IFactory - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 Flex) API Reference

Package	mx.core
Interface	public interface IFactory
Implementors	ClassFactory, PanelBreak

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The IFactory interface defines the interface that factory classes such as ClassFactory must implement. An object of type IFactory is a "factory object" which Flex uses to generate multiple instances of another class, each with identical properties.

For example, a DataGridColumn has an itemRenderer of type IFactory; it calls itemRenderer.newInstance() to create the cells for a particular column of the DataGrid.

Related API Elements

mx.core.ClassFactory

Public Methods

	Method		Defined By
		newInstance():* Creates an instance of some class (determined by the class that implements IFactory).	IFactory

Method Detail

newInstance

()

method

public function newInstance():*

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Creates an instance of some class (determined by the class that implements IFactory).

Returns

* — The newly created instance.

IFactory - AS3 Flex

Classes x

newInstance

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