ActionScript: The Definitive Guide

Name

Object.constructor Property — a reference to the class constructor function used to create the object

Availability

Flash 5

Synopsis

someObject.constructor

Access

Read/write (overwriting an object’s constructor property is not recommended as it alters the natural structure of class inheritance).

Description

The constructor property stores a reference to the constructor function that was used to create someObject. For example, the constructor property of a Date object is the Date constructor function:

now = new Date( );
now.constructor == Date;       // Yields true

See Also

Section 12.5.3.3 in Chapter 12