RE: [flexcoders] AS3 class constructors can't be private? Abstract classes?

[Matt Chotin]

They did, we discussed ad infinitum, this is what we came up with.  Maybe we can improve it later but this is what we’re getting for now.  Trust us that we spent a long time discussing internally.   Re the package stuff, it’s about the file not the package.   MySingleton.as   package whatever {   public class MySingleton {     public function MySingleton(singletonEnforcer:MySingletonEnforcer) { … }     private static var instance:MySingleton;     pubic function getInstance():MySingleton {       if (instance == null)         instance = new MySingleton(new MySingletonEnforcer());       return instance;     }     …   } }   //this is in MySingleton.as but is outside the package block class MySingletonEnforcer {}   And that’s it.   Matt   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Rovira Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:47 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AS3 class constructors can't be private? Abstract classes?   I was supposing that don't have private constructors was due to the alpha state of the player, but it seems like is something deliberated. IMHO, I don't agree with this design languaje issue cause patterns like singletons are widely used and people expect to use in the standard way. I don't want to argue but would like the guys behind this responsability to think about it a bit and think about what their users expect to find when deal with the languaje. Thanks for listening :) 2006/2/10, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: so even if i create a private class that is only accecible in that package (and then on package level declare a accesor for it) the only way i can be certain that class will only be created once is by having nothing else in that package. this does not seem right.   On 2/10/06, Matt Chotin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You have to simulate private constructors by having the constructor take a class that is inaccessible to other classes (namely putting that class in the same file as the singleton outside of the package block).  Unfortunately I believe the rule is that the constructor of the class has to have the same visibility as the class itself.  So public classes need public constructors, internal classes get internal constructors, etc.   Matt   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Johannes Nel Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:51 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] AS3 class constructors can't be private? Abstract classes?   abstract classes i am not expecting, private constructers i certainly hope for On 2/9/06, Carlos Rovira <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Hi, I was trying to migrate some classes from AS2 to AS3 and notice that can't mark the class constructor as private. Is that correct or there's a workaround? if not have plans to implement private constructors. and abstract classes? Thanks in advance. -- ::| Carlos Rovira ::| http://www.carlosrovira.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice     YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 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