Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS5 - Manual (Page 33)

11 EXTENDING FLASH PROFESSIONAL
Introduction
Last updated 5/2/2011
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 property contains an array of Timeline objects. These properties are noted in the following
outline.
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 parent object
(the superclass). Subclasses share the same level in the hierarchy as their superclass. For example, the Item object is a
superclass of the BitmapItem object. These relationships are illustrated in the following outline:
01 Top-Level Functions and Methods
01 FLfile object
01 flash object (fl)
02 compilerErrors object
02 componentsPanel object
02 Document object (fl.documents array)
03 Filter object
03 Matrix object
03 Fill object
03 Stroke object
03 library object
04 Item object (library.items array)
04 BitmapItem object(subclass of Item object)
04 folderItem object (subclass of Item object)
04 fontItem object (subclass of Item object)
04 SoundItem object (subclass of Item object)
04 SymbolItem object (subclass of Item object)
04 VideoItem object (subclass of Item object)
03 Timeline object (document.timelines array)
04 Layer object (timeline.layers array)
05 Frame object (layer.frames array)
06 Element object (frame.elements array)
07 Matrix object (element.matrix)
06 Instance object (abstract class, subclass of Element object)
06 BitmapInstance object (subclass of Instance object)
06 CompiledClipInstance object (subclass of Instance object)
06 ComponentInstance object (subclass of SymbolInstance object)
07 Parameter object (componentInstance.parameters array)
06 SymbolInstance object (subclass of Instance object)
06 Text object (subclass of Element object)
07 TextRun object (text.textRuns array)
08 TextAttrs object (textRun.textAttrs array)
06 Shape object (subclass of Element object)
07 Oval object
07 Rectangle object
07 Contour object (shape.contours array)
08 HalfEdge object
09 Vertex object
09 Edge object