Hi,
How can one programmatically retrieve the address / handle that is seen
in Flex Debugger?
Example:
flash.system.ApplicationDomain (@788d1f1)
Background:
Classes without an explicit toString() method give the default Object
String (e.g. "[object ApplicationDomain]") for trace() or logging
statements. This means one cannot spot the difference between different
instances in the logs.
In Java (sorry, yes I'm more a Java guy but have been using Flex for the
last 6-odd months), the default toString() method gives the instance
handle (the address-like thing).
Obviously, this exists within the AVM. So my question is how to access
it programmatically? (perhaps some namespace, perhaps some method we've
overlooked?)
Some thoughts:
* The tripple-equals test must compare by this value so things like
Dictionary must be indexing off it (but we can't find the source for
this class)
* It would be an obvious thing to use as default for a hash-table
implementation.
* Obviously, since it's used for sending and offlining,
describeType() doesn't include this information. (it would change per
run)
* ObjectUtil.toString() gives a something with "#0" at the end rather
than this instance info.
All hints and thoughts welcome!
Cheers,
YakS[h]aver R.
