Flex: Determine if a component is showing

Question

What is the best way to determine if a component in Flex/Flash is showing on the user\'s screen? I\'m looking for an analog to Java\'s Component.isShowing() method.

The

Answer 1

... or avoiding recursion:

public static function isVisible(obj:DisplayObject):Boolean
{
    while (obj && obj.visible && obj !== Application.application)
    {
        obj = obj.parent;
    }
    return obj && obj.visible;
}