Summary Of The Dom Structure - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-FLASH JAVASCRIPT DICTIONARY Manual

Summary of the DOM structure

The following list displays the DOM structure in outline format. Numbers at the beginning of
each line represent the level of an object. For example, an object preceded by "03" is a child of
next highest "02" object, which, in turn, is a child of the next highest "01" object.
In some cases, an object is available by specifying a property of its parent object. For example, the
document.timelines
noted in the following outline.
Finally, some objects are subclasses of other objects, rather than being children of other objects.
An object that is a subclass of another object has methods and/or properties of its own in addition
to the methods and properties of the other object (the superclass). Subclasses share the same level
in the hierarchy as their superclass. For example, Item is a superclass of BitmapItem. These
relationships are illustrated in the following outline:
01 Top-level functions
01 flash object
02 componentsPanel object
02 Document object (fl.documents
03 Matrix object
03 Fill object
03 Stroke object
03 library object
04 Item object (library.items
04 BitmapItem object
04 folderItem object
04 fontItem object
04 SoundItem object
04 SymbolItem object
04 VideoItem object
03 Timeline object (document.timelines
04 Layer object (timeline.layers
05 Frame object (layer.frames
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
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property contains an array of
(subclass of
(subclass of
(subclass of
(subclass of
(subclass of
(subclass of
Element object (frame.elements
07 Matrix object (Element.matrix)
Instance object (abstract class, subclass of
BitmapInstance object
CompiledClipInstance object
ComponentInstance object
07 Parameter object
EmbeddedVideoInstance object
LinkedVideoInstance object
SymbolInstance object
Text object (subclass of
07 TextRun object (text.textRuns
08 TextAttrs object (textRun.textAttrs
Shape object (subclass of
07 Contour object (shape.contours
08 HalfEdge object
09 Vertex object
09 Edge object
07 Edge object (shape.edges
08 HalfEdge object
objects. These properties are
Timeline
array)
array)
Item object)
Item object)
Item object)
Item object)
Item object)
Item object)
array)
array)
array)
array)
(subclass of Instance
(subclass of
(subclass of
(ComponentInstance.parameters)
(subclass of
(subclass of
(subclass of Instance
Element object)
array)
Element object)
array)
array)
Element object)
object)
Instance object)
SymbolInstance object)
Instance object)
Instance object)
object)
array)