var x:Superclass = new Subclass(); ... appropriate?

[drexle]

I'm curious if it's appropriate to do something like in the subject header:

var x:Superclass = new Subclass();

[Flash Gordon]

yes, in fact it is one of the key principles of OO: Program to the interface and not the implementation.

[drexle]

Awesome!

I'm following the crowd and reading over the Head First Design Patterns book and I'm playing around with the examples in the first chapter. I wanted to make characters who could equip "equipment" objects regardless of what subclass of equipment it might be (hacksaw subclass, pastry subclass, tophat subclass, etc). I just wanted to make sure I was interpreting things correctly.

[Flash Gordon]

yup, of all the things I've learned that....there is a reason while that is the first rule. It is essential to polymorphism.

good luck with your reading. I read the head first book, but I don't remeber the examples you are giving....