Passing a class type and declare it

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i am trying to pass a class type into a function which then declares it to an array this way:

i have this class which i am using the add movieclips form the library.


package {
	import flash.display.MovieClip;
	
	public class TestClass extends MovieClip {
		
		private var allTypes:Array;
		
		public function TestClass {
			allTypes = new Array();
		}
		
		public function addType(i:Number, type:*) {
			//then i wanna declare the type of the class that is put into this method
			allTypes* = new type("name", 10, 50);
			addChild(allTypes*);
		}
	}
}

and then on my main timeline, i have this document class, which will have an instance of the TestClass, and add in types which i want to add onto the stage. i wish to pass in the type of the class name of the exported movieclips which i have in my libraries.


package {
	import flash.display.MovieClip;
	import TestClass;
	
	public function MainMovie extends MovieClip {
		
		var TestClass:TestClass;
		
		public function MainMovie() {
			TestClass = new TestClass();
			//now i want to add the Type of the class into the paramaters
			//these types are class names of the movieclips in the library that are exported for actionscript in linkage
			TestClass.addType(0, Plane);
			TestClass.addType(1, Bird);
		}
	}
}

however, this doesn’t seem to work. any idea how should the syntax or the right way be for doing this?
thanks. :slight_smile: