Getting custom class names of nested MCs from SWF

Haxe
#1

Hi,
I’m using mcs from my swf library as simple level templates and need to read custom class names of nested objects.
This worked pretty well until I updated Haxe, OpenFl and Lime to recent versions.

var obj:Dynamic = levelDesign.getChildAt(i);
var oType:String = Type.getClassName(Type.getClass(obj));

Now it returns openfl.display.MovieClip instead of custom class names.

Am I missing something? Nothing I found on the internet seemed to work, and as it’s super convenient, I wouldn’t like to use instance names…

custom_class

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#2

I think this is something related to what you are looking for:

#3

Thank you! Yes, seems to be a similar problem and helped a lot to look at the right spots.
But I think the information is already there and we just need a proper way to get it…?
When iterating over 9 nested mcs, this

		/* if(Std.isOfType(obj, Door)){
			Log.debug("Yay, I found a door!");
		} */
		Log.debug("oType: " + Type.getClassName(Type.getClass(obj)));

returns 9 x “oType: openfl.display.MovieClip” (like also Lib.getQualifiedClassName(obj); etc.).
But this

		if(Std.isOfType(obj, Door)){
			Log.debug("Yay, I found a door!");
		}
		Log.debug("oType: " + Type.getClassName(Type.getClass(obj)));

returns not only “Yay, I found a door!”, but also 1x “oType: Door” (!) and 8 x “oType: openfl.display.MovieClip”.

Any ideas what’s happening here, and what could be a better way to access custom classes instead of type testing each of them with Std.isOfType()…? :smile:

#4

Beckwahn, access to class names in an swf was broken earlier, in 2020. As far as I know, there is no convenient solution so far. Perhaps, you might find some useful stuff here: Dynamic assets creation by full class name from swf library is broken

#5

Yes, thank you. I also read this post and went to using the classes stored in the “_generated” folder after the first compilation.