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Returns a new object of the same Class

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This function returns a new instance of the class it receives.

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  1. import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
  2. import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;
  3.  
  4. public function getNewClassInstance(object:*):*{
  5.  
  6. 	var className:String = getQualifiedClassName(object);
  7. 	var classReference:Class = getDefinitionByName(className) as Class;
  8. 	var newClassInstance:* = new classReference();
  9.  
  10. 	// e.g. object is from the class MovieClip
  11.  
  12. 	trace(newClassInstance); 	// [object MovieClip]
  13. 	trace(className);		// flash.display::MovieClip
  14. 	trace(classReference);		// [class MovieClip]
  15.  
  16. 	return newClassInstance;
  17. }

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