[Laszlo-user] create a class by name

[James Robey]

So Noted. I'm using the global[cname] variant now, so i'll port.

Thanks!

On Oct 12, 2007, at 1:19 PM, P T Withington wrote:

> Thanks Eliot!  You are correct.  (I was thinking in Javascript,  
> thanks for spotting this.)
>
> If you define a class:
>
>   <class name="TestClass" ...
>
> This will define a Javascript class in the `lz` package.  So yes,  
> if you are trying to dynamically instantiate the LZX class  
> `TestClass` in script, my examples should read:
>
>   new lz.TestClass();
>
> Or:
>
>   var theclass = lz.TestClass;
>   ...
>   new theclass();
>
> Or:
>
>   var theclassname = "TestClass";
>   ...
>   new lz[theclassname]();
>
> ---
>
> For backwards compatibility with LPS 3, we also define LZX classes  
> globally (if they do not conflict with an existing global  
> definition).  That will eventually be phased out, so the above is  
> more correct.
>
> On 2007-10-12, at 15:39 EDT, Elliot Winard wrote:
>
>> I thought it was preferable to use class objects that are in 'lz'  
>> object rather than global[classname]
>>
>> Are the lz.* potentially going to go away?
>> -e
>>
>> P T Withington wrote:
>>> eval is very limited in the swf runtime.  It can only evaluate  
>>> var and member expressions.
>>>
>>> Are you just trying to create a particular class, or do you need  
>>> the class to be variable, or do you need the name of the class to  
>>> be a variable?  E.g., you can just say:
>>>
>>>   new TestClass();
>>>
>>> Or:
>>>
>>>   var theclass = TestClass;
>>>   ...
>>>   new theclass();
>>>
>>> Or:
>>>
>>>   var theclassname = "TextClass";
>>>   ...
>>>   new global[theclassname]();
>>>
>>> All of these work.  Your mechanism is what is used to evaluate a  
>>> general expression, and is required because of the limited nature  
>>> of eval in the swf runtime.  It is basically calling back to the  
>>> server, having the server compile the expression, and then  
>>> loading the compiled code to evaluate it.
>>>
>>> In the DHTML runtime, eval is fully-featured, but remember it is  
>>> a security hole.  If you allow arbitrary user input to be  
>>> evalled, you really have no control...
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2007-10-12, at 14:12 EDT, Ruben Reusser wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to create a class by name in OpenLaszlo? I tried:
>>>>
>>>> eval("new TestClass()");
>>>>
>>>> but this does not work. The only solution I could find was the  
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> loader.request( { lz_load : false,lzt : "eval",proxied:  
>>>> true,url: "__debugger.lzx",lz_script : "#file interactive-eval-0 
>>>> \nnew TestClass()"} );
>>>>
>>>> not my favorite approach.
>>>>
>>>> Ruben
>>>>
>>>
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