public function getChildByName( name:String, recursive:Boolean = false ):DisplayObject3D
                  {
                          if(recursive)
                                  return findChildByName(name);
                          else
                                  return this._childrenByName[ name ];
                  }
          
          
                  

Removes the child DisplayObject3D instance that exists with the specified name, from the child list of the @ax-student-ar-org-papervision3d-core-proto-DisplayObjectContainer3D instance. </p> If more that one child display object has the specified name, the method removes the first object in the child list. </p> [TODO: The parent property of the removed child is set to null, and the object is garbage collected if no other references to the child exist.] </p> The garbage collector is the process by which Flash Player reallocates unused memory space. When a variable or object is no longer actively referenced or stored somewhere, the garbage collector sweeps through and wipes out the memory space it used to occupy if no other references to it exist. </p> @param name The name of the child to remove. @return The DisplayObject3D instance that was removed.

  
                  public function removeChildByName( name:String ):DisplayObject3D
                  {
                          return removeChild( getChildByName( name ) );
                  }
          
                  

Returns a string value with the list of objects. @return A string.

  
                  public override function toString():String
                  {
                          return childrenList();
                  }
                  
                  

Returns a string value with the list of objects. @return A string.

  
                  public function childrenList():String
                  {
                          var list:String = "";
          
                          for( var name:String in this._children )
                                  list += name + "\n";
          
                          return list;
                  }
                  
                  

Recursively finds a child by its name. @param name @param parent
returns: The found child.

   
                  private function findChildByName(name:String, parent:DisplayObject3D = null):DisplayObject3D
                  {
                          parent = parent || DisplayObject3D(this);
                          if(!parent)
                                  return null;
                          if(parent.name == name)
                                  return parent;
                          for each(var child:DisplayObject3D in parent.children)        
                          {
                                  var obj:DisplayObject3D = findChildByName(name, child);
                                  if(obj) 
                                          return obj;
                          }
                          return null;
                  }
                  
                  

Returns the number of children of this object.

  
                  public function get numChildren():int
                  {
                          return this._childrenTotal;
                  }
          
                  

Returns the children object.

  
                  public function get children():Object
                  {
                          return this._childrenByName;
                  }
          
          }
  }

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