I'm making a class called 'player', and really, I don't need a constructor function for it. Do you just outline the function, but don't put anything between the curly braces? Also, I'm a bit new with access levels. If I wanted my functions from my player class to be accessible from the main class, do I make them public?
View 3 RepliesI have a document class name elevator and my constructor is also elevator as usualHow to call this constructor function within elevator class? Is is possible or not?
View 1 RepliesI'm currently writing a class where I'd like to call the class constructor without having to instantiate the class itself. Something like this : Class:
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trace(testString); //wil trace the text "test test123" Is it possible to somehow achieve this? When I write the costructor method like "public static function ClassName" it fails. Is there any other way?
Some of the top level classes can be instantiated as well as called as a function (e.x. new Number() and Number(), new Boolean() and Boolean(), new Array() and Array()).
Usually this is used for type conversion or as a shortcut for instantiation. I would like to be able to do the same thing:
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What I wanted to do originally was to create a logging class to interact with Flash/JavaScript, and be cross-browser compatible. I wanted to be able to use the log function as an alias of a method in the log class. This got me to wondering whether I could implement a custom casting function just because. I've now realized it's not possible, but was fun to play with anyway.
I've got a simple program that consist of a document class and a buttonTemplate constructor class. I need to call a function called updateText that should be in the document class, when someone clicks on a button. So that after each button is clicked, it updates some text in my document class. My event listeners for the buttons are in the buttonTemplate class. My question is, how do you call a function in the document class from a constructor class? Here is my simplified code below
DOCUMENT CLASS
Code:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.text.TextField;
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I am creating a Weapon class for a game and the weapons itself will be the sub classes. The sub classes will hard code some values (such as max ammo and the weapon name).
I trying to access this declared data in the base class constructor, at the moment it's not outputting the values. Is this possible?
I've broken my Weapon class for simplicity:
ActionScript Code:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
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My current workaround is creating a protected method in the base class to trace the information and calling that method in the sub class's constructor, this works fine but this doesn't seem like the most efficient technique?
I want to clone a class object. I tried following from here:
package
{
import flash.net.registerClassAlias;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
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BUT this only works when the class has a default constructor and not when it has parameterized constructor:
how to clone a class object when the class has a parameterized constructor?
I am trying to things efficiently and put as little code as possible on the timeline.
I have a document class loading and working at runtime.
It creates a button that takes me to a different frame on the timeline.
I have a movie clip there. I put a trace in the constructor of the class of that movie clip but it will not show the trace comment in the output window-its not working. There are no errors.
I also tried instantiating the same movie clip from the document class-which worked-but the trace in it's class's constructor still does not output.
Basic OOP question... I want to add a couple functions to the Array class so that my program will be amazing and make me rich and famous overnight. So I create a new subclass NewArray which extends Array. Do I need to write a constructor method for NewArray? If I leave it blank will it just use the parent's (Array's) constructor method?
View 1 RepliesIf I pass variable(s) like this in document class action script file(I'm not even sure if I can pass more than one variable):
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ballPointRight = new BallPointRight(ball, xDir, padScreen) ;
And now the BallPointRight's action script file:
Code:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;[code]....
doesnt work since it doesnt recognize variables...
am trying to pass a movieclip reffrenc to a class, but i want it to be optional, so am trying to initialize it, but it dossent work, why?
public class CoverFlower extends MovieClip
{
var playBtn:BigPlay = new BigPlay();
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For Example:
package{
public class A {
var test:String;
public function A()
}} class B{
}
The code is in the same file, we call B is inner class, then how to call the constructor of class B
I'm doing something - probably very stupid - with an external library swf. That swf so far contains two buttons each with their own classes 'Simple_Button' and 'Simple_Pop_Button'. In the library swf document class I set up an object that lists the available classes:
Code:
oClasses = {"Simple_Button":"com.Home.Button.Simple_Button",
"Simple_Pop_Button":"com.Home.Button.Simple_Pop_Button"};
In the swf that loads the library swf I process that object and create another object with proper class references based on it:
Code:
function initHandler(event:Event):void {
defineLibraryClasses(event.target.content.getClasses(), event.target.loader);
addBtns();
}
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i have some pretty simple code, i have my document class trying to add a santa class to the stage (simple game ) - but it will not add and i get not errors at all,Santa class:
Code:
package Classes {
import flash.display.*;
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I have a custom class, MyMC. The only argument the constructor takes is a string, which sets the text of a label inside MyMC.
In the Flash IDE I've placed an instance of MyMC, which is called mcOnStage, on the stage. Through the document's class Main I'd want to perform the constructor function of mcOnStage.
