, useCapture, priority, useWeakReference);
+					popupDispatcher.addEventListener(type, interceptorEventHandler, useCapture, -100, useWeakReference);
+					popupDispatcher.addEventListener(type, listener, useCapture, -101, useWeakReference);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -145,7 +147,8 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.core
 		 */
 		protected function interceptorEventHandler(event:Event):void
 		{
-			if(event.target is DisplayObject && (applicationDispatcher as Sprite).contains(event.target as DisplayObject))
+			var isApplicationChild:Boolean = (event.target is DisplayObject && (applicationDispatcher as Sprite).contains(event.target as DisplayObject));
+			if(event.target == applicationDispatcher || isApplicationChild)
 			{
 				if(event.eventPhase == EventPhase.BUBBLING_PHASE)
 				{

src/com/asfusion/mate/events/Listener.as

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.events
 					{
 						dispatcher.removeEventListener(type, _method);
 					}
-					dispatcher.addEventListener(type, value, false, priority);
+					dispatcher.addEventListener(type, value, false, priority, useWeakReference);
 					methodRegistered = true;
 				}
 				_method = value;
@@ -138,6 +138,29 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.events
 			updateListeners(type, type);
 		}
 
+		/*-.........................................useWeakReference..........................................*/
+		private var _useWeakReference:Boolean = true;
+		/**
+		 * (default = true) — Determines whether the reference to the listener is strong or weak. 
+		 * A strong reference (the default) prevents your listener from being garbage-collected. 
+		 * A weak reference does not.
+		 * When using modules, it is recomended to use weak references to garbage-collect unused modules
+		 * 
+		 *  @default true
+		 * */
+		public function get useWeakReference():Boolean
+		{
+			return _useWeakReference;
+		}
+		public function set useWeakReference(value:Boolean):void
+		{
+	        if (_useWeakReference !== value)
+	        {
+	        	_useWeakReference = value;
+				updateListeners(type, type);
+	        }
+		}
+
 		/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 		*                                          Constructor
 		-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -197,7 +220,7 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.events
 		 * Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event. 
 		 * You can register event listeners on all nodes in the display list for a specific type of event, phase, and priority.
 		 */
-		public function addEventListener(eventType:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean=false, priority:int=0.0, useWeakReference:Boolean=false):void
+		public function addEventListener(eventType:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean=false, priority:int=0.0, useWeakReference:Boolean=true):void
 		{
 			if(eventType == tagEventType)
 			{
@@ -270,15 +293,15 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.events
 				*/
 				if(method != null)
 				{
-					dispatcher.addEventListener(newType, method,false, priority);
+					dispatcher.addEventListener(newType, method,false, priority, useWeakReference);
 					methodRegistered = true;
 				}
 				/*
 				*	Checking if we need to register a method defined inline in the tag with the new type and register it if we need it
 				*/
 				if(mxmlFunction != null)
 				{
-					dispatcher.addEventListener(newType, mxmlFunction,false, priority);
+					dispatcher.addEventListener(newType, mxmlFunction,false, priority, useWeakReference);
 					mxmlRegistered = true;
 				}
 			}

src/com/asfusion/mate/responses/ResponseHandler.as

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.responses
 		public function addReponderListener(type:String, dispatcher:IEventDispatcher,  owner:Dispatcher):void
 		{
 			this.owner = owner;
-			dispatcher.addEventListener(type, response);
+			dispatcher.addEventListener(type, response, false, 0, true);
 		}
 
 		/**

src/com/asfusion/mate/responses/ServiceResponseHandler.as

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ package com.asfusion.mate.responses
 		public function addReponderListener(type:String, dispatcher:IEventDispatcher, owner:Dispatcher):void
 		{
 			this.owner = owner;
-			dispatcher.addEventListener(type, response);
+			dispatcher.addEventListener(type, response, false, 0, true);
 		}
 
 		/*-.........................................removeResponder..........................................*/