Dynamic Object Initiation As3

Question

I notice in older version of flash you can create an instance of a dynamic class. I am creating a game that will have many different classes that can be displayed on the stage but can very from time to time. How would I go about calling them dynamically. for example

var newObject = new ["DynamicObject"]();

??

Is this possible in As3 ??

Answer 1

I think there are 2 ways you can do that:

1.Using ApplicationDomain.getDefinition('DynamicTemplate')

something like:

var DynamicClass:Class = this.loaderInfo.applicationDomain.getDefinition('DynamicTemplate') as Class;
addChild(new DynamicClass);

You would need to do this when you file has INITialized.

2.Using getDefinitionByName() :

var DynamicClass:Class = flash.utils.getDefinitionByName('DynamicTemplate') as Class;
addChild(new DynamicClass);

If you need a way to get Class names to create new instances of objects, you could use describeType() or go through the instance's constructor, but I reckon you would know your classes anyway.

var TemplateObj:Class = flash.utils.getDefinitionByName(describeType(yourIntance).@name) as Class;
var newObj = new TemplateObj();
var newObj2 = new yourIntance.constructor();

Hope this help, George