On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:35 PM, luvfotography
<[email protected]> wrote:
> public function parseResult( result:*):Array {
>
> if( result is XML || result is XMLList ) {
> . . . .
> ...
>
>
> what is the '*' , is this the same as (result:object) ?
> where result can be any type of object?
If you declare a variable to be of type "*" (any type) then there's no
type checking on that variable. You can assign anything to it and you
can assign it to anything. That's at compile-time, of course.
var obj:* = new Button();
var tabNavigator:TabNavigator = obj; // OK
Compiles fine, but will give a runtime error.
In most cases, you want to use Object to accept any type. e.g. the
'dataProvider' property in the list classes. Use "*" when you want to
disable compile-time type checking altogether or if you want to
accommodate the undefined type.
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