h1. The AS3CoreLib Sprout Gem

	AS3Corelib ActionScript 3 source wrapped in a Sprout::Specification for implementation into a sprout project and Gem::Specification for distribution as a gem.
	
	This sprout gem will download the as3corelib zip and make the included assets available to your flashsdk/sprout project. Assets are made available in the lib/as3corelib directory.
	
	The version of this gem corresponds directly to the version of as3corelib as can be found on "the original project":http://github.com/mikechambers/as3corelib. There are multiple versions of as3corelib available as sprout gems, see the tags list associated with the sprout-as3corelib project.
	
h3. Installation

See information concerning Project Sprouts here: 
	* "http://github.com/lukebayes/project-sprouts" http://github.com/lukebayes/project-sprouts
	* "http://github.com/lukebayes/sprout-flashsdk" http://github.com/lukebayes/sprout-flashsdk

Add the AS3Corelib gem to your Gemfile:

	<pre><code>gem "as3corelib", "0.92.1"		# Swap the version number with whichever desired version.</code></pre>

Add the library dependency to your Rakefile:

	<pre><code>library :as3corelib</code></pre>

Enter this shell command to resolve gem dependency: 

	<pre><code>$ bundle install</code></pre>

h3. Ruby Gem

The gem can be installed independently of a project entering this command:

	<pre><code>$ gem install as3corelib</code></pre>
	
h3. Available assets

	The gem provides the following options for how to include the library in your project. 

	<pre><code>library :as3corelib				# => (default) will include the swc at lib/as3corelib</code></pre>

	<pre><code>library :as3corelib, :swc		# => will include the swc at lib/as3corelib</code></pre>

	<pre><code>library :as3corelib, :src		# => will include the source code at lib/as3corelib</code></pre>

	<pre><code>library :as3corelib, :docs		# => will include the asdoc files at lib/as3corelib</code></pre>
	
	<pre><code>library :as3corelib, :all		# => will include all available files at lib/as3corelib</code></pre>

h3. Additional links

* "AS3CoreLib on GitHub":http://github.com/mikechambers/as3corelib
* "Sprouts Site":http://projectsprouts.org
* "Sprouts on Github":http://github.com/lukebayes/project-sprouts
* "flashsdk sprout on Github":http://github.com/lukebayes/sprout-flashsdk
* "Sprouts Community":http://groups.google.com/group/projectsprouts

h3. AS3CoreLib README

An ActionScript 3 Library that contains a number of classes and utilities for working with ActionScript? 3. These include classes for MD5 and SHA 1 hashing, Image encoders, and JSON serialization as well as general String, Number and Date APIs.

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