You are searching for the is-operator: var displayObject:DisplayObject = new Sprite(); trace(displayObject is DisplayObject); trace(displayObject is Sprite); trace(displayObject is UIComponent);
Best regards --- In [email protected], Mark Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've got an array of objects which I want to filter according to the object's > class. The class itself is referenced by a variable so I cannot use the "is" > operator. > > I'd like to be able to do something like: > > filterClass.isInstance(obj) > > Do I need to use isPrototypeOf()? - I don't really understand what that > means. > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Equivalent-to-Java%27s- Class.isInstance%28Object%29-instance-method--tp20171501p20171501.html > Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
