[Laszlo-dev] Using 'this' within static LzNode.initialize

[Donald Anderson]

If I'm in a static function (like initialize), I get errors when I  
reference 'this'.
Reading http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/ 
Object.html#constructor
it seems like we can get to the 'this' object using the prototype,  
provided
the object wasn't created with a 'constructor function'.

Here's what I had in mind:

  // class initializer
  static function initialize (prototype) {

    var thisobj;
    if ($swf9) {
       thisobj = prototype.constructor;
    }
    else {
       thisobj = this;
   }

   // Hereafter use thisobj in place of this, needed for SWF9.

   // was:  if (this.hasOwnProperty('tagname')) ....

    if (thisobj.hasOwnProperty('tagname')) {

Does that seem like it would work?

- Don

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