gistfile1.txt

package  {
	
		
	import flash.net.*;
	import flash.events.*;
//	import flash.filesystem.*;
	
	public class ImageArtifact implements IArtifact {

		public var _date:Date;
		public var _title:String;
		public var imageClass:Class;
		public var descriptionText:String;
		
		public function get date():Date{
			return _date;
		}
		public function get title():String{
			return _title.concat();
		}
		public function get galleryImage():Class{
			return imageClass;
		}
		public function get description():String{ return descriptionText; }

		public function ImageArtifact(date:Date,title:String,imageClass:Class,descriptionTextFilename:String=null) {
			this._date=date;
			this._title = title;
			this.imageClass = imageClass;
			
			
			var myTextLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
			
			myTextLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onError);
			myTextLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
			
			function onLoaded(e:Event):void {
				var resultingString:String = e.target.data;
//			    var myArrayOfLines:Array = e.target.data.split(/\n/);
//			    trace(myArrayOfLines);
				trace(resultingString);
				this.descriptionText = resultingString;
			}
			
			function onError(event:IOErrorEvent)
			{
			        // … a slack bastard
			        // TODO: get motivation to fix this
			}
			
			myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("text/"+descriptionTextFilename));
			
			try
			{
			        myTextLoader.load(new URLRequest("text/"+descriptionTextFilename));//loader.load(new URLRequest("some url"));
			}
			catch(err:Error)
			{
			        trace("Bad");
			}
			
			/*
			// Pull description text out of file in to descriptionText variable
			var file = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("text/"+descriptionTextFilename); 
			trace("file attempt at " + file.nativePath);
			if(file.exists) {
				var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
				fileStream.open(file, FileMode.READ);
				var str:String = fileStream.readUTFBytes(file.size);
				fileStream.close();
				this.descriptionText = str;
			}
			else {
				trace(descriptionTextFilename + " could not be found.");
				this.descriptionText = descriptionTextFilename + " could not be found.";
			}*/
		}

	}
	
}