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maguskrool
Inspiring
March 16, 2007
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Best way to insert data in custom class instances

  • March 16, 2007
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Hi.

I have created a custom class (mySuperClass) in an .as file, defined the constructor, properties and get/set methods. Now in the main .fla I have to declare a large number of instances of that class and fill in each property. The "correct" method, I guess, would be to:

var super1:mySuperClass = new SuperClass();
super1.setProperty1 ( value1_1);
super1.setProperty2 ( value1_2);
...
super1.setPropertyN ( value1_N);

...
var superM:mySuperClass = new SuperClass();
superM.setProperty1 ( valueM_1);
...
superM.setProperty1 ( valueM_N);

However, with large amounts of variables and information that share the same basic characteristics, I always feel tempted to get it done by way of a for... cycle. In this case I'd probably build arrays with the properties to be filled in.

So what I would like to know is how would you guys do this? Are there other ways to do this?

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer Peter Lorent
Well, the example is based on an object that has a datamodel and that can be any object of course. Now, assuming the data is coming from let's say an xml file, I would use a function like attached code to generate a collection of objects.
Edit: so the StoreItem instances are created on the fly and saved in the collection

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maguskroolAuthor
Inspiring
March 22, 2007
Thank you, I'm a bit more enlightened now.
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maguskroolAuthor
Inspiring
March 18, 2007
Hi Luigi and thanks for your answer.

The thing is, maybe it's just my inexperience but I don't really see how the StoreItemCollection class will help me save work since to use it I would have to have an already declared StoreItem, and what I needed was to save time declaring the StoreItems in the first place.

Referring to my previous example, when I said I would use arrays with the properties I meant something more like this:

var super1:mySuperClass = new SuperClass();
...
var superM:mySuperClass = new SuperClass();

var aSuper:Array = new Array (super1, super2,...,superM);
var aProp1:Array = new Array (value1_1, value2_1,..., valueM_1);
for (j=0; j < aProp1.length; j++) {
aSuper.setProperty1 (aProp1);
}

This could be done with even in a more abstract way and using less code, but for the sake of simplicity I thought it was best to use this to exemplify what I meant.

So, did I miss something simple or implicit in your answer? Thank you.
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Peter LorentCorrect answer
Inspiring
March 18, 2007
Well, the example is based on an object that has a datamodel and that can be any object of course. Now, assuming the data is coming from let's say an xml file, I would use a function like attached code to generate a collection of objects.
Edit: so the StoreItem instances are created on the fly and saved in the collection

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Peter Lorent
Inspiring
March 17, 2007
>> In this case I'd probably build arrays
Correct. And to do that you use another class to hold a collection of items. Attached an example of store items and the collection that holds the store items.

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