Or check out these as3-reflect classes:
https://code.google.com/p/as3-commons/source/browse/trunk/as3-commons-reflect/src/main/actionscript/org/as3commons/reflect/JSONTypeProvider.as
and
https://code.google.com/p/as3-commons/source/browse/trunk/as3-commons-lang/src/main/actionscript/org/as3commons/lang/typedescription/JSONTypeDescription.as
Both being used to create the as3-reflect types...

Roland


On 5 November 2013 19:05, Maurice Amsellem <[email protected]>wrote:

> I confirm, it's avmplus.describeTypeJSON()
>
> This is a typical use:
>
>   typeInfo = avmplus. describeTypeJSON (cls, avmplus.INCLUDE_BASES
>                        | avmplus.INCLUDE_INTERFACES
>                        | avmplus.INCLUDE_VARIABLES
>                        | avmplus.INCLUDE_ACCESSORS
>                        | avmplus.INCLUDE_METHODS
>                        | avmplus.INCLUDE_METADATA
>                        | avmplus.INCLUDE_CONSTRUCTOR
>                       |avmplus.INCLUDE_TRAITS);
>
> And it will return an object with dynamic properties...
>
> Maurice
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Alex Harui [mailto:[email protected]]
> Envoyé : mardi 5 novembre 2013 19:03
> À : [email protected]
> Objet : Re: [FLEXJS] describeType
>
> Told you it was under-documented ;-). The secret handshake is apparently
> to ignore autocomplete and use google.  Looks like it is
> avmplus.describeTypeJSON().  I've not used it, but there was a recent
> thread about it.
>
> On 11/5/13 9:54 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >My FlashBuilder's autocomplete is not aware of such a method. Any
> >secret handshakes I should be aware of to activate it?
> >
> >EdB
> >
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Apparently, there is a under-documented describeTypeJSON which I
> >>think the  application frameworks are using to get any and all
> >>metadata on a class  and its methods because it is much faster than
> >>regular describeType.
> >> Maybe we should do that.
> >>
> >> -Alex
> >>
> >> On 11/5/13 5:42 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>flash.utils.describeType has an XML return type. JavaScript doesn't
> >>>have anything like that and I'm sure we don't want to simulate it for
> >>>the purpose of this exercise.
> >>>
> >>>I suggest we create a utility class
> >>>"org.apache.flex.utils.DescribeType" and put some static methods on
> >>>it that allow us to get tailored introspection... Maybe start with
> >>>'DescribeType.getMetaData(value:*)'?
> >>>
> >>>What metadata are you thinking of, specifically?
> >>>
> >>>EdB
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Ix Multimedia Software
> >
> >Jan Luykenstraat 27
> >3521 VB Utrecht
> >
> >T. 06-51952295
> >I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>
>


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