Static variables are not inherited by subclasses in ECMAScript therefore
can not be referenced through derived class objects. This differs from
Java and C#.
James O'Reilly — Consultant
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all. It's been a LONG time since I've posted and now I need your help
again.
I have come across something that to me doesn't seem correct and I don't
know why things are behaving this way. I have 2 classes, one a subclass of
the other. Both have public static variables (AS2.0 Flash 7).
class mypackage.Fruit {
public static var COLOR:Number = 0;
}
class mypackage.Orange extends mypackage.Fruit {
public static var SEEDS:Number = 0;
}
Now in the Orange class or any other class that needs to use Orange. The
following code: Orange.COLOR returns 0.
import mypackage.Orange;
class Table {
public function Table() {
trace("Orange.COLOR: " + Orange.COLOR); // outputs 0
}
}
Things change when this code is applied to the timeline:
Table.fla
import mypackage.Orange;
trace("Orange.COLOR: " + Orange.COLOR); // outputs undefined
trace("Orange.SEEDS: " + Orange.SEEDS); // outputs 0
Tracing Orange.COLOR gives me undefined. But if I import mypackage.Fruit.
Fruit.COLOR traces out 0.
Table.fla
import mypackage.Fruit;
trace("Fruit.COLOR: " + Fruit.COLOR); // outputs 0
Can someone shed some light on why in an FLA that the subclass (in this
case Orange) cannot access its super class static variables
(Orange.COLOR)?
Thanks.
\m/
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