AS 2.0 destructor ?

[gangelo]

I have a class I created that needs to have a "destructor" called when it is deleted. How can I accomplish this? I do not want to have to call a function to "cleanup" before performing delete myobject;

Any ideas?

[scudsucker]

Something like this? (pseudo-code)

code:

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function deleteThis(obj) {

trace("this is where you'd do the destructor call");

delete obj;

}

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[gangelo]

Originally posted by scudsucker
Something like this? (pseudo-code)

code:

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function deleteThis(obj) {

trace("this is where you'd do the destructor call");

delete obj;

}

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scuds...you gotta read the post BEFORE you reply

I do not want to have to call a function to clean up the object before I call delete myobject; In other words, when I do "delete myobject;" I want a member function within myobject to be called BEFORE the object is actually deleted. This would be a case where the object's destruction would act more like in a C++ class

[cancerinform]

This works.

fla file
var a:Myclass = new Myclass();

.as file

class Myclass {
    var a:Myclass;
    public function Myclass (){
        trace("Class is working");
        nowDestroy ();
    }
    
    private function nowDestroy(){
        _root.onEnterFrame = function(){
            trace(_root.a);//is defined
            if(_root.a != undefined){
                delete _root.onEnterFrame;
                delete _root.a;
                trace("_root.a: "+_root.a);//undefined
            }
        }
    }
} 

[gangelo]

Originally posted by cancerinform
This works.

fla file
var a:Myclass = new Myclass();

.as file

class Myclass {
    var a:Myclass;
    public function Myclass (){
        trace("Class is working");
        nowDestroy ();
    }
    
    private function nowDestroy(){
        _root.onEnterFrame = function(){
            trace(_root.a);//is defined
            if(_root.a != undefined){
                delete _root.onEnterFrame;
                delete _root.a;
                trace("_root.a: "+_root.a);//undefined
            }
        }
    }
} 

ty, I will give it a try