one thing i've never really understood about AS3 is that you can't have a private set method and a public get method together.
from within my class i would like to assign values that would call a private set function:
myNumber = 22
;
but i need to pass that number as a parameter to a function
myNumber(22);
for example:
package
{
//Imports
import flash.display.Sprite
//Class
public class NumberClass extends Sprite
{
//Properties
private var myNumberProperty:Number
//Constructor
public function NumberClass(myNumber:Number):void
{
this.myNumber = myNumber;
init();
}
//Initialize
private function init():void
{
trace(myNumber);
}
//My Number Setter
private function set myNumber(value:Number):void
{
myNumberProperty = Math.max(0, Math.min(value, 100));
}
//My Number Getter
public function get myNumber():Number
{
return myNumberProperty;
}
}
}
is there no way to use the set keyword on a private function?
The MXML compiler does not support getters and setters with mixed scopes/namespaces. There are a few tickets open regarding this:
- https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASL-44
- https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-25646
- https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASL-112.
It's quite annoying, but at least Adobe is aware of it. There is a way to accomplish mixed namespace getters and setters by using custom namespaces and fully-qualifying references to the getter or setter.
package {
use namespace my_namespace
public class MyClass {
private var _name:String;
public function get name():String {
return _name;
}
my_namespace function set name(value:String):void {
_name = value;
}
}
public class MySubClass extends MyClass {
public function MySubClass(name:String) {
super.my_namespace::name = name;
}
}
}
}
Is there a reason
private function set myNumber(value:Number):void
{
myNumberProperty = value;
}
doesn't work? What error does it give? I've done this all the time in Flex, so I'm not sure if it only works there... I wouldn't think so, though.
edit: Looks like this is a compiler bug. Here's a blog post with the solution http://blogagic.com/230/struggling-with-flex-error-1000-ambiguous-reference-to
Not ideal, but could you just create a private method?
> is there no way to use the set keyword
> on a private function?<br/>
Nope If one is private they both have to be private. Regardless of what others think this is not a bug.
The idea behind setters/getters is to isolate code from the public.
Remember this OOP
You should also try to stay with typical convention for the var name with a leading _
private var _myNumber:Number
// private assessor/assignor
private function set number(value:Number):void{
this._myNumber= Math.max(0, Math.min(value, 100));
}
private function get number():void{
return this._myNumber;
}
// public assessor
public function get myNumber():Number{
return this._myNumber;
}
refer
The so called bug report is here