How do I dynamically instantiate a class, and set a property at runtime in Flex 3?

Answer 1

Dynamic execution in AS3 is much simpler than in other languages. This code:

var methodInvoker:MethodInvoker = new MethodInvoker();

methodInvoker.target = result;
methodInvoker.method = m.name;
methodInvoker.arguments = [m.value];

var returnValue:* = methodInvoker.invoke(); // Fails!

can be simplified to this:

var returnValue:* = result[method](m.value);

EDIT:

Since it's a property, it would be done like this:

result[method] = m.value;

and there is no return value (well, you can call the getter again but it should just return m.value unless the setter/getter do something funky.