Condition - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference

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[aligned2009]

This is a sparse description - the methods and properties only reflect inherited methods and properties. Need example as well with Mutex.

[paul_robertson]

Hi aligned2009,

I'm sorry that the description wasn't what you were hoping for.

I'm actually surprised by the sentence "the methods and properties only reflect inherited methods and properties." The .mutex and .isSupported property descriptions are pretty short, but the notify() and notifyAll() method descriptions are several paragraphs each. When I wrote these I was trying to keep them concise enough to be clear, but include all the details from my conversations with the engineers who worked on this API.

If I'm understanding correctly and you're only seeing inherited methods and properties, I wonder if a filter setting is preventing you from seeing some of the documentation. To check this look near the top of the page in the "Filters" section (you may have to expand it by clicking the tab in the center). Move your mouse over the word "Runtimes" then make sure "AIR 3.6 and earlier" and "Flash Player 11.6 and earlier" are selected.

Hopefully that fixes the problem and allows you to see the descriptions for the properties and methods at least. (Admittedly there's still no example...it's definitely something that could be useful but it's complicated enough that I haven't had a chance to make one yet.)

[aligned2009]

It was the filters - what was confusing was that I always come into the 'latest' docs, both filters were selected, but the VERSION of each was quite old. Once I updated the versions, everything was fine, thanks.