SaveData.hx

package ;
import flash.errors.Error;
import flash.net.SharedObject;

/**
 * Completely unnecessary wrapper for SharedObject 
 * @author Martin Jonasson, [email protected]
 */

class SaveData {

	private var _so:SharedObject;

	public function new() {
		// maybe call load here, depending on use case...
	}
	
	public function load():Void {
		// first part is the name of your project or otherwise
		// use a slash as the second argument to make it location independent 
		// (if not .swf's stored in different locations will have separate saves)
		_so = SharedObject.getLocal( "spaceblocks", "/" );
	}
	
	// saving, put this in the set() call to always save when something changes
	public function save():Void {
		try {
			var flushStatus = _so.flush();
		} catch ( e:Dynamic ) {
			trace("Couldn't write...");
		}
	}
	
	// saves a variable (can be anything pretty much, including objects and such)
	public function set(field:String, data:Dynamic):Void {
		Reflect.setField(_so.data, field, data);
	}
	
	// what this function does is left as an excersise for the reader ;)
	public function get(field:String):Dynamic {
		return Reflect.field(_so.data, field);
	}
}