maybe looking at this class would help you out:
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2005/11/xml2_updated_fo.html
On 1/4/06, Rifled Cloaca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Jan,
>
> Thanks, but I'm not having any luck. I'm trying to force my EXML class to
> create all of it's nodes of class EXMLNode instead of XMLNode. That way,
> my
> custom methods are accessible at any node in the tree. Unfortunately, it
> seems that all of the nodes of the tree are type XMLnode, not EXMLNode.
>
> What I can't figure out is what methods are used in the intrinsic XML
> class
> to create nodes in the first place, and how to "rewire" them to create
> nodes
> of class EXMLNode instead of XMLNode.
>
> Maybe I'm biting off more than I can chew for my first AS2 project... I
> don't know.
>
> Any ideas are much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> -rc
>
>
> On 1/4/06, Jan Schluenzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I ran into the exact same problem about a year ago... The XML class
> > doesn't
> > really make it easy to extend... The way I solved it is by overriding
> all
> > necessary methods of the XML class with methods in my extended version,
> so
> > EXML in your case.
> > E.g.
> >
> > function someOverridenMethod():EXML {
> > // do some other stuff
> > ....
> > return new EXML( this.cloneNode(true).toString() );
> > }
> >
> > That way all instances of XMLNode are converted to EXML before being
> > returned.
> > This could of course also be used for newly added methods in your
> extended
> > class...
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> > Jan
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/4/06, Rifled Cloaca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I'm new to AS2, and I'm trying to convert some old AS1 code to
> > AS2. This
> > > code uses XML.prototype to add functionality to the XML class (which
> is
> > > based on the XMLNode class, but you knew that already). I'm creating
> a
> > > new
> > > class like this:
> > >
> > > dynamic class core.EXML extends XML {
> > > }
> > >
> > > This new XML class has new properties in each of its nodes, so I add:
> > >
> > >
> > > dynamic class core.EXML extends XML {
> > >
> > > public var _MC:MovieClip;
> > > public var _parentMC:MovieClip;
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > But, unfortunately, since the EXML class inherits from the XML class,
> > the
> > > nodes are of XMLNode class, not EXML class, so the nodes do not
> inherit
> > > the
> > > properties and methods I create in the new EXML class.
> > >
> > > So, my question is, how do I create a class that creates instances of
> > > itself, or say, an EXMLNode class that inherits from XMLNode?
> > >
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
> > >
> > > -rc
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