Forcing a method to be static

[traden24]

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How do you create a "Static" method or property in Flash, meaning you don't have to instanciate the class to access it's methods eg. Math.abs();

In the example, you didn't have to invoke the Math constructor eg. myMath = new Math(); myMath.abs();

Is there a way of doing this in Flash, or do all custom classes have to be instanciated




[Edited by traden24 on 06-27-2002 at 01:13 PM]

[traden24]

Well, I figured it out, but it's weird. You have to use prototype to define Class lvl variables, but you still have to instanciate an object to access them...very odd.

MyClass.prototype.classLvlProperty = "value";

new MyClass().classLvlProperty;
vs.
MyClass.classLvlProperty

[etcettra]

Math isn't a class, it's a global instance of the genaric Object class in flash with meathods assigned to it.

ie. Math.abs() could have been defined as:

_global.Math = new Object();
Math.abs = function(value) {
	if (value < 0) {
		return -value;
	}
	return value;
};

You could then call Math.abs() from anywhere in your flash movie by typing Math.abs(value).

[traden24]

That makes sense in a MX sort of way. When F5 was first out, it look just like every Math method was static like it is in Java. Thanks for the reply