Unfortunately you can't yet, which is definitely a shame. We'd all love to do that, there's a feature request somewhere on the Adobe bugs site you can vote for I believe.
-Josh On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:47 PM, ADK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have built a galaxy of data structures, in a hierarchical order. I > can easily transverse and zero-on onto the object given a few params. > > > Now what i want to do is write an E4X like statement like: > > var myObject:Object = car.objects().(name() == "radiator" && @id > =="PART2234" && @r=="12"); > > and it calls name() of my carpart object, and retrieve id, r..... my > carpart class is dynamic > > Here are a few points on my class. > > 1. Objects() will return an Array of various car parts like radiator, > carb, hoses, enginebox etc etc > 2. i wanna avoid filtering using filter function callbacks in > arraycollection..... just wanna enable use of e4x like expressions in > my class > 3. all my classes returned by objects() are of type class partbase > which does not have a base class (like XML, XMLList) > > > I opened Global.as. and looked at XMLList nd XML class headers.. > pretty straight, has no base class nothing at all to raise eyebrows. > > > Oh i get an run time error: > > TypeError: Error #1123: Filter operator not supported on type > com.parts.EngineBlock > an object of com.parts.EngineBlock was in the first of the Objects > array... > > Thanks a ton, > > > ady > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Like the cut of my jib? Check out my Flex blog! :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ :: http://twitter.com/sophistifunk
