Object:getClass()

totebo

In the docs it says Object:getClass() "Returns the class name of the instance as string".
http://docs.giderosmobile.com/reference/gideros/Object/getClass

When I use it, however, it instead returns the name of the Gideros class it inherits from (ie. "Sprite") or, if a custom class, it returns "Object".

I strongly feel I'm missing something. Please help!

ar2rsawseen

unfortunately it can't return the name of your own custom classes, cause we can't tell how you name the variable.
It only returns Gideros class names.

You can overwrite it though like

MyClass = Core.class(Sprite)   function MyClass:init() self.__classname = "MyClass" end   print(MyClass.new():getClass()) -- should print MyClass

hgy29

Being able to write:

MyClass = Core.class(Sprite,"MyClass")

would be a good shorthand to add to Gideros I think.

totebo

Ok, thanks guys.

I opted for a similar workaround, returning the actual global class instead for easy instantiating:

function MyClass:getClass() return MyClass end