Is there a way to override action scripts operators, in particular I would like to override the equals operator

Question

Is it possible to override the equals() operator (ie. for customer classes where equality may be determined by 2 or more fields matching).

Answer 1

if you mean overloading "==" as a synonym for equals() then you can't, as ActionScript doesn't offer operator overloading. Just write an equals() method for your class and use that...

Answer 2

Using your own equals() method for a class doesn't solve how to check if a collection contains the desired object. In flex I've always had to write a for each and iterate over each member object to check if 2 or more fields are matching. Java allows the programmer to override hashCode() and equals() that's used automatically by collection interfaces.