AS3 - How to access a class without DisplayObject?

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Hello,

I’ll “try” to explain as clear as I can…

I’ve created two classes: ABC and XYZ

The class ABC extends Sprite and I declare it like this:

for (var i:int=0; i<5; i++) { 
    var abc:ABC = new ABC(); 
    abc.name = "abc_"+i; 
    abc.setData(i); 
    this.addChild(abc); 
}

If I want to have access to it, I do something like this:

for (var j:int=0; j<5; j++) { 
    trace(ABC(this.getChildByName("abc_"+j)).getData()); 
}

The class XYZ it’s a “standalone” class that does not extends or import any other class, and here it is how I declare it:

var xyz_01 = new XYZ(); 
xyz_01.addValue('anyValue'); 

trace(xyz_01.getValue());

BUT, if I can’t figure how to declare it and/or reference to it dynamically.

for (var i:int=0; i<5; i++) { 
    this['abc_0'+i] = new XYZ(); 
    this['abc_0'+i].addValue('anyValue'); 
} 

for (var j:int=0; j<5; j++) { 
    trace(this.getChildByName('abc_0'+j).getValue()); // seems that  getChildByName does not work because it the object doesn't have a name  and is not added as a child on the stage 
    trace(this['abc_0'+j].getValue()); // this one only works if I replace  the "j" for a "4" (abc_04 was the last one created) otherwise I get  "TypeError: Error #1010" 
}

So, it could be declared correctlt, but since I can’t use their methods I cannot tell, any clues on this?

regards.