Question

In ActionScript 3 is there a way (a hack – maybe through square brackets, maybe through cloning an Object, maybe through prototype, maybe through namespaces, …) to change a private or protected member of a class?

For example if I have an IconToast class delivered by a someLibrary.swc and I know it has a

    protected var windowOptions:WindowOptions;

Can I change it somehow? I’ve tried many things, for example:

        var errorToast:IconToast = new IconToast();
        errorToast.addButton("Dismiss");
        errorToast.message = "Error when connecting";
        errorToast['windowOptions'].timeout = 10 * 1000;
        errorToast.show();

(gives me runtime error ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property windowOptions not found on IconToast and there is no default value).

Answer 1

Do this by extending the base class and giving public access to the private/protected method/property etc.

public class MyIconToast extends IconToast
{
    public function getWindowOptions():WindowOptions
    {
        return windowOptions;//here you can access protected (not private though:);
    }
}

for private it may not be possible but similar to above solution to some extent it can be done

Best regards