Is it possible to store a function constructor in an array? I tried, but getting an error for example, say this is my function:
functiom openPages():void
{
trace("pages open");
}
and my array:
var myArray:Array= new Array(openPages);
I am trying to make a subclass of flash.display.Loader, which should do something when the loader completes loading the content. So I do addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete) on my loader subclass. But this Eventlistener is never called. Is this supposed to happen? Can't I use an Eventlistener on the class that dispatches the event? My code looks like this: public class MyLoader
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I'm sure that I'm doing something daft here - I just need to remove a child that's created in the constructor through an event listener.My code is below but does not work. Can someone point me in the right direction please?
public class Main extends Sprite public function Main()
super();
var rectangleIndex:uint = this.getChildIndex(playerBackground)
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I´d like to know how could use the Timer class extended.I´m trying to pass a parameter to the constructor function, so I can use it inside the listener.
Here´s example:
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package { import flash.utils.Timer import flash.display.DisplayObject public class ChangeColorTimer extends Timer { public static const CHANGE_COLOR:String = "changeColor"; public var obj:DisplayObject public function ChangeColorTimer(delay:Number, repeatCount:int, obj:DisplayObject ) { super(delay, repeatCount) this.obj = obj } } }
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That was the ChangeColorTimer that extends Timer.Now, I´d want to know how would I use ChangeColorTimer.I thought it was the same as using Timer.I´ve tried this:
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public function changeColor(mc:MovieClip):void { var colorTransform:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform() colorTransform.color = 0xEE0000 mc.transform.colorTransform = colorTransform var changeColorTimer:ChangeColorTimer = new ChangeColorTimer(400, 1, mc) changeColorTimer.addEventListener(ChangeColorTimer.CHANGE_COLOR, setNormalColorListener) changeColorTimer.start() } private function setNormalColorListener(e:Event):void{ trace("called") }
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I called changeColor, but, I don´t get "called" in the output from the setNormalColorListener listener.
is it possible to get the name of a calling function or the constructor from the called function? is it possible to determine the previous function of the thread?
i would like to call some setter functions from my constructor and have my setter functions determine if it was the constructor that called them.
currently, i'm setting a boolean for this functionality, but perhaps there is another way?
public function Constructor(myNumber:Number)
{
this.myNumber = myNumber;
}
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I have a series values I'm passing (from an FLA) into the constructor of a class. I just want to make clear in my mind that, the only way to pass the variable params, to the function nowDoThis, you'll need a dispatchEvent or a custom event to send it along ?
As an example:
Code:
// constructor
public function MyFunction(_param1:uint, _param2:uint, _param3:uint) {
param1 = _param1;
param2 = _param2;
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I have only a vague understanding of using objects and dispatch events. Isn't this something that people need to do all the time?
Simplified ItemType Code, contained in Types/ItemType.as
Code:
public class ItemType
{
public static var SWORD:ItemType = new WeaponType(0, "Sword", null);
public function ItemType(id:uint, name:String, icon:Sprite)
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On attempting to compile, following error is displayed:
Code:
[Fault] exception, information=TypeError: Error #1115: Types::WeaponType is not a constructor.
I have a bunch of sprites in my library which all behave in the same way.
now i want to put the behavior and all the common methods into one BaseClass [code]...
In the AS3 there is a remark, that a Class Constructor is just a method of the class, that is executed when an object of that class is created. So, since the constructor is just a method of a class, how can I call it directly from the other class methods?
View 8 RepliesI'm working on my document class and the contructor is running twice, hence it is running almost all of my code twice.[code]
View 5 RepliesI fell on an unexpected comportment with AS3 class definitions this morning. To tell it quickly, I cannot create an instance of a class inside the same class methods.
Here is an exemple :
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
public class Test extends MovieClip {
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I would like to understand the sub-process that prevents to do that.
I'm trying to pass my object class as constructor argument. I have something like this:
package myclass {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
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Now, when I try to create my Example:
import myclass.Example;
var example:Example = new Example(myObjClass);
I get message, that I'm not passing any variable (Error #1063). Why is that? What is wrong with it?
I want to pass values to document class's constructor form html while embedding.
View 2 Repliesconstructor function in a Class file. I've built several over my day and never heard a 'proper' answer about them. If your constructor function does nothing, not even set vars or listeners
ActionScript Code:
public function MyClass():void{
}
is it proper to keep it in the Class file or is it ok to leave it out completely?Or is this just something of preference? What do you guys think/do?
I have created a class:
Code:
package net.icsna.website
{
/**
* ...
* @author Kyle McKnight
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And then I create a new instance of the class:
Code:
var scroller:Scroller = new Scroller(_contactDisplayPage.getChildByName("contactInfoHolder"));
And I'm getting an error 1136:Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 0...