Repeat / Restart Function on Condition

Question

Hello,
I am attempting to put a statement in my .mxml file to make a private function restart if a certain condition is met.  I am not pro at coding in .mxml, but I believe I have a start at solving this issue.  Below it the code for my function, up to the point that the code would restart, if the condition is true:
The last five lines are devoted to making the function restart itself if the condition 'mapServicesArray.length < 13'.  The line 'init (private function populateLayerDataDictionary);' is supposed to trigger the restart, but I am not sure how to do it (this code clearly doesn't, it is a test of mine).  Any advice would be welcome. 
Thank you in advance! (and sorry for my poor code formatting in this post!)

Answer 1

Here is the code to the function as I have it so far:
   private function populateLayerDataDictionary():void
    //the smallest and largest scales reasonably possible
    var smallestScale:Number = map.lods ? map.lods[0].scale : 1000000000;
    var largestScale:Number = map.lods ? map.lods[map.lods.length - 1].scale : 1;
    var data:Object;
    var priority:int = 0;
    var agsVersion:Number;
    // The next line controls whether the proxy in the <httpproxy> tag in config.xml
    // is used for each layer.  If want this set it to true; otherwise set it to false.
    // If there is no <httpproxy> tag in config.xml then the value of useProxy doesn't matter.
    var useProxy:Boolean = true;
    for each (var layer:Layer in map.layers)
     trace(layer.id);
     if (layer is ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer)
      var dmsLayer:ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer = layer as ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer;
      if (useProxy) dmsLayer.proxyURL = configData.proxyUrl;
      agsVersion = dmsLayer.version;
      if (isNaN(agsVersion))
       // This happens if the map includes a service that is turned off or doesn't exist
       mapServicesProcessed++;
       continue;
      //make an object for this map service to hold the layer information
      var dmsMapServiceObj:Object = {id: dmsLayer.id, layers: new Array(), priority: priority++, url: dmsLayer.url, token: dmsLayer.token, proxyUrl: dmsLayer.proxyURL};
      //add the map service object to the array of map services
      mapServicesArray.push(dmsMapServiceObj);
      // set the max and min scales
      var maxScale:Number = layer.maxScale;
      var minScale:Number = layer.minScale;
      var getScales:Boolean = (maxScale == 0 && minScale == 0);
      if (getScales)
       for each (var layerInfo:LayerInfo in dmsLayer.layerInfos)
        if (layerInfo.maxScale > 0 && (maxScale == 0 || layerInfo.maxScale < maxScale)) maxScale = layerInfo.maxScale;
        if (layerInfo.minScale > 0 && layerInfo.minScale > minScale) minScale = layerInfo.minScale;
       layer.maxScale = maxScale > 0 ? maxScale : largestScale;
       layer.minScale = minScale > 0 ? minScale : smallestScale;
      data = {name: dmsLayer.name, url: dmsLayer.url, token: dmsLayer.token, rtDefExpr: "", proxyUrl: dmsLayer.proxyURL};
      dmsLayer.getAllDetails(new AsyncResponder(onResult, onFault, data));
     else if (layer is ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer)
      var tmsLayer:ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer = layer as ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer;
      if (useProxy) tmsLayer.proxyURL = configData.proxyUrl;
      agsVersion = tmsLayer.version;
      if (isNaN(agsVersion))
       // This happens if the map includes a service that is turned off or doesn't exist
       mapServicesProcessed++;
       continue;
      //make an object for this map service to hold the layer information
      var tmsMapServiceObj:Object = {id: tmsLayer.id, layers: new Array(), priority: priority++, url: tmsLayer.url, token: tmsLayer.token, proxyUrl: tmsLayer.proxyURL};
      //add the map service object to the array of map services
      mapServicesArray.push(tmsMapServiceObj);
      if (layer.maxScale == 0 && layer.minScale == 0 && tmsLayer.tileInfo)
       layer.maxScale = tmsLayer.tileInfo.lods[tmsLayer.tileInfo.lods.length - 1].scale;
       layer.minScale = tmsLayer.tileInfo.lods[0].scale;
      data = {name: tmsLayer.name, url: tmsLayer.url, token: tmsLayer.token, rtDefExpr: "", proxyUrl: tmsLayer.proxyURL};
      tmsLayer.getAllDetails(new AsyncResponder(onResult, onFault, data));
     else if (layer is FeatureLayer)
      var feaLayer:FeatureLayer = layer as FeatureLayer;
      var layerDetails:LayerDetails = feaLayer.layerDetails;
      var tableDetails:TableDetails = feaLayer.tableDetails;
      if (layerDetails)
       agsVersion = layerDetails.version;
      else if (tableDetails)
       agsVersion = tableDetails.version;
      else
       agsVersion = NaN;
      if (isNaN(agsVersion))
       // This happens if the map includes a service that is turned off or doesn't exist
       mapServicesProcessed++;
       continue;
      var url:String = feaLayer.url;
      var pos:int = url.lastIndexOf("/");
      url = url.slice(0, pos);
      //make an object for this map service to hold the layer information
      var feaMapServiceObj:Object = {id: feaLayer.id, layers: new Array(), priority: priority++, url: url, token: feaLayer.token, proxyUrl: feaLayer.proxyURL};
      //add the map service object to the array of map services
      mapServicesArray.push(feaMapServiceObj);
      data = {name: feaLayer.name, url: url, token: feaLayer.token, rtDefExpr: feaLayer.definitionExpression, proxyUrl: feaLayer.proxyURL};
      var allDetails:AllDetails = new AllDetails();
      allDetails.layersDetails = [layerDetails];
      allDetails.tablesDetails = [tableDetails];
      onResult(allDetails, data);
     else
      // skip other kinds of layers (e.g. image services)
      mapServicesProcessed++;
     // restarts and repeats populateLayerDataDictionary if there are missing services
     if (mapServicesArray.length < 13)
      init (private function populateLayerDataDictionary);