Question

I am trying to create two var one var is a object that gets another object inside the same class

package plus1 
{

public class ScreenInfo 
{

    //setting a button to 0 means that it is disabled 

    public var object:Object = { button1:_Object2 };

    public var _Object2:Object = { name:"test name" };                          

    public function ScreenInfo() 
    {

    }


}

}

but ever time i do this

var screens:ScreenInfo = new ScreenInfo(); 
var obj:Object = screens.object["button1"]

the object is null why is this shouldn’t it pass me the second object?

Answer 1

Because you are using variable initializers, you can’t safely use references to other members. How do you know that _Object2 exists when you create object ?

I suggest you move the instantiation of object in the constructor of your class :

public var object:Object;
public var _Object2:Object = { name:"test name" };

public function ScreenInfo(){
    this.object = {button1:_Object2};
}