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Utility functions for use with UIComponents.
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#getClassDefinition()">getClassDefinition</a>(target:Object):Class</div>
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Gets the class of an object.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#getDisplayObjectInstance()">getDisplayObjectInstance</a>(target:DisplayObject, input:Object):DisplayObject</div>
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Using an input, such as a component style, tries to convert the input
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#getStyleValue()">getStyleValue</a>(target:UIComponent, styleName:String):Object</div>
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Works like getStyleValue() on UIComponent, except it makes component
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and shared styles available globally rather than just in the component's
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<td class="detailHeaderName">getClassDefinition</td><td class="detailHeaderParens">()</td><td class="detailHeaderType">method</td>
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<code>public static function getClassDefinition(target:Object):Class</code><p>
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Gets the class of an object. If the object is a DisplayObject,
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may retrieve the class from the containing app domain.
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">target</span>:Object</code> — A Class or a fully qualified class name (String).
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<code>public static function getDisplayObjectInstance(target:DisplayObject, input:Object):DisplayObject</code><p>
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Using an input, such as a component style, tries to convert the input
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fully-qualified class name, Function, any existing instance of
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a DisplayObject, or InstanceFactory.</p>
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">target</span>:DisplayObject</code> — the parent of the new instance
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">input</span>:Object</code> — the object to convert to a DisplayObject instance
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<td width="20"></td><td><code>DisplayObject</code></td>
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<a href="../../utils/InstanceFactory.html" target="">com.yahoo.astra.utils.InstanceFactory</a>
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<code>public static function getStyleValue(target:UIComponent, styleName:String):Object</code><p>
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Works like getStyleValue() on UIComponent, except it makes component
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and shared styles available globally rather than just in the component's
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">target</span>:UIComponent</code> — the component for which to retrieve the style value
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">styleName</span>:String</code> — the name of the style to retrieve
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