[Flashcoders] runtime instantiation
I know it is possible to instantiate a class at runtime, but one always needs to put in a concrete piece of code that forces the compiler to actually add the class to the swf. I am currently looking into using this technique to gain flexibility in an application, but the fact that I will always need to add concrete code to force the compiler seems to be counter productive. Here is what I have. interface aInterface class abstractA impl aInterface class injectedB extends abstractA class injectedC extends abstractA then I have a factory method that reads an xml file and instantitated a class based on the @reference node using getDefinitionByName() class reference='injectedB' / My idea is that I can in the future write an new class injectedC and just add it to the xml list. But this won't work because I will always need to add something like this to var foo:injectedC = null to add the class to the compiler. Meaning I will always need to recompile. Is there any way to get around this? Jiri artur wrote: need to know a few things: 1 - can i render/export to QT an AS based animation that will be 40min long? it will be incorporating an FLV ( soundtrack ) with Cuepoints..that will trigger different AS animations made from an XML file. is there a chance that the animation and sound can become out of sync ( this has been known to happen with timeline based animations ) 2 - the FLV will have over 10k cuepoints. is there a way to Scrub through to the middle of the animation by giving an ID# to each CuePoint? and then giving each XML node that same ID#? then just create a simple textfield form and have the client enter that ID# and the animation can Jump to that section of the animation ( for testing/previewing ) but then how can the client add/delete cuepoints in the FLV and have them be resorted numerically? so they can match the xml IDs? im sure there is a clever flexible solution out there..anyone? thanks! p.s. i need to do this in AS2..if possible. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] runtime instantiation
If you want to add a class in the future, you will definitely have to recompile, because flash doesn't compile at runtime as far as I know. But I have also looked for a way to simply import classes without also having a var defined. It's not too big a deal, but it's an interesting topic. 2008/10/28 Jiri Heitlager [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I know it is possible to instantiate a class at runtime, but one always needs to put in a concrete piece of code that forces the compiler to actually add the class to the swf. I am currently looking into using this technique to gain flexibility in an application, but the fact that I will always need to add concrete code to force the compiler seems to be counter productive. Here is what I have. interface aInterface class abstractA impl aInterface class injectedB extends abstractA class injectedC extends abstractA then I have a factory method that reads an xml file and instantitated a class based on the @reference node using getDefinitionByName() class reference='injectedB' / My idea is that I can in the future write an new class injectedC and just add it to the xml list. But this won't work because I will always need to add something like this to var foo:injectedC = null to add the class to the compiler. Meaning I will always need to recompile. Is there any way to get around this? Jiri artur wrote: need to know a few things: 1 - can i render/export to QT an AS based animation that will be 40min long? it will be incorporating an FLV ( soundtrack ) with Cuepoints..that will trigger different AS animations made from an XML file. is there a chance that the animation and sound can become out of sync ( this has been known to happen with timeline based animations ) 2 - the FLV will have over 10k cuepoints. is there a way to Scrub through to the middle of the animation by giving an ID# to each CuePoint? and then giving each XML node that same ID#? then just create a simple textfield form and have the client enter that ID# and the animation can Jump to that section of the animation ( for testing/previewing ) but then how can the client add/delete cuepoints in the FLV and have them be resorted numerically? so they can match the xml IDs? im sure there is a clever flexible solution out there..anyone? thanks! p.s. i need to do this in AS2..if possible. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- The Random Lines My online portfolio www.therandomlines.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] runtime instantiation
One way to do this is to compile the class into a swf that you load. Essentially you are creating modules or dlls. You just have to handle loading them yourself. I have been using the technique for a while on a project and it works great. Steve On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Jiri Heitlager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it is possible to instantiate a class at runtime, but one always needs to put in a concrete piece of code that forces the compiler to actually add the class to the swf. I am currently looking into using this technique to gain flexibility in an application, but the fact that I will always need to add concrete code to force the compiler seems to be counter productive. Here is what I have. interface aInterface class abstractA impl aInterface class injectedB extends abstractA class injectedC extends abstractA then I have a factory method that reads an xml file and instantitated a class based on the @reference node using getDefinitionByName() class reference='injectedB' / My idea is that I can in the future write an new class injectedC and just add it to the xml list. But this won't work because I will always need to add something like this to var foo:injectedC = null to add the class to the compiler. Meaning I will always need to recompile. Is there any way to get around this? Jiri artur wrote: need to know a few things: 1 - can i render/export to QT an AS based animation that will be 40min long? it will be incorporating an FLV ( soundtrack ) with Cuepoints..that will trigger different AS animations made from an XML file. is there a chance that the animation and sound can become out of sync ( this has been known to happen with timeline based animations ) 2 - the FLV will have over 10k cuepoints. is there a way to Scrub through to the middle of the animation by giving an ID# to each CuePoint? and then giving each XML node that same ID#? then just create a simple textfield form and have the client enter that ID# and the animation can Jump to that section of the animation ( for testing/previewing ) but then how can the client add/delete cuepoints in the FLV and have them be resorted numerically? so they can match the xml IDs? im sure there is a clever flexible solution out there..anyone? thanks! p.s. i need to do this in AS2..if possible. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] runtime instantiation
There is a way to do it - rather than update your code with a reference, you can force the compiler to include it by using the compiler option: -includes Class [Class] e.g. mxmlc Main.as -output Main.swf -includes com.pack.MyClass com.pack.MyOtherClass Obviously you still need to recompile - but you don't need to update any .as or MXML files. HTH, Ian On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Jiri Heitlager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it is possible to instantiate a class at runtime, but one always needs to put in a concrete piece of code that forces the compiler to actually add the class to the swf. I am currently looking into using this technique to gain flexibility in an application, but the fact that I will always need to add concrete code to force the compiler seems to be counter productive. Here is what I have. interface aInterface class abstractA impl aInterface class injectedB extends abstractA class injectedC extends abstractA then I have a factory method that reads an xml file and instantitated a class based on the @reference node using getDefinitionByName() class reference='injectedB' / My idea is that I can in the future write an new class injectedC and just add it to the xml list. But this won't work because I will always need to add something like this to var foo:injectedC = null to add the class to the compiler. Meaning I will always need to recompile. Is there any way to get around this? Jiri artur wrote: need to know a few things: 1 - can i render/export to QT an AS based animation that will be 40min long? it will be incorporating an FLV ( soundtrack ) with Cuepoints..that will trigger different AS animations made from an XML file. is there a chance that the animation and sound can become out of sync ( this has been known to happen with timeline based animations ) 2 - the FLV will have over 10k cuepoints. is there a way to Scrub through to the middle of the animation by giving an ID# to each CuePoint? and then giving each XML node that same ID#? then just create a simple textfield form and have the client enter that ID# and the animation can Jump to that section of the animation ( for testing/previewing ) but then how can the client add/delete cuepoints in the FLV and have them be resorted numerically? so they can match the xml IDs? im sure there is a clever flexible solution out there..anyone? thanks! p.s. i need to do this in AS2..if possible. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
