Not in 1.5. There may be something we can
do in 2.0 but I don’t have time to experiment right now. Basically a
combination of getClassByName and the “as” operator…
Matt
From:
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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005
2:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Cast
Object Name from string then do object.function() - is it possible?
OK so if I want to do strict typing, there is not a way to pass in the
class name I want to cast ObjectA to, then create
the "class
template", and then cast it (the template) to
ObjectA?
--- In [email protected], "Matt
Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Type objectA as Object instead of
UIComponent.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Libby
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:06 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Cast Object Name
from string then do
> object.function() - is it possible?
>
>
>
> Since Flex' compiler thinks objectA is just a
vanilla Object, it
> complains that bar() is an unknown method.
That was why i needed to
> cast the real object to ObjectA. So how do I
get this to work without
> importing every one of the hundred mxml files
that could get passed in?
>
>
> --- In [email protected],
"JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > You don't need to cast via a function,
you can do that already.
> While this
> > works:
> >
> > objectA = ViewStack.getChildAt(0);
> > objectA.bar();
> >
> > Since Flex' compiler thinks objectA is
just a vanilla Object, thus
> can't
> > imply it's type. However, if you
want strict-typing, you can do:
> >
> > objectA =
object1(ViewStack.getChildAt(0));
> > objectA.bar();
> >
> > This assumes object1 is an imported
class.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Libby"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:00
PM
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Cast Object Name
from string then do
> > object.function() - is it possible?
> >
> >
> > In Flex is there a way to pass an object
name into a method and then
> > cast that name to another object in
order to execute a method on that
> > object ?
> >
> >
> > foo("myMxmlObjectName");
> >
> > function foo(object1:String) {
> > var
objectA:UIComponent;
> > objectA =
object1(ViewStack.getChildAt(0));
> >
objectA.bar();
> > }
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Libby
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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