In ActionScript3, how do you get a reference to an object's class?

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You can use the `constructor` property if your object has been created from a class (from the docs: "If an object is an instance of a class, the constructor property holds a reference to the class object. If an object is created with a constructor function, the constructor property holds a reference to the constructor function."):

```
var classRef:Class = myObject.constructor as Class;
```

Or you can use `flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName()` and `flash.utils.getDefinitionByName()` (not a very nice way since this entails unnecessary string manipulation in the implementations of these library functions):

```
var classRef:Class = getDefinitionByName(getQualifiedClassName(myObject)) as Class;
```

In ActionScript3, how do you get a reference to an object's class?

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