Hello Alex, CategoryTree is a simple bean with a couple of string and an arraycollection...
I am not using registerClassAlias, but initializing the variable first to a new class and then deep copying works.. I will investigate further... On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure what categoriesTree is or what CategoryTree is. > ObjectUtil.copy doesn't work on DisplayObjects. You may also need to use > registerClassAlias. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *fotis.chatzinikos > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:14 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] bug or feature (or am i doing something wrong)? > > > > Hi, > > I am using ObjectUtil.copy to deep copy an object. > > The following code works: (note the call to new) > > var catTreeLocalToFiltered:CategoryTree = new CategoryTree() ; > > catTreeLocalToFiltered = ObjectUtil.copy(categoriesTree) as CategoryTree ; > > The problem is that the following code DOES NOT WORK:(note the absense > of new) > > var catTreeLocalToFiltered:CategoryTree = > ObjectUtil.copy(categoriesTree) as CategoryTree ; > > Actually it semi works. The first time catTreeLocalToFiltered is the > same as categoriesTree. > > The second time catTreeLocalToFiltered does not become equal to > categoriesTree but becomes equal to itself as it was after the first call. > > Are bytes cached for local variables if new is not explicitly used? > > Anybody from Adobe? > > PS: All this was checked/found out in the debugger stepping throught > the code line by line... > > Thanks, > Fotis > > > -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation [EMAIL PROTECTED],
