Object object

Availability

Flash Player 5 (became a native object in Flash Player 6, which improved performance significantly).

Description

The generic Object object is at the root of the ActionScript class hierarchy. The generic ActionScript Object object contains a small subset of the features provided by the JavaScript Object object.

Method summary for the Object object

Method Description
Object.addProperty() Creates a getter/setter property on an object.
Object.registerClass() Assigns an ActionScript class to a movie clip instance.
Object.toString() Converts the specified object to a string and returns it.
Object.unwatch() Removes the watchpoint that an Object.watch() method created.
Object.valueOf() Returns the primitive value of an Object object.
Object.watch() Registers a callback function to be invoked when a specified property of an ActionScript object changes.

Property summary for the Object object

Property Description
Object.__proto__ A reference to the prototype property of the object's constructor function.

Constructor for the Object object

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

new Object([value])

Parameters

value A number, Boolean value, or string to be converted to an object. This parameter is optional. If you do not specify value, the constructor creates a new object with no defined properties.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Constructor; creates a new Object object.