Converting bitmapdisplay object to sprite (Please help)

programming flash
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Hi

I am loading jpg image and then trying to assign that image to a sprite object

I have a class that is loading the image and it has a method that returns the loaded image this class is called ImageLoader and the code that loads and returns the image is given under


//ImageLoader class
private var loadedImage:Object;
 
public function loadImage(image:String):void
  {
   urlRequest = new URLRequest(image);
   loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, initListener);
   loader.load(urlRequest);
  }
  public function initListener(e:Event):void
  {
   loadedImage = new Object();
   loadedImage = loader.content;
   dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.COMPLETE));
  }
  public function getImage():Object
  {
   return loadedImage;
  }

I have another class content that calls the getImage method of ImageLoader when the complete event is dispatched the code from that class is given under


//Content class
 
var s:Sprite = new Sprite();
 
// onComplete event
 
 
// this gives an error saying TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::Bitmap@33d3779 to flash.display.Sprite.
 
s = Object(ImageLoader.getImage());

Any idea on how to solve this problem

Thanks in advance

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images are Bitmap class which is different from Sprite because Sprite also extends InteractiveObject, Bitmap doesn’t.
Instead casting Bitmap to Sprite use

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();
s.addChild(ImageLoader.getImage());
3

Hi yea I kind of sorted the problem out and just for others who are interested in this post what i did is insteading of assigning bitmap data to the sprite I have added that as a child of the sprite.

_imageSprite.addChild(ImageLoader.getInstance().getImage());

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Ps I have made the loadedImage a displayObject cuz Bitmap is really a display object

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