Comments on: Getting the Class of an object in AS3 http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/ Professional and reliable Actionscript development Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:52:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: scott ackerman http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-382 scott ackerman Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:23:08 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-382 Many thanks. Exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks. Exactly what I was looking for.

]]> By: Joe http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-353 Joe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:23:43 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-353 Dave, great post, and Gabriel Mariani, great addition. I was double checking that I had this right and thought I would share: var a:Array = new Array(); var aClass:Class = Object(a).constructor; var aClassByUtils:Class = flash.utils.getDefinitionByName("Array") as Class; trace("by consctuctor: " + aClass); trace("by utils: " + aClassByUtils); trace("(aClass == Array): " + (aClass == Array)); trace("(aClassByUtils == Array): " + (aClassByUtils == Array)); trace("(aClass == aClassByUtils): " + (aClass == aClassByUtils)); Dave, great post, and Gabriel Mariani, great addition. I was double checking that I had this right and thought I would share:

var a:Array = new Array();
var aClass:Class = Object(a).constructor;
var aClassByUtils:Class = flash.utils.getDefinitionByName(”Array”) as Class;

trace(”by consctuctor: ” + aClass);
trace(”by utils: ” + aClassByUtils);
trace(”(aClass == Array): ” + (aClass == Array));
trace(”(aClassByUtils == Array): ” + (aClassByUtils == Array));
trace(”(aClass == aClassByUtils): ” + (aClass == aClassByUtils));

]]> By: Cody Munger http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-301 Cody Munger Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:24:35 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-301 don't forget the required includes for this snippet import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName; import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName; I was surprised that this functionality isn't built into the Object class. don’t forget the required includes for this snippet

import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;

I was surprised that this functionality isn’t built into the Object class.

]]> By: Gabriel Mariani http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-257 Gabriel Mariani Mon, 18 May 2009 14:09:53 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-257 Or you could save yourself the use of expensive functions and use this: public function getClass(obj:Object):Class { return Object(obj).constructor; } Or you could save yourself the use of expensive functions and use this:

public function getClass(obj:Object):Class {
return Object(obj).constructor;
}

]]> By: shaun http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-240 shaun Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:11:12 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-240 Awesome! Bookmarked this a while back.. needed it today :) Awesome! Bookmarked this a while back.. needed it today :)

]]> By: Ihsan http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-237 Ihsan Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:49:21 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-237 Hi Michael, To find parent class of an objects class use: <code> static function getSuperClass(o: Object): Object { var n: String = getQualifiedSuperclassName(o); if(n == null)return(null); return(getDefinitionByName(n)); } </code> Hi Michael,
To find parent class of an objects class use:

static function getSuperClass(o: Object): Object {
var n: String = getQualifiedSuperclassName(o);
if(n == null)return(null);
return(getDefinitionByName(n));
}

]]> By: Alex http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-236 Alex Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:36:21 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-236 Thank You! Saved my day ;) Thank You!
Saved my day ;)

]]> By: devdave http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-221 devdave Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:49:21 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-221 Hey Michael, This will only return the real class - to get the base class you'll need to use flash.utils.describeType and then use E4X to get the XML node containing the base class (or something like that). If only the parent class is contained in describeType you might have to recurse down a tree of describeType calls until you reach the base. Hope that helps, Dave Hey Michael,

This will only return the real class - to get the base class you’ll need to use flash.utils.describeType and then use E4X to get the XML node containing the base class (or something like that). If only the parent class is contained in describeType you might have to recurse down a tree of describeType calls until you reach the base.

Hope that helps,

Dave

]]> By: michael http://www.actionscriptfreelancer.com/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-219 michael Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:25:45 +0000 http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/getting-the-class-of-an-object-in-as3/#comment-219 hello man, thank you very much for this snippet,is there a similar way to get base class? i'd like to know if something i exported to AS from library is a movieclip, when i test it with this function it returns the custom class name i assigned. thanks and wonderful work michael hello man,
thank you very much for this snippet,is there a similar way to get base class?

i’d like to know if something i exported to AS from library is a movieclip, when i test it with this function it returns the custom class name i assigned.

thanks and wonderful work
michael

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