public Object createInstance(String className, Class desiredClass) {
Object instance;
if (className == null || className.length() == 0) {
instance = new ASObject();
} else if (className.startsWith(">")) // Handle [RemoteClass] (no server alias)
{
instance = new ASObject();
((ASObject) instance).setType(className);
} else {
SerializationContext context = getSerializationContext();
if ((context.instantiateTypes || className.startsWith("flex."))
&& className.indexOf("activity") == -1) {
instance = ClassUtil.createDefaultInstance(desiredClass, null);
// instance = createInstanceFromClassName(className);
} else {
// Just return type info with an ASObject...
instance = new ASObject();
((ASObject) instance).setType(className);
}
}
return instance;
}
/**
* Creates the default instance of the class and verifies that it matches with the expected class
* type, if one passed in.
*
* @param cls The class to create.
* @param expectedInstance The expected class type.
* @return The default instance of the class.
*/
public static Object createDefaultInstance(Class cls, Class expectedInstance) {
return ClassUtil.createDefaultInstance(cls, expectedInstance, false /*validate*/);
}
