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Type Map¶
Overview
The following is a guide to the ActionScript to Python type mappings.
Basic Types¶
The following types are available in Adobe Flash Player 6 and newer:
| ActionScript Type | Python Type |
|---|---|
| null | None |
| undefined, void | pyamf.Undefined |
| String | unicode |
| Boolean | bool |
| Number | float |
| Date | datetime.datetime |
| XML | xml.etree.ElementTree.Element |
| Array | list, tuple |
| Object | dict |
| RecordSet | pyamf.amf0.RecordSet |
| Typed Object (other than the above) | class instance (registered via pyamf.register_class()) |
AMF3¶
The following types are available in the Adobe Flash Player 9 and newer:
| ActionScript Type | Python Type |
|---|---|
| int, uint | int |
| ByteArray | pyamf.amf3.ByteArray |
| DataInput | pyamf.amf3.DataInput |
| DataOutput | pyamf.amf3.DataOutput |
Flex (AMF3)¶
The following types are available in Adobe Flex 2 and newer:
| ActionScript Type | Python Type |
|---|---|
| ObjectProxy | pyamf.flex.ObjectProxy |
| ArrayCollection | pyamf.flex.ArrayCollection |
| AbstractMessage | pyamf.flex.messaging.AbstractMessage |
| AcknowledgeMessage | pyamf.flex.messaging.AcknowledgeMessage |
| AsyncMessage | pyamf.flex.messaging.AsyncMessage |
| CommandMessage | pyamf.flex.messaging.CommandMessage |
| ErrorMessage | pyamf.flex.messaging.ErrorMessage |
| RemotingMessage | pyamf.flex.messaging.RemotingMessage |
| DataMessage | pyamf.flex.data.DataMessage |
| SequencedMessage | pyamf.flex.data.SequencedMessage |
| PagedMessage | pyamf.flex.data.PagedMessage |
| DataErrorMessage | pyamf.flex.data.DataErrorMessage |
Note: We plan to deprecate and move the Flex support into a new project before PyAMF 1.0 is released.