I use this function (think I got it from Darron Schall's blog) to do a deep
copy. I had the same experience as Jesse with mx.utils.ObjectCopy not
working correctly...
// ----------------------------------------------
// copy an object
function copyObject(obj) {
// create a "new" object or array depending on the type of obj
var copy = (obj instanceof Array) ? [] : {};
// loop over all of the value in the object or the array to copy them
for(var i in obj) {
// assign a temporarity value for the data inside the object
var item = obj[i];
// check to see if the data is complex or primitive
switch(item instanceof Array || item instanceof Object) {
case true:
// if the data inside of the complex type is still complex,
we need to
// break that down further, so call copyObject again on that
complex
// item
copy[i] = copyObject(item);
break;
default:
// the data inside is primitive, so just copy it (this is a
value copy)
copy[i] = item;
}
}
return copy;
}
best, - rajat
On 1/10/06, zwetan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> >
> > How do you duplicate an object {bool:true, val:5} in another variable
> > without pointing to the original one, and without having to create a
> > constructor. In Director, there's a duplicate() method in Lingo. Is
> > there an equivalent way to do this in Flash?
> >
> > Something like this, but which would actually work:
> >
> > var h = {a:true};
> > var g = h;
> > trace(h.a); // true
> > g.a = false;
> > trace(h.a); // false, but want to be true, so it's separate from g
> > object.
> >
>
> I recently released a library which add this functionality
> of deep copy to all core objects
>
> You can download it here
> http://www.burrrn.com/projects/core2.html
>
>
> your small exemple will turn like that:
>
> var h = { a:true };
> var g = h.copy();
> trace( h.a ); //true
> g.a = false;
> trace( h.a ); //true
>
>
>
> zwetan
>
>
>
>
>
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