> If I extend a class and in the subclass override a function of the
base class
> I can call the original base class function using super.functionname.
> How do I pass all the arguments present in the arguments array to the
> super function?
If a superclass has the method with a variable number of arguments like
public function f(...args):void
{
...
}
then in a subclass the override would call the supermethod like this:
override public function f(...args):void
{
super.f(args);
...
}
> there is no mention of the prototype property I could find
I'm curious what you're doing with the 'prototype' property. It's pretty
much vestigial at this point because AS3 uses class-based, rather than
prototype-based, inheritance.
Gordon Smith
Adobe Flex SDK Team
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of dev.bits
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Inheritance : Calling super.function with var
args
dude, you are awesome! it worked
I was looking for invoke (thats what javascript has for doing this)
and couldn't find it. I had seen that page (not apply but that page)
and had ignored it considering the huge differences between AS3 and
AS2 (I wanted something for AS2, which I now realise I never mentioned
:). <rant> The adobe AS2 documentation is a real pain .. there is no
mention of the prototype property I could find </rant>
anyways, thanks a lot for the awesome help (and the quick replies! )
Regards
Devdatta
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, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sorry mate, that's my bad! you want .apply, not .call! My fault, I
should've
> double-checked before I posted!
>
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/Function.html#apply
<http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/Function.html#apply> ()
>
> -Josh
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, dev.bits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > yeah I had tried that ! :)
> >
> > But it doesn't work ... I thought it was the problem "this" but
> > clearly this doesn't work :
> > flash.external.ExternalInterface.call.call(null,arguments);
> > doesn't work .
> > but
> > flash.external.ExternalInterface.call.call(null,"alert","whoa");
> >
> > works. So I guess we come back to the same problem... arguments
passes
> > the args as 1 argument (an array) whereas we want to pass the each
> > member of the arguments array as an argument each.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Devdatta
> >
> > --- In [email protected]
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Josh McDonald" <dznuts@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ah, you didn't say it was a static function :)
> > >
> > > Just put "null" instead of "this" and it should work.
> > >
> > > -Josh
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:36 PM, dev.bits <dev.akhawe@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't work for me .. says "this" not accessible ...
> > > >
> > > > See this code for e.g :
> > > > class package1.subpackage.newExternalInterface extends
> > > > flash.external.ExternalInterface{
> > > > public static function call(methodName:String):Object{
> > > > trace("called
newExternalInterface.called");
> > > >
> > > > return
> > > > flash.external.ExternalInterface.call.call(this,arguments);
> > > > //Compiler says this not accessible from this scope
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Devdatta
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected]
<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Josh McDonald" <dznuts@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Try:
> > > > >
> > > > > super.functionName.call(this, argsArray);
> > > > >
> > > > > -Josh
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:14 AM, dev.bits <dev.akhawe@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If I extend a class and in the subclass override a
function of the
> > > > > > base class I can call the original base class function using
> > > > > > super.functionname
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But what do I do if this function excepts variable number of
> > > > arguments ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How do I pass all the arguments present in the arguments
array
> > to the
> > > > > > super function?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public override function a(){
> > > > > > super.a( // here I want to pass ALL the arguments that
were passed
> > > > > > // to this function
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > Devdatta
> > > > > >
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