Accessing methods of dynamically created objects?

[jennikins]

Alright, so I'm creating objects dynamically, i.e.

for(var i:int=0; i<5; i++) {
                var table:Table = new Table(Math.random()*stage.stageWidth,Math.random()*stage.stageHeight,Math.random()*100);
                addChild(table);
                table.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
            }

Now, the Table class has a method called getMemento. How would I go ahead accessing that method? e.target.getMemento() doesn't work And I can't come up with any solution...

private function onClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
            _nextMementos = new Array();
            _previousMementos.push(e.target.getMemento());
            (e.target as MovieClip).setXPosition(Math.random() * stage.stageWidth);
            (e.target as MovieClip).setYPosition(Math.random() * stage.stageWidth);
        }

[wvxvw]

_previousMementos.push(e.target.getMemento());

Probably the target of the even isn't Table, it may be some button inside the table or something like that.
MovieClip has no method setXPosition, it has property x. Why do you try to
* call method that will rpobably not exist on the event.target
* not cast the target to the expected type?

[jennikins]

I realize that, but the only object type that the event listener is assigned to is Table, so I was looking for help with the casting. Table(e.target) didn't do the trick and (e.target as Table) didn't work any better. So I was looking for help with that.

setXPosition is a method within the Table class, and I'm trying to access it, implementing a undo/redo pattern (memento pattern).

[ASWC]

_previousMementos.push(e.currentTarget.getMemento());

This might work but I agree you should try to simply strong type the currentTarget by casting to table.
currentTarget is the object you register the event with. target is the object receiving the input which as wvxvw pointed out might not be the same object.

[shawnblais]

set table.mouseChidren = false, and then e.target will be your table.

currentTarget should also get the container object, but turning off mouseChildren is generally good practice.