You want ApplicationDomain.getDefinition(className: String)
and also ApplicationDomain.hasDefinition(className: String) is handy.
Dave
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Merrill, Jason <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Refersh my memory. What was the name of that AS3 class method to get a
> class definition from a string? Something like
> getObjectByDefinition("MyClass") or something like that, but that's not it.
> Our proxy server is down and I can't Google it, and the help docs are no
> help.
>
> Basically, I'm tring to remember the AS3 method to dynamically instantiate
> a class from a string definition - i.e.
>
> var ClassDefinition:Class = getClassByDefinition("Apple");
> var newClassInstance:* = new ClassDefinition();
>
> Something like that, I've done it before, I just can't find the syntax or
> remember the method.
>
> Jason Merrill
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