# IntervalManager as2 to as3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/intervalmanager-as2-to-as3/236989>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 25, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/intervalmanager-as2-to-as3/236989 "2007-08-25T23:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![mleep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mleep](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mleep)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/intervalmanager-as2-to-as3/236989/1 "2007-08-25T23:13:02Z")

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the following code is actionscript 2, but i need it in actionscript 3.  
a few things stick out as not going to work, of course the \_global and instanceof calls.  
replacing the instanceof call with “is” fior example

```auto
if ( connection is MovieClip )

```

instead of

```auto
 if ( connection instanceof MovieClip )

```

what i cant figure out is what to replace the \*\_global \*call with. right now i just took out the \_global and the errors i receive are  
1137: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected no more than 5.  
1120: Access of undefined property MovieClip.  
any ideas??

```auto

class com.oop.managers.IntervalManager
{
 
 
 static private var __listeners:Object = {}; // Will hold references to all objects that have called setInterval
 static private var __intervalID:Number = 0; // Will increment for any non-Movieclip instance calling setInterval
 
 function IntervalManager() {}; // Constructor
 
 
 /**
  * Overloaded setInterval function ( now requires 5 arguments instead of 3 )
  * 
  * @param connection Indicates how the interval call will be stored (this will be a reference to a MC instance or to another class instance)
  * @param intName String name for the interval
  * @param path Path to the function to be called
  * @param func Name of function to be called on path specified
  * @param time Milliseconds between each call
  */
 static public function setInterval( connection:Object, intName:String, path:Object, func:String, time:Number ):Void 
 {
  clearInterval( connection, intName ); // makes it uncessary to call clearInterval before setInterval from now on
 
  if ( connection instanceof MovieClip ) // saves a reference into __listeners if object is an MC instance
  {
   if ( __listeners[connection] == undefined )
   {
   __listeners[connection] = {};
   }
   // store reference of setInterval call into the __listeners Object ( to prevent orphaned intervals )
   __listeners[connection][intName] = _global.setInterval( path, func, time, arguments[5], arguments[6], arguments[7], arguments[8], arguments[9], arguments[10] );
  }
  else // if its not an MC, this generates an ID for the Object.
  {
   if ( connection.intervalID == undefined )
   {
    connection.intervalID = "int" + ( __intervalID++ );
   }
   __listeners[connection.intervalID] = {};
   __listeners[connection.intervalID][intName] = _global.setInterval ( path, func, time, arguments[5], arguments[6], arguments[7], arguments[8], arguments[9], arguments[10] );
  }
 }
 
 static public function clearInterval( connection:Object, intName:String ):Void 
 {
  if ( connection instanceof MovieClip )
  {
    _global.clearInterval ( __listeners[connection][intName] );
  }
  else
  {
   _global.clearInterval ( __listeners[connection.intervalID][intName] );
  }
 }
}

```