I created this simple example because I was using a more complex class, a menu item that I wanted to initialise all the settings in the Main class and then add it in in the Game class (and updating it) when needed (both classes are separate)
Class: Main (document class, is (ideally) where everything is initialised/created)
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
//testing passing on reference to Game
private var testBitmap:Bitmap;
private var testBitmapData:BitmapData;
private var testArray:Array;
public function Main():void
{
testBitmapData = new BitmapData(256, 256, false, 0xCCDDEE);
testBitmap = new Bitmap(testBitmapData);
testArray = [];
testArray.push(testBitmap); //Array for reference
game = new Game(540, 960, testArray);
//create Game class, pass reference to Object
game.x = 0;
game.y = 0;
}
}
Class: Game (created by document class, is (ideally) where everything runs)
public class Game extends MovieClip
{
private var testingArray:Array
public function Game(gameWidth:int, gameHeight:int, testArray:Array):void
{
this.testingArray = testArray; //assign to local Array and access
addChild(testingArray[0]);
//addChild to Game from an item intialised in Main, doesn't work >___<
}
}
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the thing is, in my original Game class; it receives an initial bundle of cached BitmapData and a list Array that tells it which BitmapData it needs to cycle through cut-down here (and that reference only for updating works (if I addedChild in Main already):
public function Game(gameWidth:int, gameHeight:int, cachedBitmapClipArray:Array)
{
this.cachedBitmapClipArray = cachedBitmapClipArray;
private function update():void
{
for each (tempCachedBitmapClip in cachedBitmapClipArray)
{
tempCachedBitmapClip.updateCurrentTile();
//but updating through the reference to an item initialised in Main works !!
}
}
}
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how do I make the reference and passed in objects (or have access to) behave as in the original instance ?? (being able to addChild)
i.e. can objects cross 'scopes' (??) or should objects only be controlled (instantiated) in the class where they have been initialised
