I don't think this is possible, unless you put the class name in a string property of your object. If you want to use introspection (eg. is, instanceof, describeType), the class itself has to be available, otherwise there is nothing to introspect really.
Cheers Ralf. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:53 AM, pratikshah83 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I would like to know if there is any other way to find out if the > object is of a particular type. > > I am currently using the "IS" keyword to check if the object is of a > particular type. (Object is Type) > > But doing that is loading the complete class in the swf file which if > increasing the size of the swf to a great extend and affecting the > performance of the application. > > Can you suggest me any way to check for an object is of some type > which would not increase the swf size of than (Object is Type). > > Thanks > Pratik > >

