Hey Rick, no need to create an instance, but do create a variable of that
type, so the compiler knows to include that class in the package.
var ssc:SomeSweetClass;
===
Or simply cast to it in your call
classRef = getDefinitionByName("com.sweet.SomeSweetClass") as Class;
var mySweetness:SomeSweetClass = SomeSweetClass(new classRef());
==============
Alternatively you can use compiler directives that tell flex builder to
package that class into the build, but that's annoying ;)
GL
Seth
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Mathews
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Q: Including class at compile w/o explicitly
instantiating it
Try just doing:
var ssc:SomeSweetClass;
On 8/10/07, Rick Terrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, it's my first time posting to the board.
>
> I'm trying to figure something out, or if it's even possible. I would
like
> to dynamically instantiate a class (via getDefinitionByName) but without
> explicitly instantiating the object prior in the class.
>
> An example (this is what I would like to be able to do):
>
> package
> {
> import com.sweet.*;
> import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
>
> public class Foo
> {
> public function Foo()
> {
> classRef = getDefinitionByName("com.sweet.SomeSweetClass") as
> Class;
> var mySweetness:Object = new classRef();
> }
> }
> }
>
> I figured that the import would take care of it, but it doesn't. I have
to
> do at least one 'var ssc:SomeSweetClass = new SomeSweetClass();' and then
it
> will work. If not, then I get a reference error like:
> ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable SomeSweetClass is not defined.
>
> Is there any way to do this with Run-Time libraries, or some directive or
> metadata or something? Or is there something really obvious that I'm
> missing?
>
> t.i.a!
>
> --
> Rick Terrill
> - www.rickterrill.com
> - www.linkedin.com/in/rickterrill
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