accessing sub function in a class

[calmchess]

why can i access the first function in a class with

import test.test
var test:test = new test(); 

but I cannot access the second or third function in the same manner? they seem to be seperte entities within the class definition.

can access

public class NetStreamex {
        
        public var connection:NetConnections = new NetConnections();
        public function NetStreamex():void {
        
            connection.createNetConnection("rtmp://localhost/test/1");
            connection.addEventListener("onConnect",NetStreamxx);
           
        } 

cannot acesss

public function NetStreamxx(event:NetStatusEvent):void{
            
            var stream = new NetStream(connection);
            stream.publish("test");
            connection.call("checkBandwidth",null);
            var passStream:CameraExample = new CameraExample();
            var it:String ="passedit";
             //return stream;


        } 

[5TonsOfFlax]

How are you attempting to access it?

The first example you gave is implicitly using that function because that function is the constructor for that class. It gives you an instance of the class. Once you have an instance of that class, you can call other public functions on that instance.

The constructor function is a special function with the same name as the class. The constructor is always interpreted rather than run in JIT compiled bytecode, which means it's less efficient than other functions. But the purpose of the constructor is to produce an instance of the class. Other functions in that class should do things with that instance, or if they are static to things which are logically associated with that class as a whole.

Please post more context so I can tell what you're trying to do.

[calmchess]

I'm trying to get a variable out of a function and use it......my idea is to use........

test:newtest= new test(); 
newVar=test.myvar; 

........but i cant use that on the second function in the class.

[5TonsOfFlax]

Post. the. exact. code. you. are. trying. and. failing. with.

If I had to guess (and I do, since you haven't been telling us), I'd say you're doing something like this:

var test:Netstreamxx = new Netstreamxx();

You can't do that because Netstreamxx is not a class, it is a function within the Netstreamx class. To use that function, you'd do something like this:

var test:Netstreamx = new Netstreamx();
test.Netstreamxx(event);

But of course, that's not what you actually want either. The Netstreamxx function is an event listener which is called as a consequence of the constructor. Calling it from outside the class would be nonsense. And to do that nonsense you'd need a NetStatusEvent object which you don't have.

[calmchess]

I have netStatus event object on the NetConnection Object....do i need one for both netConnection and NetStream?

[5TonsOfFlax]

I can't even understand what you think you mean by that. You need to back way up and read about object oriented programming.

Unless I'm way off and someone else can help you out.

You still haven't posted the code which is failing.

[calmchess]

I'm trying to get my NetStream attached to my camera...here is the failing code.

I have a essential actionscript 3.0 book It just doesn't answer my questions so i ask here after these questions I'll stop asking because these are way too basic of questions for the forum.

package NetConnections.NetStreams{ 
    import flash.display.Sprite; 
    import flash.display.StageAlign; 
    import flash.display.StageScaleMode; 
    import flash.events.*; 
    import flash.media.Camera; 
    import flash.media.Video; 
     import NetConnections.NetStreams.NetStreamex;
    public class CameraExample extends Sprite { 
        private var video:Video; 
        var test:NetStreamex = new NetStreamex();
        // test.NetStreamxx(event);
         
        public function CameraExample() { 
        
        
          addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init); 
        } 

        private function init(event:Event):void{ 
            stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE; 
            stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT; 

            var camera:Camera = Camera.getCamera(); 

            if (camera != null) {
                //var getStream:NetStreamex = new NetStreamex();
                //var streamit = getStream.stream;
              
               camera.addEventListener(ActivityEvent.ACTIVITY, activityHandler); 
                video = new Video(camera.width * 2, camera.height * 2); 
                video.attachCamera(camera); 
                
                addChild(video); 
            } else { 
                trace("You need a camera."); 
            } 
        } 
        private function activityHandler(event:ActivityEvent):void { 
            trace("activityHandler: " + event); 
        } 
    } 
} 

[5TonsOfFlax]

I haven't played with Netstreams, but I'm wondering why you have your own Netconnections and Netstreamx classes. You really shouldn't need those.

But basically, you just need a reference to a Netstream, and one to a Camera, and you can call netstream.attachCamera.

So if you use your Netstreamx class, you just need a way to get the NetStream instance out of that class.

Combining this question with the other thread, you would have a public variable stream in Netstreamx which is the Netstream.

After you insure the connection is made and the stream exists, you can do this:

test.stream.attachCamera(camera);

You might have to dispatch an event from Netstreamx to indicate when the connection is established. Then in CameraExample you would listen for that event. Make the camera variable class level in CameraExample so that you can attach it to the stream in that even listener.

[calmchess]

well the stream is null but at least now i'm accessing the netstream variable ....its probably null because of the order in which everything is attaching to each other.....I'll have it fixed with a few hundred more posts.....AS 2.0 is so simple compared to this oop programming. I'm going to enjoy learning AS 3.0

[5TonsOfFlax]

That stuff about the order is what I was referring to with dispatching an even when the connection is established.

Good luck.