RE: [flexcoders] how do I get the "type" or "class" of an object in AS3

[Tobias Patton]

The “is” keyword is probably good enough for your purposes, but if you need more information, e.g. the name of the class, it’s superclass, interfaces it implements, etc. you can use describeType() to get an XML document with all that information.   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Claus Wahlers Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:54 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] how do I get the "type" or "class" of an object in AS3   hank williams wrote: > I have an object that is either a TextArea or a TextInput. > I want to find out which one it is. How do I do that? if(o is TextArea) { .. } Cheers, Claus. __._,_.___ -- 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! Terms of Service. __,_._,___