On 10/14/06, slangeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Oddly, in AS3 Macrodobe have
taken out the facility to mark a constructor as anything else than
public
I think they're following the Java language closely, which only has public
constructors.
Hi Scott,
No, Java does allow private/protected constructors - see the Java
language spec:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/names.html#6.6.1
It's very handy - both for abstract classes (although Java has the
abstract keyword, which helps!) and for singletons. Also for classes
which should only be generated through factory objects.
AS3 is following/defining ECMAScript rather than Java (but admittedly
the language is very Java-like).
I've no idea why Adobe have chosen to shut off support for non-public
constructors. But I've a vague memory of reading somewhere in Labs
that it was an oversight and might get put back in again. :-)
Ian
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