I'm curious to hear a little more about what you guys are trying to do. Nate, I noticed in your class file that there is a space between ... and args. I think it's supposed to be ...args
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Patrick Matte | BLITZ < pma...@blitzagency.com> wrote: > I see, thanks for your answer, I also feel dirty doing that! But at least > it works, it could have been worse... > > -----Original Message----- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto: > flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Nate Beck > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:33 AM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: RE : [Flashcoders] create object with getDefinition and pass > parameters using apply ? > > Hey Patrick, > I've run into the exact same issue that you have. Actionscript doesn't > support overloaded methods or constructors at this time, although there is > talk that they are going to add that support at some point in the future. > > I have not to this day, found a way to use the apply method on a > constructor. > > I'm working on a DateTime class that can proxy for a Date class. I had to > do something very similar to what you're doing: > > http://natebeck.net/swag/trunk/src/net/natebeck/core/DateTime.as (Look at > the constructor) > > I've even tried something like this: > > _date = new Date(... args); // <----- Make this work, please :D > > > But I get an interesting error: 1199 : RestExpressionNode not yet > implemented. > > Another train of thought would be to do something very similar to a > singleton pattern. Instead of using the constructor, always call a method. > > > myClass.getInstance().doSomething(). > > But that still doesn't solve the creation of a class with n-number of > parameters. > > I understand what you're trying to do, I just haven't found a good way to > do > it yet. If you figure something out, be sure to let me know! > > Cheers, > Nate > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Patrick Matte | BLITZ < > pma...@blitzagency.com> wrote: > > > That wouldn't help, I'm writing a class that can create any kind of > objects > > and pass any number of argument to that object at instantiation. > > > > ________________________________________ > > De : flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [ > > flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] de la part de Joel Stransky [ > > stranskydes...@gmail.com] > > Date d'envoi : 8 janvier 2009 20:28 > > À : Flash Coders List > > Objet : Re: [Flashcoders] create object with getDefinition and pass > > parameters using apply ? > > > > Why not predefine the params as null? > > > > class myClass{ > > public function myClass(param1 = null, param2 = null, ... param6 = > null){ > > } > > } > > > > or just use the rest (...) parameter > > > > class myClass{ > > public function myClass(...args){ > > for(var i:uint = 0; i < args.length; i++){ > > trace(args[i]); > > } > > } > > } > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Patrick Matte | BLITZ < > > pma...@blitzagency.com> wrote: > > > > > Well for now I've done this which supports up to 5 arguments but if > > > anyone's got a better suggestion please tell me... > > > > > > var classReference:Object = getDefinitionByName(className); > > > var object:Object; > > > switch(array.length) { > > > case 0: > > > object = new classReference(); > > > break; > > > case 1: > > > object = new classReference(array[0]); > > > break; > > > case 2: > > > object = new classReference(array[0],array[1]); > > > break; > > > case 3: > > > object = new classReference(array[0],array[1],array[2]); > > > break; > > > case 4: > > > object = new > > > classReference(array[0],array[1],array[2],array[3]); > > > break; > > > case 5: > > > object = new > > > classReference(array[0],array[1],array[2],array[3],array[4]); > > > break; > > > } > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto: > > > flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Patrick > > > Matte|BLITZ > > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:19 PM > > > To: Flash Coders List > > > Subject: [Flashcoders] create object with getDefinition and pass > > parameters > > > using apply ? > > > > > > I need to create objects using getDefinition and pass parameter to the > > > constructor but the problem is that the number of parameters can be > > > different. I tried using apply like this but I can't make it work. > > > > > > var classReference:Object = getDefinitionByName(className); > > > var object:Object = new classReference.apply(this, array); > > > > > > Is there any way to do this ? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --Joel Stransky > > stranskydesign.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > Nate > ---------------------------------------- > http://blog.natebeck.net > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
