CRITICAL
Rule Definition
You should not Alert.show() directly. If an error occurred in the system, you should probably use an ErrorManager to have a consistent way to manage those errors.
Remediation
Use ErrorManager to have a consistent way to manage errors.
Reference
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Programming Practices - Error and Exception Handling
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