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IOError

Package | flash.errors
Class | public dynamic class IOError
Inheritance | IOError Error Object
Subclasses | EOFError

Language Version : | ActionScript 3.0

Player Version : | Flash Player 9

The IOError exception is thrown when some type of input or output failure occurs. For example, an IOError exception is thrown if a read/write operation is attempted on a socket that has not connected or that has become disconnected.

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See also

Working with the debugger version of Flash Player
flash.error package Error classes

Public Properties
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| Property | Defined By
--- | --- | ---
|  | constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance. | Object
|  | errorID : int [read-only] Contains the reference number associated with the specific error message. | Error
|  | message : String Contains the message associated with the Error object. | Error
|  | name : String Contains the name of the Error object. | Error
|  | prototype : Object [static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object. | Object

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| Method | Defined By
--- | --- | ---
|  | IOError(message:String = "") Creates a new IOError object. | IOError
|  | getStackTrace():String Returns the call stack for an error as a string at the time of the error's construction (for the debugger version of Flash Player only). | Error
|  | hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined. | Object
|  | isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter. | Object
|  | propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object
|  | setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object
|  | toString():String Returns the string "Error" by default or the value contained in Error.message property, if defined. | Error
|  | valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object

Constructor Detail

IOError | () | Constructor

`public function IOError(message:String = "")`

Language Version : | ActionScript 3.0

Player Version : | Flash Player 9

Creates a new IOError object.

Parameters

| `message:String` (default = "``")`` — A string associated with the error object.

Examples How to use examples
IOErrorExample.as
The following example throws an IOError exception when it attempts to close a Sound stream that has never been loaded.

    package {
        import flash.display.Sprite;
        import flash.errors.IOError;
        import flash.media.Sound;

        public class IOErrorExample extends Sprite
        {
            public function IOErrorExample()
            {
                var music:Sound = new Sound();
                try {
                      music.close();
                      trace("Stream closed.");
                } catch (error:IOError) {
                      trace("The stream could not be closed, or the stream was not open.");
                }
            }
        }
    }

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