Question

I am trying to create a vector from unknown class, but it fails, any ideas about how to do it?

This is what i tried:

var vector:Vector = new Vector(); // throw exception

function base():void{
var vector:Vector.<String> = createVector(String);// throw classCastException
}

function createVector(cls:Class):*{
     var array:Array = new Array();
     for(var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++){
         var element:cls = new cls();
          array.push(element);
     }

     return Vector(array);
}

Answer 1

Based on @Patrick answer I found a working solution.

Check it out:

function createVector(cls:Class):*{
        var className:String = getQualifiedClassName(cls);
        var vectorClass:Class = getDefinitionByName("__AS3__.vec::Vector.<"+className+">") as Class;

        var vector:* = new vectorClass(10);        
        for(var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++){
            var element:MyClass = new cls(); // may be Object or Object extends cls
            vector[i] = element;
        }

        return vector;
    }