[RESOLVED] override protected getter?

[jAQUAN]

I have 3 classes set up. An abstract, a concrete and a utility that needs access to the concretes getter. When I try to access the property of the concrete from within the utility it throws an error.

//abstract

package{
  import flash.errors.IllegalOperationError;
  class{
    protected function get left():Number{
      throw new IllegalOperationError("Abstract method: must be overridden in a subclass");
    }
  }
} 

//concrete

package{
  class extends abstract{
    override protected function get left():Number{
      return someVal;
    }
  }
} 

//utility

package{
  class utility{
    private var concrete:abstract;
    public function utility(concreteClass:abstract){
      this.concrete = concreteClass;
      init();
    }
    private class init():void{
      trace(concrete.left); //1178: Attempted access of inaccessible property left through a reference with static type abstract.
    }
  }
} 

//client

package{
  class{
    public function client():void{
      var c = new concrete();
      var u = new utility(c);
    }
  }
} 

Any idea how to gain access?

[cancerinform]

Usually your working class extends the abstract class. There you throw the error and in your working class you override the method.

[jAQUAN]

Isn't that exactly what I'm doing?

[jAQUAN]

nm, I figured it out. Was trying to access the property from a class that was not a subclass. Needed to be internal or public for that.

[cancerinform]

Not really, because you are jumping over the concrete class directly to the abstract class in your utility class and in the init function you call the getter from the abstract class.