[FlashCodersNY] AS3 identify class name from object

[Alan Shaw]

  A bit more generally:  to get the class name of an object, you could try
this:

  import flash.utils.*;

    public function getClassName(o:Object):String
    {
        var fullClassName:String = getQualifiedClassName(o);
        return fullClassName.slice(fullClassName.lastIndexOf("::") + 2);
    }

I use this all the time, as well as a getClass() function that returns the
object's Class.

-A


On 12/11/07, eric socolofsky <eric at transmote.com> wrote:
>
> typeof() is, i believe, deprecated in AS3.  you should use the 'is'
> operator.
> if (someArray is Array) {
> //do stuff
> }
>
> -eric
>
> On Dec 11, 2007, at 7:00 PM, flashcodersny-request at flashcodersny.orgwrote:
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> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:59:59 -0500
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> From: Ivan Safrin <ivansafrin at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [FlashCodersNY] AS3 identify class name from object
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> Hello,
>
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to identify an ambiguous "pointer" in
>
> AS3 as the class that it actually is. Basically, I'm trying to
>
> distinguish whether something is an array or an object, and AS3 treats
>
> arrays as a regular class, ie. typeof() returns "object" on an array,
>
> just the same as an object. Just seeing if anyone's tried doing
>
> something similar. Thank you!
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