package-level function is not working..

Question

After I saw the methods in flash.utils package, I decided to make a try:

// inside file Test.as

package com.tests
{
 internal function packageFunction() {

 }
}

But I got:

A file found in a source-path 'Test' must have the same name as the class definition inside the file 'packageFunction'.

packageFunction is a function, not a class.. Any idea what is wrong?

--update

For those who don't know what is the "package function" I'm talking about, please, see the flash.util package methods. I can use it like:

flash.utils.getTimer();

Answer 1

You are missing your class definition:

package com.tests {
    public class Test {
        internal function packageFunction() {

        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Your code is in Test.as. It should be in

com/tests/packageFunction.as

This follows the same rules as "normal" classes. The package and main public symbol name must mach the directory path and the file name.

Answer 3

If your code is in the Test.as class , you already are inside a package and you can't have another package inside or outside a package, what you can do is have another Class outside the package

   package com.tests
   {
       public class Test
       {
           private var example:ClassExample = new ClassExample();
       }
   }

   //This class is only accessible in the Test class
   class ClassExample
   {
         public function ClassExample()
         {
         }
   }

The example you have given is a misunderstanding of the use of packages. The functions described in the docs are accessible within any package , it doesn't mean you can create a package in an existing class to access these functions.