Create new object from evt.target

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I want to do somthing like this:

function createObject(evt:Event):void
{
     var myMaskingObject:evt.target = new evt.target;
}

This of course throws an errror 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: target.

I want to use this in a class that creates masks of shapes.

I think a possible solution might be in getting the evt.target as a string and then initialising an object from that…

Absolutely any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks.