Adding a variable object

Question

I'm trying to add an object based on the level number. I've got the following declaration:

var lvlmapping:Object;

Later on, I run the following code:

if (levelnr == 1)
    lvlmapping= new lvl1map();
if (levelnr == 2)
    lvlmapping= new lvl2map();
if (levelnr == 3)
    lvlmapping= new lvl3map();
lvlmapping.x = 0;
lvlmapping.y = 0;
this.addChild(lvlmapping);
trace("Added mapping");

The following error pops up:

Implicit coercion of a value of type static Object to a possible unrelated type flash.display:DisplayObject

What can I do to achieve what I want?

Barış Uşaklı · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-15 18:51:37Z

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If lvl1map and the others are assets you will need to use DisplayObject,Sprite or MovieClip and not Object. So try changing :

var lvlmapping:Object;

to :

var lvlmapping:DisplayObject;

answered Apr 15, 2013 at 18:51

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4 Comments

Engineer Over a year ago

Or simply var lvlmapping:*;.

Joetjah Over a year ago

Nice catch! I'll accept it tomorrow since I have to wait for a long time now, you were too fast ;)

Joetjah Over a year ago

Actually, in my case, things still crashed when doing a collision detection. That problem was solved by using MovieClip instead. Thanks again!

prototypical Over a year ago

He answered correctly, that's a different issue. Your collision detection likely required a MovieClip method, but that's a separate issue.

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