I found out the describeType() function has this restriction: Note: describeType() only shows public properties and methods, and will not show properties and methods that are private, package internal or in custom namespaces.
So if we want our debugger to really work nicely, I guess we have to declare all variables as public on the LFC obejcts... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Henry Minsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 2:16 PM Subject: interesting introspection API for AS3 To: Platform Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So they have an API for inspecting a sealed class. Haven't seen if there is any API for modifying it at runtime though (I am guessing not) Using the introspection API If you want to list all the public properties and methods of a non-dynamic (or sealed) class or class instance, use the describeType() method and parse the results using the E4X API. The describeType() method is in the flash.util package. The method's only parameter is the object that you want to introspect. You can pass it any ActionScript value, including all available ActionScript types such as object instances, primitive types such as uint, and class objects. The return value of the describeType() method is an E4X XML object containing an XML description of the object's type. The following example instrospects the Button control and prints the details to TextArea controls: <?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml"; creationComplete="getDetails()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flash.util.*; public function getDetails():Void { // Get the Button control's E4X XML object description: var classInfo:XML = describeType(button1); // Dump the entire E4X XML object into ta2: ta2.text = classInfo.toString(); // List the class name: ta1.text = "Class " + [EMAIL PROTECTED]() + "\n"; // List the object's variables, their values, and their types: for each (var v:XML in classInfo..variable) { ta1.text += "Variable " + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + "=" + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + " (" + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + ")\n"; } // List accessors as properties: for each (var a:XML in classInfo..accessor) { ta1.text += "Property " + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + "=" + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + " (" + [EMAIL PROTECTED] +")\n"; } // List the object's methods: for each (var m:XML in classInfo..method) { ta1.text += "Method " + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + "():" + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + "\n"; } } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Button label="Submit" id="button1"/> <mx:TextArea id="ta1" width="400" height="200" /> <mx:TextArea id="ta2" width="400" height="200" /> -- Henry Minsky Software Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Henry Minsky Software Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
