Can't make static array in my class..

[Dustman]

I have a question class. Each question can have child questions. And each question will have a parent question. My parent variable works fine but it seems that no matter what, my array is static. In other words, each of my Questions are sharing the same Children array. Is this a bug/feature or am I just missing something here?

Question.as

class Question {
	var QText:String;
	var QValue:String;
	var QID:String;
	var ParentID:String;
	private var Parent:Question;
	private var Children:Array = new Array();
	
	function Question() {
		trace("new question");
	}
	
	function addChild(childQuestion:Question) {
		this.Children.push(childQuestion);
		trace(this.Children.length);
	}
}

-Dustin
Rom 8:28

 

[Dustman]

Ahh.. and once again I answer myself. If you actually initalize the variable in the class definition, it becomes static. If you want to declare variables, you should use the constuctor.

I should know better than that.. hmm.. i'll just blame it on the dog..

Anyways, here's the fix:

Question.as

class Question {
    var QText:String;
    var QValue:String;
    var QID:String;
    var ParentID:String;
    private var Parent:Question;
    private var Children:Array;
    
    function Question() {
        trace("new question");
        this.Children = new Array();
    }
    
    function addChild(childQuestion:Question) {
        this.Children.push(childQuestion);
        trace(this.Children.length);
    }
}

-Dustin
Rom 8:28