Cannot access stage properties from a method?
I have an object on my stage, called obj.
I also have a class called "Physics" which contains a bunch of methods for physics, such as inertia, gravity, and bouncing off walls. In order to do some of these, I need access to the stage.stageWidth and stageHeight properties.
My code is as follows:
public function wallBounce(obj)
{
this.stageRef = stageRef
if (obj.x > stageRef.stageWidth || obj.x < 0)
{
obj.vX = (obj.vX * -1) * bounceConst
}
}
This is supposed to check if the object's x value is greater than the stageWidth or less than 0. When I run this code it says:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
I am a semi-newbie programmer who is completely self-taught and hav开发者_运维问答e no clue what is causing this. I spent a bit googling it, and I think it has something to do with scopes, but I don't know how to fix this, and barely even know what scopes really do.
Again, sorry if this a really stupid question, but I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
this.stageRef = stageRef;
I don't see any reference to stageRef
from this function? Also, because you're working from within a class - this.val
and val
are the same thing. You may as well be going:
this.stageRef = this.stageRef;
Or
stageRef = stageRef;
The issue basically is stageRef
is null - does this help? It seems you're meaning to say:
this.stageRef = <some reference to stage youve defined somewhere else>;
Seems odd to do it this way - as long as the object you're trying to call wallBounce()
from is on the DisplayList, you'll be able to access the stage via stage
. If you want to avoid errors in this function (maybe it runs once before it's actually been added to the DisplayList), then just put at the top:
if(!stage) return;
So:
public function wallBounce(obj:Object):void
{
if(!stage) return;
//this.stageRef = stageRef
if (obj.x > stage.stageWidth || obj.x < 0)
{
obj.vX = (obj.vX * -1) * bounceConst
}
}
return
will essentially end the function on the spot.
As per comment:
Could make a static property in your Document Class that holds the stage. Like so:
package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Stage;
public class DocumentClass extends MovieClip
{
// vars
public static var stageRef:Stage;
/**
* Constructor
*/
public function DocumentClass()
{
stageRef = stage;
}
}
}
Then you can access the stage from your other classes like so:
public function wallBounce(obj:Object):void
{
//this.stageRef = stageRef
if (obj.x > DocumentClass.stageRef.stageWidth || obj.x < 0)
{
obj.vX = (obj.vX * -1) * bounceConst
}
}
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