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    totebototebo Member
    edited March 2016 in General questions
    In the docs it says Object:getClass() "Returns the class name of the instance as string".
    http://docs.giderosmobile.com/reference/gideros/Object/getClass

    When I use it, however, it instead returns the name of the Gideros class it inherits from (ie. "Sprite") or, if a custom class, it returns "Object".

    I strongly feel I'm missing something. Please help!
    My Gideros games: www.totebo.com
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    • ar2rsawseenar2rsawseen Maintainer
      edited March 2016
      unfortunately it can't return the name of your own custom classes, cause we can't tell how you name the variable.
      It only returns Gideros class names.

      You can overwrite it though like
      MyClass = Core.class(Sprite)
 
function MyClass:init()
    self.__classname = "MyClass"
end
 
print(MyClass.new():getClass()) -- should print MyClass
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    • hgy29hgy29 Maintainer
      Being able to write:
      MyClass = Core.class(Sprite,"MyClass")
      would be a good shorthand to add to Gideros I think.
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    • totebototebo Member
      Ok, thanks guys.

      I opted for a similar workaround, returning the actual global class instead for easy instantiating:
      function MyClass:getClass()
	return MyClass
end
      My Gideros games: www.totebo.com
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