How to identify a component is spark or mx

Question

I need to check the component is spark or mx I have tried with checking is IVisualElementContainer
But both spark and mx component are fall into IVisualElementContainer my code sample are as follows

displayMessage(vidbox, 'videbox removed');

public function displayMessage(messageParent:*, message:String, fontSize:String = "30"):void {
   messageLabel.text = message; 
   if(messageParent is IVisualElementContainer)         
        messageParent.addElement(messageLabel);
   else
    messageParent.addChild(messageLabel);
}

any helps are highly appreciated

Answer 1

There is getQualifiedClassName which returns "the fully qualified class name of an object.", so then you can check if class name starts with "mx." or "spark.".

Code sample:

var fullClassName:String = getQualifiedClassName(messageParent).toLowerCase();

if(fullClassName.indexOf("spark.") == 0)
{
    //spark comp
    messageParent.addElement(messageLabel);
}
else if(fullClassName.indexOf("mx.") == 0)
{
    // mx comp
    messageParent.addChild(messageLabel);
}
else
{
    // other
}