Question

I have an array of strings. Each string is a name of a class. How can I call the library item with the class name that corresponds to the string in the array?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can use the function getDefinitionByName, found in the package flash.utils.

Usually the code will look something like this:

var oClass:Class = getDefinitionByName("<name of your class>") as Class;
var instance:Object = new oClass();

You can also cast instance to a type of your choice:

var myType:SomeType = SomeType(instance);

See this link for reference.