Question

I have a project in ActionScript 3, Flash Professional CS5.5, and AIR 3.

I have several custom classes that I need to access. Currently, I am successfully accessing via the traditional method:

import trailcrest.core.core;
var Core:core = new core();

However, I came to a realization in my code…this creates a COPY of the class, and doesn’t give access to the original. This, of course is a problem – I need one symbol’s scripts to modify a variable in the class, and another symbol’s scripts access that changed variable. Obviously, right now, that is not occurring.

How do I do what I am describing? Should I somehow create a “public var” for the class (though I need instructions on how to do that…I can’t use “public var” within stages or symbols)? Is there some way to directly access the class?

Help! And thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can consider using a static class variable, something like:

package trailcrest.core {
    import trailcrest.core.core;
    public class YourCustomClass {
        public static var coreReachableFromAnywhere:Core //THE STATIC VARIABLE FOR CORE
    }
}

Then in your grandchild code:

import trailcrest.core.YourCustomClass;
yourCustomClass.coreReachableFromAnywhere = new Core();
yourCustomClass.coreReachableFromAnywhere.someMethod() ...

Edit

Of course adding the singleton type of method as was suggested by others would make it even cleaner, I will up-vote their answers as well.