Question

If all I have is an instance of an object, can I call a static method of its class? For fun, let’s say I don’t know what the name of the class is, only the name of the static method.

Can I do this? How do I do this?

Answer 1

You can use the Object’s constructor property to get a reference to that object’s class object, you can then call the static variable from that class object

    package{
        import flash.display.Sprite;

        public class Test extends Sprite{

            public function Test(){
                var variable : A = new A();
                trace((variable as Object).constructor.a());

            }
        }
    }
    class A{
       static function a() : String{
           return "test";
       }
    }