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POAS3: overriding protected var in subclass
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copied!<p>I'm having a blackout here. I thought I understood these principles, but I can't seem to get it working anymore. I want to let a DeleteButton inherit from a general Button class. This DeleteButton should alter the protected padding values and have a static label. This is what I have:</p> <pre><code>public class Button { private var _labelText:String; protected var _paddingX:Number = 10; protected var _paddingY:Number = 5; public function Button( labelText:String ):void { _labelText = labelText; } } public class DeleteButton extends Button { public function DeleteButton():void { _paddingX = 5; _paddingY = 2; super( 'x' ); } } </code></pre> <p>Now, I thought the altered _paddingX and _paddingY values in the inherited class would bubble up to the super class. But they don't. The DeleteButton is still constructed with the default values of the super class. I can't figure out how to do it anymore. What am I missing here?</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong></p> <p>I guess I had AS3's implementation mixed up with PHP's. This 'equivalent' example in PHP is perfectly legal:</p> <pre><code>class Button { protected $_paddingX = 10; protected $_paddingY = 5; public function __construct( $label = '' ) { var_dump( $label . ':' ); var_dump( $this->_paddingX ); var_dump( $this->_paddingY ); echo '<br>'; } } class DeleteButton extends Button { public function __construct() { $this->_paddingX = 5; $this->_paddingY = 2; parent::__construct( 'x' ); } } $button = new Button( 'browse' ); $deleteButton = new DeleteButton(); // this outputs: string(7) "browse:" int(10) int(5) string(2) "x:" int(5) int(2) </code></pre>

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