Typecasting problem from int to CustomObject Class

Question

Hi Guys,
I have run into one strange requirement where I want to convert my int values to my CustomObject class which doesn't work and throws a compiler error "1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type int to an unrelated type GenericObject" where GenericObject is my cutsom object class.
Let me explain in detail...
Say I have created my custom class GenericObject which is also a dynamic class extending the Object class ... and I am doing nothing in that class just but extending the Object class which is as shown below..
public dynamic class GenericObject extends Object {
        public function GenericObject() {
Now I'll tell you what is the actual problem...
public function myFunction(obj:Object):void{
     //My logic here
myFunction(121); //Function call
Now I am calling the above function by passing an integer as a parameter which has no problem..and it is typecasted implicitly without any compilation errors...and value 121 is stored in obj...
But if I use my custom class which is already extending Object class it starts hitting me with an error...Is there any way to eliminate/avoid that error or is there a way to override typecasting before it throws any error...however I needed to use my CustomClass GenericObject" instead of normal Object datattype in the function.
public function myFunction(obj:GenericObject):void{
     //My logic here
myFunction(121); //Function call....throws a compilation error as explained above
Thanks for your time and patience.
Any help or insight into this problem will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi Ubuntu,
Thanks for the thorough response...However I do understand the Class Inheritance hierarchy...But I just want to do something how int is getting converting to implicit Object like the same way is there any possibility to do that.
Actually let me explain what am I doing in background what made me to post this..
We are using Flex PMD tool in order to make sure we are writing an efficient and quality code...Hope you are aware of Flex PMD. So when I try to run my application with this tool it shows some errors related to using the dynamic Object class...as shown below:
Do not use Object class. It is a bad practice to use the dynamic class Object. Prefer using strongly typed object, or marker interface in order to avoid silent compilation errors while refactoring
So in order to avoid this error I have created a new GenericObject class which extends the Object class as posted earliar..however it does removes the Flex PMD errors when I try to replace the usage of builtin Object class with my GenericObject class but it is only applicable for all the cases when the receiveing type is the Object indeed but not int or string to the function whose datatype is GenericObject...however it works fine if it is normal object instead of my GenericObject....As explained with an example in my previous post.
How can I avoid such kind of a Flex PMD error is there any alternative approach to do that...DO you have any ideas..??
Thanks.