Flex / Parsley - Internal class quirk with compile mode - apache-flex

Question

This is a puzzler.
Relevant Environment: Flex app, running parsley, which gets built by ant.
Problem class:
package com.foo.bar {
public class ProblemClass {
// constructor
public ProblemClass(enforcer:Enforcer) {}
public static function build():ProblemClass {
// Do some setup
return new ProblemClass(new Enforcer())
}
}
// internal private class
class Enforcer() {}
Elsewhere, in a seperate class (which gets defined in a Parsley context):
package com.foo.bar {
public class ProblemClassBuilder {
[Factory]
public function getProblem():ProblemClass {
return ProblemClass.build();
}
}
}
Here's the kicker:
When I compile this from an ant task with debug="true", it works fine. When I compile it with debug="false", parsley throws an error while building the context:
Error applying [object
FactoryMethodDecorator]: Error #1065:
Variable Enforcer is not defined.
No other code changes, except turning debug on / off in the mxmlc ant task.
Has anyone seen similar problems with internal classes & ant debug compile modes?
I've been able to fix the issue, (by removing the internal class), but don't understand why it didn't work in the first place.

Answer 1

Sounds like a bug in the compiler... I'd file it at bugs.adobe.com

Answer 2

you are only allowed one class definition per actionscript file, otherwise you have to use the internal keyword so it should be private internal class Enforcer()