Objects in action script 3.0

Instances of the Object class can be assigned their own properties within the instance. This is the class from which most of Flash's built-in classes are derived (subclassed from) and so is a very useful one to become familiar with. A new variable (instance) of the Object class is created like this:

var eas2book:Object = new Object();

or, the abbreviated way, with curly brackets:

var eas2book:Object = {};

or, to declare and assign a value at once:

var eas2book:Object = {

   title:"Essential Actionscript 2.0",

   author:"Colin Moock",

   pubyr:2004

};

In that example, a new instance of the Object class named eas2book is created, with 3 properties: title, author, and pubyr. (Each property, as noted previously, has its own data type, though those are not explicitly declared when the object is created).