Object class

Availability

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

Description

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

Method summary for the Object class

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

Property summary for the Object class

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

Constructor for the Object class

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.